Jessamine County KyArchives Biographies.....Sparks, E. R. 1840 - 
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Author: Bennett H. Young

E. R. Sparks.

   No history of Jessamine county would be complete without a sketch of Hon. E.
R. Sparks. His enterprise, coupled with his faith in the future of
Nicholasville, and his large investments, both in manufactories and in the
laying out of additions and construction of streets and houses, have been
greatly instrumental in increasing the population of Nicholasville, and in
widening its influence and traffic. He was born about a mile east of
Nicholasville on the 31st of January, 1840, and was the son of Isaac and Mary
Ann Hendricks Sparks. His mother was a sister of the late Rev. John T. Hendrick,
D. D., the distinguished Presbyterian divine. Mr. Sparks' father was born in
Ohio and in early life moved to Jessamine county, where he lived until his
death, on Jan. 28th, 1887, in his eighty-first year. Mr. Sparks was named for a
distinguished Methodist minister. Rev. Edwin Roberts. From his early manhood he
has demonstrated himself to be the possessor of great sagacity, and his uniform
success in all his financial transactions has given him a wide reputation for
business capacity. He has held few public offices. In 1882, he was elected State
Senator and served until 1886. In the Senate he was popular, conservative, and
secured the confidence and the respect of those associated with him in that
body. For years he was a councilman, and was prominent in the city government of
Nicholasville. He has carried on a large manufactory for hemp in the county
seat, which gives employment to a number of hands. He is in the highest degree
public spirited, and is always helpful to his town and his county in every
public enterprise.


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A HISTORY OF JESSAMINE COUNTY, KENTUCKY,
FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO 1898.
By BENNETT H. YOUNG,
PRESIDENT POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY; MEMBER FILSON CLUB; MEMBER CONSTITUTIONAL
CONVENTION, 1890; AUTHOR HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF KENTUCKY, OF "BATTLE OF
BLUE LICKS, ETC, ETC.

S. M. DUNCAN, ASSOCIATE AUTHOR.

Every brave and good life out of the past is a treasure which cannot  be
measured in money, and should be preserved with faithfullest care.

LOUISVILLE, KY.: COURIER-JOURNAL JOB PRINTING CO., 1898.


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