Fifth Generation

346. Eliza Coffey was born about 1813 in Grainger Co., TN. Eliza died in Gibson Co., TN on 27 December 1854.

Eliza Coffey and Henderson Sparkman were married on 16 February 1834.¹¹⁹²

Bond John Crain; Joel Dyer, JP They^¹¹⁹² appeared in the census on 10 December 1850 in Gibson Co., TN.¹¹⁹³

In 1860 there are only three Sparkman children found in Gibson Co.: John, age 14, James, age 8, and Caroline, age 20. Neither the parents nor any of the remaining children were found with the possible exception of Mahala who may have married a Mr. Greer.

Henderson Sparkman was born about 1812 in Grainger Co., TN.

Eliza Coffey and Henderson Sparkman had the following children:

1310	i.	Mary Sparkman was born circa 1835 in Tennessee.
1311	ii.	Mahaley Sparkman was born circa 1838 in Tennessee.
1312	iii.	Caroline Sparkman was born circa 1840 in Tennessee. See notes for brothers John and James Sparkman. In the 1860 Gibson Co., TN census, Caroline Sparkman, age 20 was found in the household with the Archie Jones family. See Gibson Co. census, Dyer Station PO, Dist., 21, Page 417, family 2795.
1313	iv.	Altamirce [?] Sparkman was born circa 1842 in Tennessee.
1314	v.	Julia Sparkman was born circa 1845 in Tennessee.
1315	vi.	John Sparkman was born circa 1847 in Tennessee. See notes for James Sparkman. In the 1860 Gibson Co., TN census, John Sparkman, age 14 was found in the household with Samuel Greer [?]. See Gibson Co. census, Dyer Station PO, Dist., 21, Page 415, family 2778.
1316	vii.	James Sparkman was born circa August 1850 in Gibson Co., TN. In the 1860 Gibson Co., TN census, a James H. Sparkman, age 8 was found in the household with James A. Greer [?], Greer's wife is Mahala, age 22. See Gibson Co. census, Dyer Station PO, Dist., 21, Page 415, family 2780.