. Biographical and genealogical history of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin counties, Indiana .. . ^O^Un^cA^tJ^ S/ux/>^. ^c^rO^*^ ^^<t^ BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 807 In 1812 he emigrated to Indiana, and first located in Union county, near thesite of the present town of Liberty. He remained there for a time, or tillthe land in this vicinity came into market, when he removed to Fayettecounty and entered land on section 36, in Connersville township, and theremade a home and passed the rest of his life. He died January 31, wife passed away on her birthday, July 6, 184
. Biographical and genealogical history of Wayne, Fayette, Union and Franklin counties, Indiana .. . ^O^Un^cA^tJ^ S/ux/>^. ^c^rO^*^ ^^<t^ BIOGRAPHICAL AND GENEALOGICAL HISTORY. 807 In 1812 he emigrated to Indiana, and first located in Union county, near thesite of the present town of Liberty. He remained there for a time, or tillthe land in this vicinity came into market, when he removed to Fayettecounty and entered land on section 36, in Connersville township, and theremade a home and passed the rest of his life. He died January 31, wife passed away on her birthday, July 6, 1848, at the age of sixty-nineyears. William Sparks was a most estimable citizen, honored and respectedby all who knew him, and both he and his wife were lifelong members ofthe Baptist church. The father of Mrs. Sparks, Rev. Joshua Palmer, well deserves mentionin this article. He and the Rev. Miner Thomas were among the notedpioneer Baptist preachers of this part of Indiana. Joshua Palmer was anative of England, and served on an English ship at sea, for three years, andthen came to the United States when a very young man.
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