Edward Luther Sparrow b. 1869 Illinois d. 24 Jan 1947 Frederick, Maryland: Verts Virts Werts Wirts Hackley Leigh Lind Lynn Mann Families Genealogy

1869 - 1947 (78 years)

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Name	Edward Luther Sparrow
Born	1869	Illinois [1]
Gender	Male
Died	24 Jan 1947	Frederick, Maryland [2]
Buried	Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Maryland
Person ID	I19684	Virts
Last Modified	11 Aug 2015

Father	James Nelson Sparrow, b. 28 May 1826, Washington, District of Columbia , d. 13 Sep 1907, Illinois (Age 81 years)
Mother	Elizabeth C. Virts, b. 16 Sep 1829, Loudoun County, Virginia , d. 5 Aug 1916, Sangamon County, Illinois (Age 86 years)
Married	8 Oct 1849	Loudoun County, Virginia [3]
Family ID	F203	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Flora M. Toms, b. 25 Jan 1870, Frederick County, Maryland , d. 24 Nov 1967, Frederick, Maryland (Age 97 years)

Married 20 Sep 1892 Myersville, Maryland [4]

Children

	1. Nellie Sparrow, b. Sep 1893, Mechanicsburg, Illinois , d. 14 Nov 1951, Vineland, New Jersey (Age ~ 58 years)
	2. Ray Franklin Sparrow, b. 9 Jul 1898, Illinois , d. 21 May 1961, Indianapolis, Indiana (Age 62 years)

Last Modified 7 Oct 2012

Family ID F6954 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

The Frederick Post, January 25, 1947

Edward Luther Sparrow, for twenty years a resident of this city, 804 North Market street, died at the Frederick City Hospital Friday evening at 7 o'clock, after an immediate illness of one week. He was aged 77 years and a son of the late James N. and Elizabeth Virts Sparrow. He was a member of the Centennial Memorial Evangelical U. B. Church and Modern Woodmen of America. He came to Frederick from Hagerstown and operated bowling alleys at Braddock Heights and opened the Recreation Center her in partnership with the late C. G. Baker, later operating the original Arcade bowling alleys which became known as the Health Center. In 1949 he erected the new Arcade bowling center on Route 15, just north of this city. The latter enterprise was sold in 1942 to Roy L. Leatherman. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. Flora Toms Sparrow; a daughter Mrs. David E. Derr, near Frederick, a son Roy S. Sparrow, Indianapolis, Ind.; a sister, Mrs. James Gorman, Granite City, Ill. and a granddaughter Miss Catherine Trundle, Baltimore. The body rests at the funeral home 106 East Church street from where the funeral will take place, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interment in Mt. Olivet cemetery. M. R. Etchison and Son, funeral directors.

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Online publication - Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ? Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1880.T9, 1,454 rolls. Mechanicsburg, Sangamon, Illinois, ED 212, roll T9_249, page 381.4000, image 0163.
[S1387] The Frederick News Post, Frederick, Maryland, January 25, 1947.
[S759] Loudoun County Virginia Marriages 1760-1850 by John Vogt & T. Wm. Kethley, Jr.
[S1335] The Frederick News, Frederick, Maryland, September 20, 1892, wedding announcement.