Family of John Graddison Sparks, including his parents

This is John Graddison Sparks, his second wife, parents, children from both marriages and even some grandchildren. The interesting thing is five children were yet to be born. Anyone who's researched the Sparks family of Estill and Jackson Counties know they were prolific. This photo shows that. This was taken about 1904.

Clockwise from left, Sarah, Minnie (daughter with Barthena Parsons), Malinda Ella (Moore) Sparks, Mollie (daughter with Barthena Parsons), John's parents, Daniel Crawford and Louvina (Carter) Sparks, Elizabeth Frances (daughter with Barthena Parsons), her daughter Lillie in her lap, Lucinda (daughter with Barthena Parsons, my great-grandmother), Willie Joe (son with Barthena Parsons), Barthena (named for John's first wife), Mary Lou Moore (another of Elizabeth's children), Rosa, Eliza, John Graddison, Dillard (sitting in his father's lap) and Nannie (held by her mother).

Elizabeth was married to John Alden Moore, Malinda Ella Moore's brother. They married in 1897.