Proof of parentage for Lucinda (Bland) Sparks is: Marriage record form Greene County, Indiana, states she married John Sparks Nov. 8, 1887, and lists her parents names as Jesse Bland and Salley Bays.
Her husband John Sparks lists his parents as Charles Sparks and Aney Russel on the same marriage record.
"Remberence" (A poem left by Lucinda Bland, written just the way she wrote it.)
Remberence is a golden chain;
that binds our kind harts togeather,
and if we never meat agin;
lets not for get each other.
Fried Bread
I remember my great-grandmother Cindy when she was ill and came to stay with my grandparents Howard and Ima Sparks. She use to eat "fried bread" for breakfast. Ima would fry a strip of bacon in a skillet, then take the bacon out and fry a piece of white bread in the grease. Actually, it looked very good. - Pam Jones
