Sparks Shiflet


Submitted by: Bob Moffitt
103173.3023@CompuServe.COM
Pensacola, FL

Comments: Sparks and Nellie, as Ellen was known, moved to Oklahoma about 1905 and lived in Red Rock. He and his son John owned Shiflet & Shiflet Ranch and were noted for their pure bred Hereford line of cattle. John at one time was, I am told, President of the Oklahoma Cattlemen's Association. I am looking for links back to Va. The family knows nothing about Spark's kin. Thanks for your help.

Sparks Shiflet b.15 May 1880, Charlottesville, VA, d. 18 Apr 1966 Ponca City, OK, son of Frances Ann Shifflett b. abt 1848 Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay Co., OK

married: 15 Jun 1904 in Philadelphia, PA

Helen Jane Austin b. 1 Apr 1876 in Philadelphia, PA, d. 5 Feb 1955 in Red Rock, Noble, OK, d/o Archibald Austin (b. 12 Oct 1845 Scotland, d. 1917 in Philadelphia, PA) and Jane Denham Austin (b. 7 Apr 1844 Scotland, d. 21 Dec 1885 Philadelphia, PA)

Issue with Helen:
2. Elwood b. 9 Jun 1905 in PA, OK; d. 18 May 1983 Ponca City, Kay Co., OK
2. John Edward Shiflett, Sr. b. 11 Feb 1907, OK; d. Apr 1983, Red Rock, Noble, OK; m. Lorraine Fern Keele b. 27 Aug 2014 in Uncas, OK, d. 25 Apr 2000 in Ponca City, Kay Co., OK, Both Buried: Red Rock Cemetery, Noble Co., OK

3. Peggie F. Shiflett b. 17 Oct 1938 in Ponca City, OK, d. 16 Feb 2020 in Boulder Co., CO, m. to Roger Hudiburg

3. Still Living

2. Helen F. Shiflet b. 10 Mar 1911 in Renfro, Grant Co., OK, d. 29 May 2004 in Oklahoma City, OK m. 4 Sep 1932 in Ponca City, OK to William Thomas Bozarth b. 14 Sep 1904, d. 27 Dec 1975, Both Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay Co., OK

3. Helen Joan Bozarth
3. William Thomas Bozarth, Jr. b. 7 Oct 1938, d. 22 Jan 1983, Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Ponca City, Kay Co., OK



Notes: Apr 11, 2003. I talked to John E. Shiflet, Jr. and he told me he did not know the name of the father of his grandfather Sparks Shiflet but thought it could have been Merriwether l. Snow. Bob Klein
1880 Greene Co., VA, Census, ED61, Family 65, Sparks, age 3, Son of Frances A. Shiflett
1900 Greene Co., VA, Census, Monroe Twp, Family 309, Son, Sparks Shifflett, age 23, born May 1877, single, born in VA
1910 Grant Co., OH, Census, Hickory Two, ED43, Family 58, H of HH, Sparks Shiflet, age 32, married 5 years, born in VA
1920 Noble Co., OK, Census, Otoe, ED0175, Family 45, H of HH, Sparks Shiplet, age 40, married, born in VA
1930 Noble Co., OK, Census, Otoe, ED16, Family 60, H of HH, Starks, age 49 married at age 22. Note: ancestry.com index says Stark
1940 Noble Co., OK, Census, Otoe, ED16, Family 46, H of HH, Sparks Shiflet, age 59, married, born in VA, Farm Operator

1910 Grant Co., OH, Census, Hickory Two, ED43, Family 58, Wife, Helen J. Shiflet, age 34, married 5 years, 2 of 2 children living, born in PA, Father born Scotland, mother born England
1920 Noble Co., OK, Census, Otoe, ED0175, Family 45, Wife, Nellie H. Shiplet, age 42, married, born in VA
1930 Noble Co., OK, Census, Otoe, ED16, Family 60, Wife, listed as Helen J., age 53 married at age 25, born in PA, Father born Scotland, mother born England
1940 Noble Co., OK, Census, Otoe, ED16, Family 46, Wife, Helen Shiflet, age 64, married, born in PA

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