Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical and Personal History
(II) Samuel Hammond , son of Horatio Sparks , was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania , in 1850 , died December 7, 1904 . He was reared and educated in Fayette county , and learned his father's trade, tanning. Later he established a tannery of his own in Bullskin township . He was also a farmer. In politics he was a Democrat. He married Melinda , daughter of Peter Christner , now a resident of Indiana . Children of Samuel Hammond Sparks ; William Ketchum ; Charles Boyle ; Roy , of whom further; Lida Hammond , Edward , Lena Hammond , Luella B. , Maud Kitchen , Francis Davis , Samuel Hammond , Clyde , Harriet .
(III) Roy , third son of Samuel Hammond Sparks , was born at Indian Head, Fayette county, Pennsylvania , July 28, 1876 . He was educated in the public school and followed farming industriously until he was twenty-two years of age.
He then came to Connellsville , learned the carpenter's trade, and for five years was with the Fayette Lumber Company. In polities he is a Democrat. He married, July 28, 1899 , Luzetta Viola Beal , born in Fayette county July 28, 1879 , daughter of William L. and Sarah (Miller) Beal . William L. Beal was born in Somerset county in 1839 ; he served in the civil war three years and eight months in Company B, One Hundred and Forty-second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; fought at Gettysburg and was held a prisoner at Belle Isle for eight months and three days. He married Sarah Miller , born in Fayette county , 1843 , daughter of George Miller . Their children: Laura Belle , deceased; Nancy Francina , deceased; Lloyd M. ; Ida N. ; Luzetta Viola , of previous mention. Children of Leroy and Luzetta Sparks ; Clarence Brooks , born February 13, 1900 ; Audrice May , February 6, 1902 ; Gertrude , May 10, 1904 ; Dorothy Irene , January 14, 1908 ; William Hammond , November 28, 1910 .
