William Allen SpargerAge: 71 years1915–1986
- Name
- William Allen Sparger
- Given names
- William Allen
- Surname
- Sparger
 Birth | July 3, 1915 33 25 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 5 months)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 17 months)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 2 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death of a maternal grandfather | Whitson Berry “WB” Yarbourgh March 17, 1925 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Martha Jeanette “Mattie” Arnold January 16, 1929 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 14 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Census | April 16, 1930 (Age 14 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1940 (Age 24 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 26 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Myriel Hayes “Mickey” Sparger January 10, 1949 (Age 33 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Sue Allen “Suzie” Sparger July 30, 1953 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 34 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Birth of a son #3 | John Franklin Sparger February 22, 1960 (Age 44 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Sue Allen “Suzie” Sparger July 17, 1964 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a father | William Franklin Sparger May 21, 1965 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 30 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a mother | Edna Arnold Yarbourgh December 11, 1976 (Age 61 years) |
 Death | December 14, 1986 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Franklin Sparger Birth: January 4, 1882 — Surry, North Carolina, United States Death: May 21, 1965 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Edna Arnold Yarbourgh Birth: February 9, 1890 33 30 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 11, 1976 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Margaret Edna “Margie” Sparger Birth: January 6, 1914 32 23 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: May 23, 2015 — Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States |
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18 months himself |
William Allen Sparger Birth: July 3, 1915 33 25 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 14, 1986 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Johnnie Myriel Hayes |
| himself |
William Allen Sparger Birth: July 3, 1915 33 25 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: December 14, 1986 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Johnnie Myriel Hayes Birth: January 23, 1924 — Latta, Dillon, South Carolina, United States Death: April 24, 2002 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| daughter |
Myriel Hayes “Mickey” Sparger Birth: January 10, 1949 33 24 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: April 4, 2010 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years daughter |
Sue Allen “Suzie” Sparger Birth: July 30, 1953 38 29 — Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: July 17, 1964 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| son |
Private |
| son |
John Franklin Sparger Birth: February 22, 1960 44 36 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States Death: September 11, 2015 — Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina, United States |
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - William Franklin Sparger - Household
404 West Second Ave Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - William Franklin Sparger - Household
404 West Second Ave Lexington, Davidson, NC.
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