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William Henry Sparks

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William Henry Sparks
Born(1800-01-16)January 16, 1800
DiedJanuary 13, 1882(1882-01-13) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Lawyer, Writer
Spouseunknown

William Henry Sparks (January 16, 1800 – January 13, 1882) was an American lawyer and occasional poet famous now only for his autobiographical memoir.

Life

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Sparks was born on St. Simon's Island, Georgia, and grew up in Greene County, Georgia. After studying law at Litchfield Law School in Connecticut, he opened a law practice in Greensboro, Georgia. He was elected to the Georgia legislature. By 1830 he moved to Natchez, Mississippi, to raise sugar.[1] From 1852–1861 he had a practice of law in New Orleans, Louisiana, in partnership with Judah P. Benjamin, later a cabinet officer of the Confederate States of America and then a successful attorney in England.[2] Sparks published his autobiographical "The Memories of Fifty Years" in 1870. The work consists of a wide variety of observations Sparks kept note of during his lifetime. Sparks died in Marietta, Georgia, on January 13, 1882.[3]

Works

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  • The Memories of Fifty Years (1870)

References

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  1. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. V., p. 393, New York: James T. White & Co. (1894).
  2. ^ Appletons' Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Vol. V, p. 623, New York: D. Appleton and Company (1888).
  3. ^ Who Was Who in America Historical Volume 1607-1896, Revised edition, 1967, p. 569, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who Incorporated.
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