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SPARKS, William Henry, author, born on St. Simon's island, Georgia, 16 January, 1800; died in Marietta, Georgia, 13 January, 1882. He was taken in infancy to his father's plantation in Greene county, and in his eighteenth year was sent to complete his education in Litchfield, Connecticut, where he subsequently stud-led law. On his return to Georgia he practised his profession and was a member of the legislature. In 1830 he removed to Natchez, Mississippi. engaged largely in sugar-planting, and about 1850 entered into a law partnership with Judah P. Benjamin in New Orleans, which was dissolved ten years later. He declined many public offices, once only accepting the nomination for United States senator from Louisiana, but withdrawing in favor of his friend, Alexander Barrow. He contributed largely to southern publications, and among other verses wrote "Somebody's Darling," "The Dying Year," and " The Old Church-Bell." He published " The Memories of Fifty Years" (Philadelphia, 1870 ; 4th ed., 1882), and left ready for the press a second volume; also " Father Anselmo's Ward," "Chilecah," " The Woman with the Iron-Gray Hair," and other manuscripts.
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