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Excited to find this site. I have been looking for about three years to find out information on my wife’s ancestry. Her great, great, great grandfather was Stephen Spargo, born in Trumbull County, Ohio in 1810. His father was George Spargo Jr. and mother ???. Family history says that she was an Indian and that she was Blackfoot. George latter remarried or married another woman by the name of Elizabeth in 1817, but he had three children by the earlier union, one being Stephen, which is in my wife’s line. Being a history teacher I had always said that the family story could not be right as the Blackfoot were from the Montana area and that the story did not match up. What a surprise when I found this site today. I feel that I may have finally found the tribal indentity that my wife has been looking for. It anyone has heard of the Spargo name I would like to hear from you.
Hello Woodsrunner and welcome to the site, although I have not heard of that particular last name you may want to search this site and see what comes up.
Bill is really great at the genealogy and Iam sure in time he’ll respond, but hang in there and share what you can.
Welcome once again!
Welcome to the forum, Woodsrunner,
We can all understand your excitement.
The “Share History Research” section of the Forum has much information of interest.
Your Stephen Spargo lived next door to descendants of some of “techteach” ‘s Rhodes ancestors in 1850 & 1860 Crawford Co, Pa. I also saw a few more scattered thru the Greenwood Twp area.
George Spargo, age 40 to 49, is on the 1830 Trumbull Co, Oh census and there is a Bur. of Land Management document for George of 80 acres, transacted 1 August, 1837 – do you have those?
Bill
I am now home and can check records and not go on memory.
George Spargo Jr. is my wife’s Great, Great, Great Grandfather and Stephen is her Great, Great Grandfather. George Jr. was born in 1792, so he would have been 38 in the 1830 census. He will move to Grant County, Wisconsin and is listed on the 1850 census as living there. Stephen will move to Crawford County, PA in the 1840’s. He is listed as 48 in the 1860 census so his 1810 birthdate may not be correct. He will marry Tryphenia Turner.
Woodsrunner,
Double-checked. All of that is true to the extent that census ages vary by as much as 2 yrs and may not have been supplied by the individuals concerned – as well as other caveats which apply to census data.
Do you have SPARGO data earlier than George SR.?
Bill
Bill,
I do not have any info past George Spargo Sr. He was born sometime before 1760/married Lena Funck (or Vonk) in 1779 at Middletown, N.J./moved to Trumbull County, Ohio around 1800.
Spargo’s PROBABLY came from Mabe Parish, Cornwall, England.
On another note, I noticed that the Corn name is mentioned as being of Saponi background. On my side of the family I have a Lucinda Corn, born 12-5-1823 in KY. Her parents are Joseph Corn, born 11-11-1773, and Nancy Said (Sade), born 2-1-1802 in KY. I do not know where Joseph was born. I was wondering if there was a connection.
Once again I want to say how much I appreciate this site.
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