Alvah Eugene Sperry

1879 - 1965  (86 years)

• Name	Alvah Eugene Sperry
  Born	10 Jan 1879	Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas, United States
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Mar 1965	Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States
  Died	14 Mar 1965	Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States
  Person ID	I7804	Wagner-Thomas | Hallmark
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2014

  
  

  Father	Zachery Taylor Sperry,   b. 17 Feb 1848, Laporte, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 15 Jan 1926, Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States  (Age 77 years)
  Mother	Sarah Ellen Michael,   b. 13 May 1857, Berwick, Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 20 May 1947, Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States  (Age 90 years)
  Married	11 Feb 1875	Nordmont, Sullivan, Pennsylvania, United States
  Family ID	F1151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Atha L Markham,   b. 1887,   d. 7 Jan 1920, Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States  (Age 33 years)
  Married	3 Dec 1908	Norton, Norton, Kansas, United States
  Children	+ 1. Lawrence Eugene Sperry,   b. 1909,   d. Bef 1998  (Age < 89 years) + 2. Ivan Emerson Sperry,   b. 1912,   d. 4 Mar 1974, Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States  (Age 62 years) + 3. Living
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2014
  Family ID	F2225	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 10 Jan 1879 - Cawker City, Mitchell, Kansas, United States Married - 3 Dec 1908 - Norton, Norton, Kansas, United States Buried - Mar 1965 - Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States Died - 14 Mar 1965 - Edmond, Norton, Kansas, United States  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  1879 BIR,1908 MG,DTH,BUR: 200 Yrs of Michael Hist & Gen, compiled by Chas P Michael 1977, poss of Beverly Michael, Columbia Co Reg & Recrdr, pg 96: Sarah Ellen bn 31 May 1957, md Zachery Taylor Sperry bn 17 Feb 1848, in Nordmont (Sullivan Co) PA-8 children: Franklin Wilber, Alvah Eugene, Edna Rebecca, Elroy Andrew, Edith Ellen, Claude Harrison, Ralph Frederick, Myron Earl Jun 1998 lttr Walta Russ, Norton Co Gen Soc: "MG BK G, pg 294: Alvia Sperry & Atha Markham md 3 Dec 1908." On another page: "P294 MG: Alvah Sperry 29, Atha L Markham 21, md 3 Dec 1908." 1965 DTH,BUR: Obit Edmond ppr 15 Mar 1965:"Alvah Sperry of Edmond dies at age 86."- bn 10 Jan 1879 Cawker City KS-dd Phillips Co Hosp, bur Edmond Cem, md Atha Markham 3 Dec 1908 Norton KS,3 children (from Jun 1998 lttr Walta Russ, Norton Co Gen Soc): Alvah E Sperry 86, longtime res of Edmond,dd last night at Phillips Co Hosp following brief illness. Edkhart Fun Home of Logan ann fun svcs Wed 2 pm at EUB Ch at Edmond with Rev J Oscar Brown officiating. Bur Edmond Cem Mr Sperry bn 10 Jan 1879 at Cawker City, sn of Zachery & Sarah Sperry. Mvd as boy with parents to farm in Graham Co. Attend school in Houston Sch Dist. Md Atha Markham 3 Dec 1908 at Norton. Couple lived in Graham Co several yrs, moved to farm north of Edmond & operated grocery store in Edmond some yrs. Mrs Sperry dd 7 Jan 1920. Mr Sperry surv by 1 dau, Mrs Merle Belden-Edmond, where lived last 19 yrs; 2 sons, Ivan-Colorado Spgs CO; Lawrence-Wichita KS;7 grchildren; 3 grgrchildren; 1 sis Miss Edna Sperry-KC; 3 bros Harry-Edmond; Earl-KC MO; Roy-Caldwell ID Mr & Mrs Sperry mvd to Edmond 1920 & made home there since. Served many yrs on two & sch bds of Edmond area May 2002-Norton KS city library genealogy room by Bob and Pam Wagner, copy of "Edmond Cem, Solomon Twp, 7A. Pt. NE-8-5-22 pg 16: Alvah E Sperry 1879-1965."