{"id":3312,"date":"2022-01-10T17:26:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T23:28:12","slug":"s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/lauderdale\/2022\/01\/10\/s\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparks, James L."},"content":{"rendered":"

James L. Sparks, Sr.<\/strong>, editor and proprietor of the Ripley News, was born in
\nWashington County, Va., October 9, 1813. His father moved to Jonesboro,
\nWashington Co., Tenn., when he was still a small boy, and where he spent the
\ngreater part of his life. In 1836 Mr. Sparks, in connection with Lawson
\nGifford, established The Tennessee Sentinel, the first Democratic paper
\npublished in that county. When the war commenced he and Albert G. Graham were
\npublishing the Jonesboro Union, which they continued until the paper-mills
\nwere closed and the supply of paper cut off. During the war Mr. Sparks was
\ndeputy circuit court clerk and postmaster. Soon after the war he moved to
\nRipley and took a position on the Ripley News as associate editor with his
\nson, J. L. Sparks, Jr., and after his death became sole editor, which position
\nhe still holds, and by their united efforts have given the paper a high place
\nin the Tennessee press. In 1836 he married Margaret C. Greer, who was born
\nJanuary 5, 1816, and nine children were born to them, two sons and two
\ndaughters still living. All of the boys have been printers. When James L.,
\nJr., died, his brother, Thomas M., succeeded as local editor and business
\nmanager. His education has been chiefly acquired in the printing office,
\nwhere he has worked from boyhood. Mr. and Mrs. Sparks are Presbyterians and
\nthe son a Methodist. Mr. Sparks is one of the oldest editors in the State,
\nand is regarded as an able newspaper man.<\/p>\n

Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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