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Church originally built before 1880 and used as a school house - Burned in 1935, rebuilt in 1936.
Location: On SW 147th Ln, 1 mile north of the Withlacoochee River on Hwy. 200 in Marion County, FL.
Submitted by Sallie Tinkham and used with her permission.
Notes: I had the pleasure of meeting with Sally at this church and cemetery on September 20, 1998 along with my mother, Margaret G. Smith (great great grandaughter of Lewis William and Hester Sparkman, great great neice of Cudge Sparkman, Sr.), Willie Sparkman Coleman, Katie Sparkman Pontero (granddaughters of Uncle Cudge), Sandra and Greg Haxton (great great great granddaughter of Lewis William and Hester Sparkman), and a few others for the purpose of fleshing out Sallie's knowledge of the Sparkman families for a book she was writing on the history of some of the defunct towns of Marion County, specifically Gaiter and Heidestville. My grandmother, Ella Alverda Sparkman Garrett was born in Heidtesville in 1889, she was the granddaughter of Lewis and Hester Sparkman, great granddaughter of William S. Sparkman and and Sarah Surry; great niece of Cudge Sparkman, Sr. Sallie has a wealth of knowledge of the area and a desire to share it with others. All the above named persons with the exception of Sallie Tinkham are descendants of Florida Pioneer William S. Sparkman, Jr who came to Florida before Florida was even a possession of the USA. (Laverne Tornow)
| ADAMS | Indiana Francis Landrum | 1836 4/26 | 1941 2/26 | Heidtville dau of Jacob Landrum |
| ADAMS | Kinchen Henry | 1869 | 1957 | Heidtville (son of Indiana) (husband) |
| ADAMS | Anna (Annie) Eliza Godwin | 1874 | 1953, 6/18 | 79y, 23d, Wife |
| ADAMS | Ethel Lena | 1902, 8/2 | 1932, 5/17 | dau. of KH & AE |
| ADAMS | William Kinchen | 1904, 9/22 | 1906, 7/28 | son of KH & AE |
| ADAMS | James Bryant | 1906, 10/12 | 1979, 11/1 | son of KH & AE, Husband |
| ADAMS | G. Edna Tyler | 1911, 5/19 | 1977, 4/12 | Heidtville, wife |
| ADAMS | James R. | 1932, 2/3 | 1935, 3/31 | son of JB & GE |
| ADAMS | Ruby R. | 1932, 2/3 | 1935, 4/3 | dau. of JB & GE |
| ADAMS | John Quincy | 1915, 12/31 | 1995, 1/20 | Gaiter, Husband, son of KH & AE |
| ADAMS | Evelyn B. Hutchinson | 1928, 2/11 | Gaiter, Wife | |
| ADAMS | Woodrow G. | 1918, 5/18 | 1999, 10/ | on of KH & AE |
| ADAMS | John Wesley Sr. | 1873, 3/28 | 1954, 1/6 | Heidtville, Husband, (son of Indiana) |
| ADAMS | Delila Belle Conner | 1882, 7/23 | 1951, 7/2 | Heidtville, Wife-They had 10 children |
| ADAMS | Jacob Turner | 1901, 12/14 | 1902, 2/26 | son of JWA Sr. & DB |
| ADAMS | John Wesley, Jr. | 1905, 12/11 | 1907, 4/26 | son of JWA Sr. & DB |
| ADAMS | William J. | 1876, 8/1 | 1911, 4/11 | Heidtville, Husband, (son of Indiana) |
| ADAMS | Betty Brooks | 1881, 3/6 | 1958, 5/8 | Wife, Married 12-16-1900 |
| ADAMS | Eula | 1901 | 1989 | dau. of WHA & BB |
| ADAMS | Erbie A. | 1908, 3/18 | 1984, 10/26 | Heidtville, (husband-son of WJ) |
| ADAMS | Thelma V. | 1910, 12/16 | wife of E. A Adams | |
| AKIN | Joseph Henry | 1854, 7/25 | 1918, 8/17 | 63y, 7m, 23, Husband-Father |
| AKIN | Olive Alice | 1855 | 1934 | wife/mother |
| AKIN | Ora Alma | 1887, 4/20 | 1892, 10/22 | dau. of JH & OA |
| ALLIGOOD | Amos I. | 1897 | 1918 | |
| BAYZER | Thomas J. | 1858, 12/3 | 1893, 1/8 | son of G.W. & P.A. Bayzer |
| BENEFIELD | Daisy B. | 1900 | 1978 | |
| BOSTICK | Ollie | No Date | No Date | dau. of Frances A. Brassell |
| BRASS | Archie Nigel | 1885 | d. 1956 | Husband of Delia D. |
| BRASS | Delia D. | 1889, 4/12 | 1914, 3/17 | 1st wife of A. N. Brass |
| BRASS | St. Irvin | 1908, 2/13 | 1909, 6/8 | son of AN & DD |
| BRASS | David Alvin | 1909, 8/6 | 1960, 8/11 | Pfc. 3860 Svc Comd unit WWII (son of A & D) Husband |
| BRASS | Johnnie Ross | 1905, 8/17 | 1982, 3/10 | daughter of J.T. Ross; Wife |
| BRASS | Annie Clara | 1888, 10/30 | 1889, 5/3 | daughter of JH & AA Brass 6m, 3 d |
| BRASS | Nina | No Date | 1900, 5/23 | dau. of JH & AA Brass, 7m, 14d |
| RASSELL | Francis A. | No Date | 1926 | Mother; death date per Cedar Grove Meth. Church records |
| BROOKS | Joseph M. | 1824, 4/19 | 1879, 8/30 | |
| BROOKS | H.B. "Henry" | 1850, 1/14 | 1916, 11/22 | m. 1-18-1880, son of JM; Father |
| BROOKS | Ida A. Carter | 1859, 2/20 | 1901, 12/1 | Mother |
| BROOKS | Henry B. | 1888, 12/25 | 1955, 1/21 | m. Mamie Brooks, son of HB & |
| BROOKS | Jerry L. | 1901 | 1969 | son of HB & IAC |
| BROOKS | Leander W. | 1854, 1/21 | 1912, 10/24 | son of JM; Father-Husband |
| BROOKS | Mary Anne Jerdon | 1856,1/15 | 1926, 8/2 | Married 1-25-1874;Mother-Wife |
| BROOKS | Willie L. | 1874, 11/27 | 1927, 10/27 | lived in LeRoy-1890, 52y, 11m; Husband, son of LW |
| BROOKS | Jennie E. | 1876, 9/30 | 1924, 8/23 | 47y, 1m, 23d, dau. of LW & |
| BROOKS | Charlie B. | 1878 | 1947, 6/17 | 68y, 10m, 7d, son of LW & |
| BROOKS | Cora B. "Claudia" | 1881, 6/29 | 1939, 12/9 | 58y, 6m; wife |
| BROOKS | Cecil C. | 1908, 1/11 | 1962, 1/16 | WWII Army, son of CB & CB |
| BROOKS | Robert Lee | 1880, 12/4 | 1887, 7/10 | son of LW & MA |
| BROOKS | James E. | 1883, 1/26 | 1955, 9/14 | son of LW & MA |
| BROOKS | Henry W. | 1886, 5/12 | 1930, 7/23 | son of LW & MA |
| BROOKS | Nettie May | 1888,5/14 | 1912, 12/17 | dau. of LW & MA, 24y, 7 m, 3 |
| BROOKS | J. B. | 1894, 4/23 | 1901, 2/13 | |
| BROOKS | Ernest Eugene | 1896, 8/23 | 1900, 8/7 | 3y, 11m, 16d, son of LW & MA |
| BROOKS | Alexander | 1890, 7/19 | 1945, 1/18 | Pvt 317, Field Artly. 81 Div. Husband, Son of LW |
| BROOKS | Annie S. (Lacy) | 1905, 3/6 | 1990, 8/27 | Wife |
| Brooks | Son | 1934, 8/17 | 1934, 8/17 | son of A & AS |
| BROOKS | Richard A. Sr. | 1940, 3/5 | 1988, 3/1 | US Navy-Vietnam MS-1, Father, son of A & |
| BROOKS | Robert Roland | 1942 | 1985 | Sgt. US Army (Vietnam) Husband, son of Alexander |
| BROOKS | Melba Kathleen | No Date | 1995, 5/5 | Wife |
| BROOKS | Andrew | 1895, 12/5 | 1901, 2/23 | son of Alfred R. & Minnie Brooks |
| BROOKS | Roland Jefferson | 1894, 4/28 | 1901, 2/13 | son of Alfred R. & Minnie Brooks |
| BROOKS | Infant | 1899, 2/18 | 1899/2/18 | born to Alfred R. & Minnie Brooks |
| BROWN | John R. | 1856, 5/10 | 1885, 12/20 | Heidtville, Farmer 1885-86 |
| BROWN | Little Rubie | 1885, 5/20 | 1885, 9/13 | daughter of LE & JR Brown (d.1892?) |
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