Elmira May Sparling

1877 - 1897  (19 years)

• Name	Elmira May Sparling
  Birth	19 Sep 1877	Garden Grove, Decatur, IA
  	19 Sep 1877 is a calculated date using data from her headstone.
  Gender	Female
  Death	3 Mar 1897	Garden Grove, Decatur, IA
  	Ref her mother's obituary.
  Burial	Garden Grove, Decatur, IA
  	Winters Cemetery Garden Grove, Decatur County, Iowa Inscription "In my father's house are / many mansions." ELMIRA M. / Dau. of / H. W. & J. J. / SPARLING / DIED / MAR. 3, 1897 / AGED / 19 Y. 5 M. 14 D. "Dearest sister thou hast left us, / Here thy loss we deeply feel, / But 'tis God that hath bereft us, / He can all our sorrows heal." Iowa, U.S., Cemetery Records Name: Elmira M Sparling Birth Date: abt 1878 Death Date: 3 Mar 1897 Age: 19 Burial Location: Garden G, Decatur Cemetery: Winters Source: Grave Stone Records of Decatur County, Iowa Page number: 127
  Person ID	I30247	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

  Father	Henry West Sparling,   b. 4 Sep 1838, Lawrence County, OH d. 11 Mar 1919, Garden Grove, Decatur, IA (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Joanna Josephine Trullinger,   b. 5 Oct 1847, Davis County, IA d. 1 May 1917, Garden Grove, Decatur, IA (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F1775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 19 Sep 1877 - Garden Grove, Decatur, IA Death - 3 Mar 1897 - Garden Grove, Decatur, IA Burial - - Garden Grove, Decatur, IA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones