[2] In his twenties, Vernon lived in Montreal, Lower Canada with fellow New Englander Ariel Bowman.
Sparhawk returned to the United States, and on August 7, 1824, he married Julia Brush Lyman in Burlington, Vermont.
His first contribution to the journal, entitled "A Tale of a Nose," appeared under the pen name Pertinax Placid in the April 1835, issue.
His editorship was short-lived, however, as in August of the same year White removed him from the position, although his relationship with the journal continued.
[10] On January 13, 1838, Sparhawk reported feeling weak and suddenly collapsed, and died shortly thereafter of a lung hemorrhage.