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John Wesley STARK

John Wesley STARK

Male 1861 - 1939  (77 years)

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  • Name John Wesley STARK 
    Born 15 Nov 1861  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1900  [3] 
    farmer 
    Census 1870, 1900, 1910  McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1910  [5] 
    merchant (general store) 
    Died 22 Apr 1939  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 6] 
    Buried Cascara Cemetery, Cascara, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8] 
    Person ID I72412  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2019 

    Father Jeremiah STARK,   b. 1810, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jul 1878  (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Mary HARBERT,   b. 1817, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years) 
    Family ID F22997  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Olive Virginia "Ollie" GOODWIN,   b. CA 1865, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 1941  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 23 Nov 1882  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Notes 
    • 1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Jun 4 1900:
      John W. Stark, 38, b. Nov 1861, farmer, married 17 yrs; wife Olive V, 33, b. Nov 1866, cannot read/write, married 17 yrs, mother of 6 children (all still living); dau Cora B, 14, b. Jul 1885; dau Della M, 12, b. Oct 1887; dau Bertha E, 11, b. Apr 1889; dau Mary L, 7, b. Aug 1892; dau Delta J, 4, b. Aug 1895; dau Gracie P, 2, b. Dec 1897.

      1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (McClellan District), enumerated on Apr 26 1910:
      John W. Stark, 48, merchant (general store), married 27 yrs; wife Olive V, 43, cannot read/write, married 27 yrs, mother of 8 children (7 still living); dau Gracie P, 12; dau Lexie E, 4.
    Children 
     1. Cora Bell STARK,   b. 23 Jul 1885, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1913  (Age 27 years)
     2. Della May STARK,   b. 23 Sep 1887, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Nov 1969, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     3. Bertha Emalene STARK,   b. 22 Apr 1889, Robinson Fork, McClellan District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jul 1965, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years)
     4. Mary Lillie Catherine STARK,   b. 28 Aug 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1961  (Age 69 years)
     5. Delta J. STARK,   b. Aug 1895, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Grace Pearl STARK,   b. 15 Dec 1897, Cascara (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1984  (Age 86 years)
     7. Lexie Luella STARK,   b. 16 Feb 1906, Sedalia, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1979  (Age 73 years)
    Family ID F30800  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Cascara Cemetery, Cascara, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    2. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 180.

    3. [S2010] 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2012] 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (McClellan District).

    6. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S2550] Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    8. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 151 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790326&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John W. Stark, age 21 as of Nov 15 1882, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Olla Goodwin, age 16 as of Jul 17 1882, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Nov 23 1882 at residedence of N. M. Bonnell. Informants for marriage license: N. M. Bonnell & John W. Stark.