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Samuel Burton Sturdevant married, Septem- ber 7, 1858, Olive Leach, born September 7, 1837, died December, 1893, daughter of Ebenezer and Lovina (Walley) Leach, and their children are : Lillian,' married Harry G. Shupp, a jeweler of Wilkes-Barre, and their children are: Sturde- vant Burton and Kenneth Gardner. Richard Matthews, born January 30, 1872, married Irene Phillips, daughter of the late Captain Phillips, of naval fame, of Portland, Maine. Richard Mat- thews, educated at the United States naval acad- emy at Annapolis, served as a lieutenant in the navy, resigned in 1905, now in private life. Wil- liam H. Sturdevant, youngest child and son of
John and Sarah (Fassett) Sturdevant, was born in Braintrem township, Wyoming county. Dur- ing his early youth he acquired a practical educa- tion in common schools and Wyoming Seminary, and in 1857 removed with his father to Wilkes- Barre and there followed the occupations of en- gineer and land agent with his father until the deatlı of the latter in 1879. William H. Sturde- vant has held the office of county surveyor and Wilkes-Barre city engineer for about fourteen years, and hasserved in the capacity of engineer for several railroads. He was a director for a number of years in the Wilkes-Barre Water Company and its engineer, and was a member of the old borough council. He is a member of the- Sons of the Revolution, and the Wyoming His- torical and Geological Society. He is also a. member of the Free and Accepted Masons, and for many years took an active interest in the order.
William H. Sturdevant married, in 1874,. Mary Letitia, daughter of Jesse Thomas, and granddaughter of Charles Miner (see Thomas. and Miner Families), and their children are : Thoma's Kirkbride, born August 27, 1876, and: Jessie Thomas. Thomas Kirkbride Sturdevant was educated in the public schools of Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania, at the Harry Hillman Academy, and is a graduate of Princeton Col- lege, and the architectural department of Colum- bia University of the City of New York. He is. now (1906) following the profession of archi- tect, being a member of the firm of Welsh and' Sturdevant, at Wilkes-Barre.
DAVID SCOTT STARK, a representative. of the eighth generation of the Stark family, was. born October 24, 1859, at Plains, Pennsylvania, a son of James Frederick and Helen Marr- (Stocker) Stark. His birthplace was the old Stark homestead, which has remained uninter- ruptedly in the possession of the family from the time it was granted to the Pennsylvania claimants April 4, 1799, the tract being contained in the old Connecticut land grant. David S. Stark still re- sides on a portion of his ancestral estate in the. house built by his father, James F. Stark, 1859, though of late years much improved.
His line of descent is as follows: I. Aaron. 2. William. 3. Christopher. 4. Captain James. 5. Henry. 6. James. 7. Frederick. 8. David' Scott Stark.
Among the very first of the name in Connecti -- cut was Aaron Starke, who served with and
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under Captain John Mason during the Pequot war in 1637, and several years later he was again in military service under the same gallant com- mander. Aaron Starke resided in Hartford in 1639, in Windsor in 1643, and New London, near Stonington, in 1655, where he was made free- man in 1669. and was influential in the affairs of the church in Stonington. Tradition has it that he was born between the years 1602 and 1608, hence his birthplace must have been England, but certain it is that he died in New London, Connec- ticut, in 1685, leaving sons : Aaron, born about 1654; John, about 1656; William, in 1664; also two daughters: Margaret, who became the wife of John Fish; and Elizabeth, who became the wife of Josiah Haynes.
William Stark, son of Aaron, married Eliza- beth Stark, who bore him four children: Wil- liam, Christopher, Daniel, and Phebe, who became the wife of Thomas Walworth. William Stark was for many years a member of the Baptist Church, although reared in the Congregational faith, and served as deacon until his death, in 1730. His wife was also a devout Christian. They had :
Ensign Christopher Stark, second son of Wil- liam and Elizabeth Stark, born in Groton, in 1698. He married, April I, 1722, in Groton, Con- necticut, Joanna Walworth, and among their chil- dren were three sons: Aaron, James and Wil- liam. Christopher Stark died 1776. He was one of the first purchasers of land in the Wyoming Valley from the Connecticut Susquehanna Land Company. He and his sons and their families came to Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania, in the early part of 1769.
Two of the family appear in 1772, Aaron and James, the former sold his land claim to James and settled in another portion of the valley. Mem- bers of the family participated in the Wyoming battle-Daniel, Aaron and James, sons of James and Elizabeth (Carey) Stark-the latter born December 14, 1760, and he barely escaped with his life; he was also an active participant in the Revolutionary war. Of the same family stock was General Stark, who won immortal fame as leader of the Green Mountain Boys before and in the battle of Bennington, Vermont.
Christopher Stark (3) and his son, Captain James Stark (4), born May 22, 1734, died July 20, 1777, were buried side by side in the old Stark family burying ground at Plains, situated on a hill about five hundred yards northwest of the Methodist church and Hancock Station, and about the same distance easterly of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad, where their remains yet repose- owing to the fact that the graves, once marked. and well kept, are difficult to locate. The grave- stones were ruthlessly destroyed by foreigners when the coal mines were first opened, and the headstones were torn down for various uses .. There is evidence of real vandalism in the further fact that many stones were broken up by foreign- ers and their fragments scattered over the hills .. Many of the old settlers sleep in this old ceme- tery, among them Mrs. Desire Wilcox, Joseph. Smith, James Hickok and his two brothers, be- sides many others. Mr. and Mrs. David Stark. have made earnest effort to protect this ancient burying ground, and in May, 1903, were success- ful in preventing the Laurel Line electric railway company from running its tracks through this hallowed ground. The remains of Henry Stark and his family were removed from here to Hol- lenback cemetery at Wilkes-Barre, October 25,. I881.
James Stark, son of Christopher and Joanna: (Walworth) Stark, was born May 22, 1734, died July 20, 1777. He served as captain under Gen- eral Washington in the Revolutionary war, but returned to his home in the valley when danger threatened, and in the battle which preceded the massacre was wounded in the leg, but managed to make his way to the fort. He married Eliza- beth Carey, daughter of Rev. Henry Carey, of Groton, Connecticut, and their children were :. James, born December 14, 1760; Henry, born· April 19, 1762, died January 22, 1807; Esther, born August 29, 1764; John, born October 16, 1766; Paul, born December 9, 1769 ; Samuel, born' October 8, 1771 ; Abigail, born January 22, 1773. Elizabeth, born February 24, 1775 ; and Joanna, born January 19, 1777.
Henry Stark, son of James and Elizabeth (Carey) Stark, was born April 19, 1762, died" January 22, 1807; married Elizabeth Kennedy, born April 12, 1773, died December 24, 1851. They had, James, born April 24, 1792, died Feb- ruary 3, 1856; Sarah, born July 20, 1793 : John, born January 4, 1795; Hiram, born August 17, 1796; Henry, born February 7, 1798, lived to be- ninety-three ; Mary, born February 16, 1800; Elizabeth, born August 28, 1801, died at the age- of twelve. Katherine, born January 27, 1803; Joanna, born November 26, 1805.
James Stark, oldest son of Henry and Eliza- beth (Kennedy) Stark, was born April 24, 1792, and died February 3, 1856. He was the first coal operator at Plains, Pennsylvania, up to the- time of his decease, and in addition was the pro --
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prietor of a general store, a thorough business man, dealing largely in coal and farm lands. He also served in the capacity of justice of the peace. See later. He was of a very patriotic nature, and served as a private in the war of 1812, display- ing the utmost courage and heroism. He was one of the founders of the Methodist Church, 1843, of which he was a member, and a Demo- crat in politics. Mr. Stark was married three times. His first wife, whose maiden name was Katherine Wagner, born May 31, 1796, died July 23. 1817 ; they were the parents of the following children : Sally Ann, born May 14, 1814, married September 25, 1831, John Benedict, still living. Henry W., born November 17, 1815, married (first) Elizabeth Stevens, De- cember 9, 1839, (second) October 21, 1851, Elizabeth Sackett. both dead. James Stark, married (second) April 19, 1818, Mary Michael, born August I, 1793, died January 29, 1822, and she was the mother of two children : John Mich- ael. born February 23, 1819, married October 16, 1841, Sarah Davidson ; he died March 14, 1896. (Of whom mention is made elsewhere). Elizabeth, born November 29, 1820, married Charles Shoemaker, February 7, 1841. James Stark married (third) Mary Wagner, born De- cember 24, 1806, died August 2, 1866, a daughter of Frederick and Katherine Wagner, the former named having been born August 4, 1779, died September 24, 1848; and the latter born Decem- ber 24. 1787, died September 5, 1862. Ten chil- dren were the issue of this marriage: James Frederick, father of D. Scott Stark, Jr., of Plains, born January 7, 1824, died June 6, 1872; married Helen Stocker, November 30, 1858. George Hiram, born April 9, 1825, died Febru- ary 3, 1866; married Clara Blanchard. July 9, 1849. Alexander Hamilton, born March II, 1827, died March 17, 1869, married Hannah Bryant, November 5. 1856. David Scott, born May 22. 1829, died February 23, 1904; married Anna Jackson. Katherine Maria, born June 6, 1831, died January 4, 1882, married Benjamin Dor- rance Beyea, June 17, 1851. Mary Jane, born October 31, 1833, died January 16, 1837 ; Harriet M., born October 31, 1836, married Thomas R. Coward, October II, 1859. Mary Jane (2), born July 30, 1839, married October 18, 1860, Charles H. Flagg. a captain in the war, and was killed by the bursting of a shell at Gettysburg. Pennsyl- vania, July 3, 1863. Charles M., born January 20, 1843, died June 20, 1846. William Sheppard, see elsewhere.
James Frederick Stark, father of David S. Stark, and eldest son of James and Mary (Wag-
ner) Stark, the latter named being the third wife of James Stark, was born January 7, 1824, died June 6, 1872. He was a very popular man and at one time refused the nomination to the United States congress. He was a leading juror of his day, and was often official custodian of the best interests of the township and townsmen, faith- fully discharging all duties devolving upon him. Honor and integrity characterized his daily in- tercourse with his fellowmen. He was a lover of books, an ardent seeker after knowledge, and an active friend of all educational movements. He was a Democrat in politics. He attended the Methodist Episcopal church, and gave freely of his wealth to the support of all churches in this locality and also to the deserving poor. His death was sincerely lamented by the entire com- munity. He married, November 30, 1858. Helen Marr Stocker, born September 12, 1836, died August 28, 1884, daughter of Thomas and Kath- erine (Hartman) Stocker. The ceremony was performed at the home of her father at Plains, Pennsylvania, by the Rev. Charles Dorrance. Their children were: David Scott, born October 24, 1859, of whom later. Frederic S., born July 30, 1861, married, April 30, 1881, Hattie H. Johnson, of Binghamton, New York, and their children were: Guy Johnson, born January 29, 1883, died in Binghampton, April 5, 1904 ; Helen Marr, born at Plains, May 12, 1884; Caroline Parker, born July 26, 1885: Otis: Frederic; Edna : Henry ; and Esther. William, born April 30, 1867. James Frederic, born June 23, 1872. of Plains.
David Scott Stark attended the private and public schools of his native place, then was a long-time student under the skillful teaching of the accomplished Professor William R. King- man in the old institute on River and Franklin streets, Wilkes-Barre, in the early seventies ; then Hasting Academy, West Philadelphia ; then Wyoming Seminary and Business Colege. He is a ruling elder in the Plains Presbyterian Church, and frequently represented the same in the Lack- awanna Presbytery. He is clerk of the church sessions and assistant superintendent of the Sun- day school. He is a member of the New Eng- land Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania. W'y- oming Commemorative Association. and charter member of Washington Camp, No. 159, Patriotic Order Sons of America. He is a Democrat in politics. David Scott Stark married, October 22, 1890, Georgianna Shoemaker, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Stark) Shoemaker. The ceremony was performed at the home of her parents at Plains, Pennsylvania, by the Rev.
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Henry E. Spayde. Mrs. Stark was educated in the private and public schools of her native place, Shoemaker, Pennsylvania, a member of the Presbyterian church, Wyoming Commemorative Association, and Wyoming Valley Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
The paternal ancestor of Mrs. David S. Stark was Aaron Shoemaker, who came from Holland to America at an early date and finally settled on the Delaware, now Monroe county, Pennsyl- vania. (See Shoemaker family.)
His son, Adam Shoemaker, married Eva Weaver, and among their children was a son, Captain Henry Shoemaker, who served in the Revolutionary war from 1778 to 1783. He was captured and held prisoner for some time, suffer- ing great hardships before he was set at liberty ; at one time he was stationed at Fort Hinshaw, near Bushkill, Pennsylvania. He married for his first wife a Miss Raub, of near Blairstown. New Jersey. The children of Captain Henry Shoemaker and his first wife were: Andrew ; Jacob of whom further mention is made; Will- iam, Michael, Sallie, Henry, John, born February 15, 1794, died May 22, 1872, and one daughter who married Rev. Whitehead. The second wife of Captain Henry was Barbara Shutter, of Ham- ilton, Monroe county, Pennsylvania, and their children were: George, Adam, Thomas, born Oc- tober, 1814, died April 18, 1888. Captain Jacob Shoemaker, son of Captain Henry Shoemaker and his first wife, was born in New Jersey, March 16, 1784, died at Shoemaker, Pennsylvania, November 25, 1863, aged seventy-nine years, eight months and nine days. He partici- pated in the war of 1812. In 1820 or 1821 he came from Hamilton, Pennsylvania, and founded the village of Shoemaker, in Monroe county, Pennsylvania. He was a captain in Pennsylvania State militia. He was attracted to the place by the superior water power of Bushkill creek and smaller streams passing directly through the prop- erties ; he purchased many hundreds of acres of these farm and timber lands, built a large flour and feed mill, clover and saw mills, and a beau- tiful and spacious home for his family. He pur- chased another large flour and feed mill at Flat- brookville, New Jersey. He was eminently suc- cessful in all his large affairs, and left a large and valuable estate entirely free from encumbrance. The Delaware Valley Railroad station is on the old homestead property and is called Shoemaker, Pennsylvania. He was a faithful and devoted Christian, and contributed liberally to the sup- port and extension of the gospel. He was one of the founders of the Smithfield Presbyterian
church, and of the Sand Hill cemetery at Shoe- maker, which was founded January 16, 1833, and. where he and the greater part of his large family are buried, and of the Sand Hill Methodist and. Presbyterian churches. He was a Democrat in. politics.
Jacob Shoemaker married Hannah Troch,. born October 4, 1799, in Hamilton, Northampton. county, Pennsylvania, died March 22, 1876,. daughter of Rudolph Troch, of Hamilton, Penn- sylvania. Their children were: Charles, born September 17, 1819, died September 23, 1865, of whom later. Henry born February 23, 1821, died. January 1, 1839. James, born June 9, 1823, died May, 1901 ; he was one of the founders of the town of Mankato, Minnesota, and was in the- Sioux Indian war August, 1862, in that state. His horse was shot from under him and killed,. he escaping serious wounds. He was in the battle- of New Ulm. Mary M., born March 2, 1825, died November 28, 1903; married Dr. Mathew G. Grattan, of Shoemakers. Samuel, born March I, 1827, died January 24, 1833. Elizabeth, born. May 16, 1829, died January 16, 1833. Sally, born. January 23, 1831, died April 25, 1897. William S., born January 30, 1835, died August, 1883. Andrew Jackson, born January 23, 1837, the last survivor of this family, was elected to the legis- lature of Pennsylvania in 1876, served two years. Emanuel G., born July 23, 1839, died September - 23, 1871. John Raub, born April 25, 1841, died at Smethport, 1902; was treasurer of Mckean- county, Pennsylvania, and held other important offices. Helen C., born January 10, 1844, died October 7, 1890.
Charles Shoemaker, eldest child of Captain; Jacob and Hannah (Troch) Shoemaker, born September 17, 1819, died September 23, 1865. He founded Shoemaker's postoffice, and was the- postmaster several years. At the same place he- owned a large store of general merchandise, an extensive lumber yard, and two large improved farms. He attended the Presbyterian Church. He was a staunch Republican and a man of fine- ability and influence. He married, February 7, 1841, Elizabeth Stark, of whom later, and their children were: James Stark Shoemaker, a prom- inent citizen and influential business man of Fort- Wayne, died May 15, 1883; he married, April 30, 1872, Lizzie Webber, and their children were: Charles, deceased, and Mark, born May 2, 1882. Jennie, now resides at Plains, Pennsylvania. Mary Frances, married George W. Snyder of Wilkes-Barre, and they have one child, a daugh- ter, Margaret Henry. Georgianna, aforemen- tioned as the wife of David S. Stark. Henrietta,
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died at Saratoga Springs, November 27, 1877. Alice B., married W. Frank Ver Beck, an artist of New York City, and they had two children : Georgiana Natalie, born 1887, died in infancy ; Frank, born September 7, 1891. Charles Jacob, married, January, 1879. Eva Edinger, of Strouds- burg, now deceased ; they had one child, Mary, born June, 1881. Charles Jacob married (second) Ruth Mott, of Falls, Pennsylvania, and they had four children: Ruth M., born March 30, 1889; Helen Margery. June 18, 1891 ; Florence Eliza- beth, November 1, 1895 : Dorothy Grace, October 7. 1897. David Scott Shoemaker died August 26, 1890.
Mrs. Elizabeth (Stark) Shoemaker, mother of Mrs. David S. Stark, was born on the Stark homestead, Plains, Pennsylvania, November 29, 1820, daughter of James and Mary ( Michael) Stark. " She was a member and one of the found- ers of the Delaware Water Gap Methodist Epis- copal Church; she was noted for her kindness and generosity to the poor ; she donated a portion of the ground upon which the Methodist church at Moosic, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, is located.' She died January 21, 1906, at Plains, Pennsylvania. James Stark, father of Mrs. Shoe- maker, born April 24, 1792, died February 3. 1856. He was a pioneer coal operator and mer- chant of Plains, opened his store of generall mer- chandise in 1812, and at his death left a valu- able estate of vast tracts of coal lands in the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valleys. He was one of the founders of the First Methodist church at Plains, April 15, 1843, and was a devoted chris- tian and temperance worker. He served as mag- istrate for many years. He married, April 19. 1818, on the Delaware, Monroe county, Penn- sylvania, (second) Mary Michael, born August I, 1793, died January 29, 1822, buried in Hollen- back cemetery. James Stark was a lineal descen- .dant of Christopher, born 1698. and Joanna (Walworth) Stark. Their son, Captain James Stark, married Elizabeth Carey, born 1734, died July 20, 1777, daughter of Rev. Henry Carey, of New England. Their son, Henry Stark, born April 19, 1762. died January 22, 1807, married Elizabeth Kennedy, born April 12, 1773, died De- cember 24, 1851, and their son was James Stark, aforementioned. Mary (Michael) Stark traces her ancestry to George Michael, Sr., who was among the early settlers of Pennsylvania. He moved from Forks. Northampton county, to Lower Smithfield township, same county, in 1794, and settled on the Michael plantation along the Delaware river on four tracts of land con- veyed by deed from Isaac Humphreys and his
wife Elizabeth to George Michael, Sr., his heirs and assigns, on the 23d day of April, 1794, con- taining eight hundred acres. His wife, Anna Margaret Michael, bore him children: Peter, George, Jr., John, Elizabeth, Katherine, Fred- erick Wagner, Margaret and Polly. George Michael, Jr., married and among his children was a son, John Michael, who married Elizabeth Schnable, and their children were: George M., John, Jr., Mary, who became the second wife of James Stark ; Anna, Elizabeth, Sarah, Katherine, Lydia, Margaret and Susan Michael.
LEWIS COMPTON PAINE was a son of Captain Jededialı Paine and a descendant in the eighth generation of Thomas Paine, who was in- -strumental in forming one of the first companies of Pilgrims who went to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1621. The family can be traced as among those which followed the Norman inva- sion of England by William the Conqueror in the eleventh century.
Captain Jedediah Paine was a seafaring man, as were nearly all the male members of the fam- ily for several generations ; he followed the sea for sixty-three years, and was an extensive ship- owner and builder in New York until his death. He married Phebe Ann Compton, of Perth Am- boy, New Jersey, daughter of Lewis Compton, a noted sea captain. Jedediah and Phebe Ann Paine had Lewis Compton. Colonel Jedediah C., United States Volunteers. 1861-1865, and others.
Lewis Compton Paine, son of Captain Jede- diah and Phebe Ann (Compton) Paine, born Perth Amboy, New Jersey, March 26. 1827, died Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, May 16, 1890. Mar- ried (first), 1848, Mary Campbell Lee, daughter of James Stewart Lee, the brother of Lieutenant Colonel Washington Lee. He married (second) 1857. Annie Elizabeth Lee, born Chester Valley, Pennsylvania, July 22, 1830, daughter of David Cloyd and Anna (Scott) Lee, of Chester Valley, Chester county, Pennsylvania, who died Wilkes- Barre, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1893. After his first marriage Mr. Paine moved to Perth Am- boy and settled. He visited friends in Wilkes- Barre, about 1846, and later came there with his uncles, Frank Waite and the Compton brothers, and engaged in coal operations with his brother- in-law, Andrew Lee, the firm now being Lee, Paine & Company. Mr. Paine retired from the coal business in 1857 and engaged in mercantile pursuits, but in 1860 he was among the first to engage in the local oil trade. About 1868 he engaged in the mine store business in Empire, Ashley and Sugar Notch, with William Lord
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Conyngham, Charles Miner Conyngham and Charles Parrish, the style of the firm being Co- nyngham & Paine. A few years later the business was transferred to Wilkes-Barre, where the firm, Mr. Parrish having withdrawn, engaged in meat packing. Mr. Paine became sole proprietor of this establishment in 1879. He originated in Wilkes-Barre the dressed beef business of Ar- mour & Company, was the pioneer of the inde- pendent oil business in that city, and was at one time treasurer of the Pennsylvania Oil Com- pany. But his strenuous life made inroads upon his health, and induced the merger of his business in the corporation of Paine & Company, limited .. He was a foremost figure in other industrial and financial institutions, being one of the found- ers and at one time president of the Ashley Sav- ings Bank; vice-president of the Wilkes-Barre Water Company ; and was largely instrumental in securing for Wilkes-Barre the Sheldon axle works. Mr. Paine was a communicant, vestry- man and later, 1874-1890, rector's warden of St. Stephen's church: a trustee of the Osterhout /Free Library; one of the Osterhout executors ; an active member of the Board of Trade; and one of the organizers of the Wilkes-Barre Young Men's Christian Association. He was made a member of Lodge No. 61, F. and A. M., De- cember 16, 1854, and served as secretary 1861, and W. M. 1864. He was also a member, 1881, and from 1882 to 1884 vice-president of the Wyo- ming Historical and Geological Society.
James Stewart Lee, father of Mary Campbell Lee, was second son of Captain Andrew and Priscilla (Espy) Lee. Captain Andrew Lee, born East Hanover, Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, 1739, was one of the famous "Paxtang Boys" of 1763. He was commissioned ensign Second Canadian Regiment (Congress' Own), Moses Hazen, colonel, November 3, 1776; lieutenant, September, 1779. and served as captain of dra- gons 1779-1783, in the, Revolutionary war. He was a noted partisan officer during that contest, was taken prisoner by the British 1775 and 1777, the latter time confined in a prison ship in New York harbor for two years, when in 1779 he es- caped. His history full of interest is published in Egle's Notes and Queries, Series I, Vol. I, He returned after the peace of 1783 to Lancaster county: married Priscilla Espy, daughter of Josiah and Elizabeth (Crain) Espy, and widow of James Stewart, a brother of Captain and Lieutenant-colonel Lazarus Stewart. He re- moved to Harrisburg. and in 1804 to Hanover, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, and resided on the bank of the Susquehanna, at the mouth of
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