C. H. Stark and Lavina Ann Barnhart

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Husband C. H. Stark ^{1 2}

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           Born: 5 Sep 1830 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: John Adam Stark (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Charlotte Holser (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Lavina Ann Barnhart ^{3 4}

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            AKA: Lavinia Barnhart 2
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           Died: Bef 1918 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: John Barnhart (1807-1858) 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Row (1809-1884) 2 5 8

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - C. H. Stark

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He was reared at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, where he was educated in the common schools and Greensburg academy. At thirteen years of age he was sent east and spent two years in learning the trade of silver-plating, as used on the carriages of that day. He then returned home, learned the trade of carriage builder and engaged in that business with his father until the latter retired from the firm. He then continued the business on a large scale, employing from thirty to thirty-five men. His carriages were in demand in many different sections until the Civil War closed his factory. He was then appointed by the United States government as wagon inspector at Pittsburgh, and served as such until the close of the war. In 1865 he resumed the manufacture of carriages and conducted a prosperous business until 1879. Later he completed the erection of one of the finest brick business blocks of Greensburg. It was three stories high and 160 feet in front.
Politically, he was a democrat, and served as burgess and school director, but would never allow his name to be used as a candidate for any county office. He was a member of the Second Lutheran church of Greensburg.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 165.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 93.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 166.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 102.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 655.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 102, 335.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 92.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 335.