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HIST.ORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
later being on the frontier. During his service
lie ewas never wounded or captured.
Mr. HIufflhines was an active and influential
member of tlle Grange at the time it flourisled
here. In 1881 that organization establislled
a store at Ridhardsonl, which was
successfully conducted three years. At the
end of that time, the Grange losing power
and iiifluence on account of the Alliance, a
few of the stockholders deemed it necessary
to buy up tile stock. Three of them accordingly
purchased the stock, and the store has
since been conducted under the firm name of
Thompson, Ileffington las been a member of
the lBaptist Clllhrch for thirty-three years;
and ill politics has been a Democrat since
Fillmore ran for President.
A fact worthy of note in the history of
his father's family is that none of the nine
sons ever uses tobacco or drinks intoxicating
liquor. Tile seven now living are all engaged
in agricultural pursuits, and are occupying
useful aiid honorable positions in life.
:i ILLIAM II. STARK, JRt., was born
in Tennessee, Jun1e 15, 1850. IIn
hlf 1860, il colnlpanly w\itlh his father's
family, he catne to Texas, making the journey
by teams, and settled in Collin county. In
tlhe fall of 1865 they moved to Dallas county,
where lie has since lived. All his education
lhas been received in thle common schools of
this State. I-e remained under the parental
roof until lie was twenty-eight, and then, in
February, 1878, he was married and moved
upon a farm he had. previously purchased.
He now owns 212 acres of fine land, 150 ofwhich are under cultivation, raising wheat,
oats and corn. He gives most of his attention
to raising corn, and feeds cattle for the
mIarket. He also rents land and cultivates
cotton. At an early day before railroads
were built through this section of the country,
Mr. Stark was engaged in teaming in connection
with his farming operations. In his
various undertakings he has been successful
and has made money.
Mr. Stark married Miss Isabell Stratton, a
daughter of Thomas Stratton. Her father
came from Kentucky to Texas in 1848 and
settled in Dallas county, where he lived till
the fall of 1888, when he moved to Potter
county, purchasing a large track of land
there. He is now a resident of Amarilla; is
connected with a bank there, is County Commissioner,
and is also largely interested in
the stock business. Mr. and Mrs. Stark have
four children: Oscar, born January 24, 1882;
Charles T., July 5, 1884; Robert C., February
28, 1887; and Willie, September 29,
1889. Mr. Stark has served as School
Trustee and also as a member of the Board of
Overseers. He is a member of the I. 0. 0.
F. and also of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church.
W. H. Stark, Sr., father of the subject of
our sketch, was born in Torquay, Devonshire,
England, October 26, 1823. He learned the
printing trade and followed that while in
England. In 1849 he married Miss Keziah
Tucker, who was born in Plymouth, England,
June 1, 1822. They were married on the
road in Engiand, having started from their
homes for America. Arriving in New York
in the month of May, 1849, Mr. Stark began
work at his trade. The following December
he set out for the Ducktown copper mines of
Tennessee. The mines proving a failure, he
bought land there, built a home and developed
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/1068/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.