Life History

Notes

• "I found the promise that our great-grandfather signed saying he would not fight anymore after the siege of Vicksburg - however he did fight until the end of the war, felt so guilty that he named his firstborn son after the general he lied to - General Buell - and the name has continued down through the family - can you imagine!  A CSA mounted infantryman naming a firstborn son after a Yankee General!"
  --  Source name withheld by request, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 19 December 2014
  
  Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
  Buell Starke
  Marriage 10 Jul 1889
  Whitfield, Georgia
  Spouse Annie B Stafford
  
  After finding several records on Buell Stark, I got further details from a previous source on the Stark-York lineages.  This provided a few more details on the persons involved.
  
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  Buell Stark was the firstborn son of John W. Stark b. 1 Sep 1833 Walton Co., GA d. 16 Jul 1898 Stark Springs, Whitfield Co., GA
  
  Sgt. John W. Stark CSA married Rebecca Malcom b. 10 Nov 1837 Walton Co., GA d. 25 Sep 1920 Stark Springs, Whitfield Co., GA
  
  Buell Stark was their firstborn son and my grandfather. He was b. 18 Jun 1866 Stark Springs d. 21 May 1953 Dalton, Whitfield Co, GA
  
  He married 1. Annie Breedon Stafford b. Aug 1867 d. 1906 Rockmart, Polk Co., GA - 3 living children
  
  2. Frances Gertrude York b. 2 Aug 1882 Yorkville, Paulding Co., GA d. 21 May 1973, Clinton, S.C. - 2 living children (sons) and my father was the youngest.
  
  Rebecca was the granddaughter of James Malcom (Pvt) Rev. War soldier.
  --  Source name withheld by request, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 20 December 2014
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  1900 Federal Census, Rockdale County, Georgia, 12 June, Conyers, District 95, page 9B, Railroad St, Hse/Fam #146
  Stark, Buell Head W M June 1866 53 Married 11 years GA GA GA Teacher Rents
  Stark, Annie B Wife W F Aug 1867 47 Married 11 yrs 4 children/3 living GA NC GA
  Stark, Mary W Dau W F June 1891 9 Single GA GA GA
  Stark, Stafford Son W M Dec 1892 7 Single GA GA GA
  Stark, John R B Son W M Nov 1895 4 Single GA GA GA
  
  Annie died in 1906.  A descendant family researcher gives some background from family information.
  
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  Buell Stark was working as a cashier in the Bank of Rockmart at the time of Annie's death and was in the process of taking the bank into the federal system.  He was also, at one time, the president of the Rockmart Businessman's Association and involved in developing the land around Van Wert where the York family lived (at that time).
  
  So, if Annie died in Dalton, then it was at the home of her mother.  At that time, Buell's younger brother Pryor owned the Stark farm and home.  However, Buell was forced to take it over, pay off Pryor's debts (Pryor had a problem with the bottle and was an inept manager), and move my grandmother down to the family home at Stark Springs in order to save the farm.  He paid off all the debts; went to work at the Bank of Dalton, taking them into the federal system, and all the time practiced law in his spare time while farming and politicing as a member of the Masons and Knights of Pythias, holding state office in both.
  
  He was a turn-of-the-century entrepeneur and politiician while serving on local boards, then as a state representative, then a state senator.  My grandmother raised Annie's children before she had two sons of her own, James Ferdinand Stark b. 1919 and Arnold Wood (changed to George Arnold in 1942) Stark b. 1920.
  --  Source name withheld by request, email to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 1 October 2015
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  Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
  Fannie York
  Marriage 27 May 1907 Polk, Georgia
  Spouse Buell Stark
  
  1910 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 18 April, Carbondale, District 150, page 13B, Hse #235, Fam #241
  Stark, Buell Head M W 43 2nd marriage Married 3 years GA GA GA Farmer Owns
  Stark, Fannie G Wife F W 27 1st marriage Married 3 years no children report GA GA GA
  Stark, John B Head M W 13 Single GA GA GA
  Stark, Rebecca Mother F W 67 Widow 5 children/4 living GA GA GA
  
  1920 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 27 January, Carbondale Militia District, Enumeration District 203, page 1A, Hse/Fam #4
  Stark, Buell Head Owns Free & Clear F W 52 Married GA GA GA Farmer [b abt 1867]
  Stark, Frances Wife F W 37 Married GA GA GA [b abt 1882]
  Stark, James F Son M W 11mos Single GA GA GA [b abt Jan 1919]
  Stark, Rebecca Mother F W 81 Widow GA GA GA [b abt 1838]
  
  1930 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia, 18 April, Carbondale, District 18, page 1A, Hse/Fam #2
  Stark, Buell H Owns M W 63 Married at age 23 GA GA GA Farmer
  Stark, Francis Wife F W 47 Married at age 25 GA GA GA
  Smith, James Son M W 11 GA GA GA
  Stark, Arnold Son M W 8 GA GA GA
  
  Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
  Certificate #12428
  Buell Stark
  Death 21 May 1953 Whitfield County
  Age 86 Years
  Residence Whitfield County
  
  Buell Stark
  Birth Jun. 18, 1866
  Death May 21, 1953
  State Senator for Whitefield County 1931-32; Representative 1925 - 26; President Bank of Dalton; Attorney, Teacher, Banker, Farmer, Graduate of the Univ of Ga
  Burial West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia
  Created by Diane Stark Sanfilippo Feb 07, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #17841299, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stark&GSiman=1&GScid=37668&GRid=17841299&

Sources

• 1. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
  • Memorial #17841299
• 2. 1930 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 18 April, Carbondale, District 18, page 1A, Hse/Fam #2
• 3. 1910 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 18 April, Carbondale, District 150, page 13B, Hse #235, Fam #241
• 4. 1900 Federal Census, Rockdale County, Georgia
  • 12 June, Conyers, District 95, page 9B, Railroad St, Hse/Fam #146
• 5. Ancestry Trees
• 6. Email Sources
• 7. 1920 Federal Census, Whitfield County, Georgia
  • 27 January, Carbondale Militia District, Enumeration District 203, page 1A, Hse/Fam #4
• 8. Georgia Deaths, 1919-98
  • Certificate #12428
• 9. Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978
• 10. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 11. U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1
• 12. U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
• 13. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
• 14. Find a Grave Memorial Registry