Co. K. 11th Mich. Cav. Co. L. Sec. Mich. Cav.
MILITARY RITES MARK BURIAL OF E. B. STARK
WAS CIVIL WAR VETERAN WHO ENLISTED SECOND TIME AND SAW 22 BATTLES
NOTED INDIAN ATTORNEY
Gained National Prominence After War By Fighting for Rights of Indians in Land Claims
Funeral rites for Edward B. Stark, 86, Civil war veteran, life long friend of the Indians and champion of their rights, were held at the family home on South Center street at 11 o'clock Saturday forenoon and were largely attended by friends and acquaintances of the veteran attorney for the redmen.
Rev. John W. Broxholm, Methodist pastor, conducted the service and a military tribute to the memory of the aged veteran was paid by the local American Legion Post. World War veterans were casket bearers.
Three Civil war veterans were honorary pallbearers. They were A. P. Shaw, and Willis Lobdell of Hartford, and Richard C. Westlake of Chicago. Mr. Westlake, 86, came here alone to pay a last tribute to the memory of his life long friend. The Daughters of Union Veterans also conducted a brief service.
Burial was at Indian lake cemetery in Cass county. This quaint cemetery stands opposite the first and only pioneer school that Mr. Stark attended 80 years ago. There his body rests amid the scenes of his boyhood, where many of his playmates were Indian children and where he first acquired an interest in Indians which later prompted him to battle through the federal courts for their rights.
LED INTERESTING LIFE
The death of Mr. Stark, which occurred on the evening of February 5, after an illness of weeks due to the infirmities of age, removes on of southwestern Michigan's most interesting characters.
Mr. Stark was born in Summerville, Cass county, November 4, 1842, in a log tavern built by his uncle, Peabody Cook, in 1835. The old tavern still stands but has been remodeled into a farm house. Amid these pioneer environments he spent his early life until the outbreak of the Civil war.
At Niles, in September, 1861, he enlisted in company I, Second Michigan Infantry, and served one year until wounded. He was then sent home and discharged. Recovering from his wound, he re-enlisted in Company K, 11th Michigan Cavalry, at Kalamazoo, and served until the war closed. He fought in 22 major engagements and was proud of his war record.
WON FORTY TRIBAL CLAIMS
More than thirty years ago Mr. Stark became special claim agent and attorney for the Indians, especially the Pottawattamie and Chippawas, and became nationally known as the champion of the rights of the redmen. He battled through the federal courts and the United States supreme court to secure recognition of the claims of the Indians to compensation for the lands the white men had wrestled from them.
During those years he secured settlement of more than 40 tribal claims. The last large collection he effected was a $39,000 claim in connection with the Chicago lake front. This netted $100 for each man, woman, and child in the Pokagon band about Hartford, as well as for the other tribes making the claim.
Two incidents in Mr. Starks life aroused his interest in the Indians and their deprivations in being driven from their lands. One was his boyhood association with the children of the forest. The other was that his father, Erastus Stark, William B. Gilbert and others were commissioned by the government to move the Indians west of the Mississippi. He sensed the injustice of the removal of the tribes from the lands where successive generations of redmen had roamed.
MARRIED AFTER THE WAR
Following the war Mr. Stark returned to Michigan and on January 24, 1866 he was married to Lydia Margaret Conkling. Their early married life was spent at Starks Corners, now Cushing Corners in Cass county.
They later removed to Chicago where Mrs. Stark was active in patriotic organizations and was the organizer of Harvey B. Dodworth Woman's Relief Corps, in the Department of Illinois, which included in its membership such noted women as Susan B. Anthony, the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Frances A. Willard, and Mrs. Emma R. Wallace, past national president.
Mr. and Mrs. Stark came to Hartford in 1902, and Mrs. Stark's death occurred here May 15, 1921.
During his long residence here Mr. Stark had been actively engaged in his work for the Indians, and also had been, until within a few weeks of his death, actively interested in community affairs. He had been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic since its organization.
One of his possessions in which he took great pride is a collection of Indian relics, said to be one of the finest in Michigan.
Mr. Stark is survived by three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Lettie Estelle Brown of Houston, Texas; Mrs. Catherine Westlake and Roy Fred Stark of Chicago; Miss Frances C. Stark of Hartford; and Allen C. Stark of Coloma. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lovely Adkins, Rosendale, Mo.; Mrs. Mina Blackford, St. Joseph, Mo.; and Mrs. Emma Morris, Savannah, Mo.; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren, besides other relatives and a wide circle of friends.
The Hartford Day Spring, Wednesday, February 2, 1929, pages 1 and 5 (Note: there is a photo of Mr. Stark in this paper)
MILITARY RITES MARK BURIAL OF E. B. STARK
WAS CIVIL WAR VETERAN WHO ENLISTED SECOND TIME AND SAW 22 BATTLES
NOTED INDIAN ATTORNEY
Gained National Prominence After War By Fighting for Rights of Indians in Land Claims
Funeral rites for Edward B. Stark, 86, Civil war veteran, life long friend of the Indians and champion of their rights, were held at the family home on South Center street at 11 o'clock Saturday forenoon and were largely attended by friends and acquaintances of the veteran attorney for the redmen.
Rev. John W. Broxholm, Methodist pastor, conducted the service and a military tribute to the memory of the aged veteran was paid by the local American Legion Post. World War veterans were casket bearers.
Three Civil war veterans were honorary pallbearers. They were A. P. Shaw, and Willis Lobdell of Hartford, and Richard C. Westlake of Chicago. Mr. Westlake, 86, came here alone to pay a last tribute to the memory of his life long friend. The Daughters of Union Veterans also conducted a brief service.
Burial was at Indian lake cemetery in Cass county. This quaint cemetery stands opposite the first and only pioneer school that Mr. Stark attended 80 years ago. There his body rests amid the scenes of his boyhood, where many of his playmates were Indian children and where he first acquired an interest in Indians which later prompted him to battle through the federal courts for their rights.
LED INTERESTING LIFE
The death of Mr. Stark, which occurred on the evening of February 5, after an illness of weeks due to the infirmities of age, removes on of southwestern Michigan's most interesting characters.
Mr. Stark was born in Summerville, Cass county, November 4, 1842, in a log tavern built by his uncle, Peabody Cook, in 1835. The old tavern still stands but has been remodeled into a farm house. Amid these pioneer environments he spent his early life until the outbreak of the Civil war.
At Niles, in September, 1861, he enlisted in company I, Second Michigan Infantry, and served one year until wounded. He was then sent home and discharged. Recovering from his wound, he re-enlisted in Company K, 11th Michigan Cavalry, at Kalamazoo, and served until the war closed. He fought in 22 major engagements and was proud of his war record.
WON FORTY TRIBAL CLAIMS
More than thirty years ago Mr. Stark became special claim agent and attorney for the Indians, especially the Pottawattamie and Chippawas, and became nationally known as the champion of the rights of the redmen. He battled through the federal courts and the United States supreme court to secure recognition of the claims of the Indians to compensation for the lands the white men had wrestled from them.
During those years he secured settlement of more than 40 tribal claims. The last large collection he effected was a $39,000 claim in connection with the Chicago lake front. This netted $100 for each man, woman, and child in the Pokagon band about Hartford, as well as for the other tribes making the claim.
Two incidents in Mr. Starks life aroused his interest in the Indians and their deprivations in being driven from their lands. One was his boyhood association with the children of the forest. The other was that his father, Erastus Stark, William B. Gilbert and others were commissioned by the government to move the Indians west of the Mississippi. He sensed the injustice of the removal of the tribes from the lands where successive generations of redmen had roamed.
MARRIED AFTER THE WAR
Following the war Mr. Stark returned to Michigan and on January 24, 1866 he was married to Lydia Margaret Conkling. Their early married life was spent at Starks Corners, now Cushing Corners in Cass county.
They later removed to Chicago where Mrs. Stark was active in patriotic organizations and was the organizer of Harvey B. Dodworth Woman's Relief Corps, in the Department of Illinois, which included in its membership such noted women as Susan B. Anthony, the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Frances A. Willard, and Mrs. Emma R. Wallace, past national president.
Mr. and Mrs. Stark came to Hartford in 1902, and Mrs. Stark's death occurred here May 15, 1921.
During his long residence here Mr. Stark had been actively engaged in his work for the Indians, and also had been, until within a few weeks of his death, actively interested in community affairs. He had been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic since its organization.
One of his possessions in which he took great pride is a collection of Indian relics, said to be one of the finest in Michigan.
Mr. Stark is survived by three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Lettie Estelle Brown of Houston, Texas; Mrs. Catherine Westlake and Roy Fred Stark of Chicago; Miss Frances C. Stark of Hartford; and Allen C. Stark of Coloma. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lovely Adkins, Rosendale, Mo.; Mrs. Mina Blackford, St. Joseph, Mo.; and Mrs. Emma Morris, Savannah, Mo.; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren, besides other relatives and a wide circle of friends.
The Hartford Day Spring, Wednesday, February 2, 1929, pages 1 and 5 (Note: there is a photo of Mr. Stark in this paper)
Co. K. 11th Mich. Cav. Co. L. Sec. Mich. Cav.
MILITARY RITES MARK BURIAL OF E. B. STARK
WAS CIVIL WAR VETERAN WHO ENLISTED SECOND TIME AND SAW 22 BATTLES
NOTED INDIAN ATTORNEY
Gained National Prominence After War By Fighting for Rights of Indians in Land Claims
Funeral rites for Edward B. Stark, 86, Civil war veteran, life long friend of the Indians and champion of their rights, were held at the family home on South Center street at 11 o'clock Saturday forenoon and were largely attended by friends and acquaintances of the veteran attorney for the redmen.
Rev. John W. Broxholm, Methodist pastor, conducted the service and a military tribute to the memory of the aged veteran was paid by the local American Legion Post. World War veterans were casket bearers.
Three Civil war veterans were honorary pallbearers. They were A. P. Shaw, and Willis Lobdell of Hartford, and Richard C. Westlake of Chicago. Mr. Westlake, 86, came here alone to pay a last tribute to the memory of his life long friend. The Daughters of Union Veterans also conducted a brief service.
Burial was at Indian lake cemetery in Cass county. This quaint cemetery stands opposite the first and only pioneer school that Mr. Stark attended 80 years ago. There his body rests amid the scenes of his boyhood, where many of his playmates were Indian children and where he first acquired an interest in Indians which later prompted him to battle through the federal courts for their rights.
LED INTERESTING LIFE
The death of Mr. Stark, which occurred on the evening of February 5, after an illness of weeks due to the infirmities of age, removes on of southwestern Michigan's most interesting characters.
Mr. Stark was born in Summerville, Cass county, November 4, 1842, in a log tavern built by his uncle, Peabody Cook, in 1835. The old tavern still stands but has been remodeled into a farm house. Amid these pioneer environments he spent his early life until the outbreak of the Civil war.
At Niles, in September, 1861, he enlisted in company I, Second Michigan Infantry, and served one year until wounded. He was then sent home and discharged. Recovering from his wound, he re-enlisted in Company K, 11th Michigan Cavalry, at Kalamazoo, and served until the war closed. He fought in 22 major engagements and was proud of his war record.
WON FORTY TRIBAL CLAIMS
More than thirty years ago Mr. Stark became special claim agent and attorney for the Indians, especially the Pottawattamie and Chippawas, and became nationally known as the champion of the rights of the redmen. He battled through the federal courts and the United States supreme court to secure recognition of the claims of the Indians to compensation for the lands the white men had wrestled from them.
During those years he secured settlement of more than 40 tribal claims. The last large collection he effected was a $39,000 claim in connection with the Chicago lake front. This netted $100 for each man, woman, and child in the Pokagon band about Hartford, as well as for the other tribes making the claim.
Two incidents in Mr. Starks life aroused his interest in the Indians and their deprivations in being driven from their lands. One was his boyhood association with the children of the forest. The other was that his father, Erastus Stark, William B. Gilbert and others were commissioned by the government to move the Indians west of the Mississippi. He sensed the injustice of the removal of the tribes from the lands where successive generations of redmen had roamed.
MARRIED AFTER THE WAR
Following the war Mr. Stark returned to Michigan and on January 24, 1866 he was married to Lydia Margaret Conkling. Their early married life was spent at Starks Corners, now Cushing Corners in Cass county.
They later removed to Chicago where Mrs. Stark was active in patriotic organizations and was the organizer of Harvey B. Dodworth Woman's Relief Corps, in the Department of Illinois, which included in its membership such noted women as Susan B. Anthony, the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Frances A. Willard, and Mrs. Emma R. Wallace, past national president.
Mr. and Mrs. Stark came to Hartford in 1902, and Mrs. Stark's death occurred here May 15, 1921.
During his long residence here Mr. Stark had been actively engaged in his work for the Indians, and also had been, until within a few weeks of his death, actively interested in community affairs. He had been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic since its organization.
One of his possessions in which he took great pride is a collection of Indian relics, said to be one of the finest in Michigan.
Mr. Stark is survived by three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Lettie Estelle Brown of Houston, Texas; Mrs. Catherine Westlake and Roy Fred Stark of Chicago; Miss Frances C. Stark of Hartford; and Allen C. Stark of Coloma. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lovely Adkins, Rosendale, Mo.; Mrs. Mina Blackford, St. Joseph, Mo.; and Mrs. Emma Morris, Savannah, Mo.; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren, besides other relatives and a wide circle of friends.
The Hartford Day Spring, Wednesday, February 2, 1929, pages 1 and 5 (Note: there is a photo of Mr. Stark in this paper)
MILITARY RITES MARK BURIAL OF E. B. STARK
WAS CIVIL WAR VETERAN WHO ENLISTED SECOND TIME AND SAW 22 BATTLES
NOTED INDIAN ATTORNEY
Gained National Prominence After War By Fighting for Rights of Indians in Land Claims
Funeral rites for Edward B. Stark, 86, Civil war veteran, life long friend of the Indians and champion of their rights, were held at the family home on South Center street at 11 o'clock Saturday forenoon and were largely attended by friends and acquaintances of the veteran attorney for the redmen.
Rev. John W. Broxholm, Methodist pastor, conducted the service and a military tribute to the memory of the aged veteran was paid by the local American Legion Post. World War veterans were casket bearers.
Three Civil war veterans were honorary pallbearers. They were A. P. Shaw, and Willis Lobdell of Hartford, and Richard C. Westlake of Chicago. Mr. Westlake, 86, came here alone to pay a last tribute to the memory of his life long friend. The Daughters of Union Veterans also conducted a brief service.
Burial was at Indian lake cemetery in Cass county. This quaint cemetery stands opposite the first and only pioneer school that Mr. Stark attended 80 years ago. There his body rests amid the scenes of his boyhood, where many of his playmates were Indian children and where he first acquired an interest in Indians which later prompted him to battle through the federal courts for their rights.
LED INTERESTING LIFE
The death of Mr. Stark, which occurred on the evening of February 5, after an illness of weeks due to the infirmities of age, removes on of southwestern Michigan's most interesting characters.
Mr. Stark was born in Summerville, Cass county, November 4, 1842, in a log tavern built by his uncle, Peabody Cook, in 1835. The old tavern still stands but has been remodeled into a farm house. Amid these pioneer environments he spent his early life until the outbreak of the Civil war.
At Niles, in September, 1861, he enlisted in company I, Second Michigan Infantry, and served one year until wounded. He was then sent home and discharged. Recovering from his wound, he re-enlisted in Company K, 11th Michigan Cavalry, at Kalamazoo, and served until the war closed. He fought in 22 major engagements and was proud of his war record.
WON FORTY TRIBAL CLAIMS
More than thirty years ago Mr. Stark became special claim agent and attorney for the Indians, especially the Pottawattamie and Chippawas, and became nationally known as the champion of the rights of the redmen. He battled through the federal courts and the United States supreme court to secure recognition of the claims of the Indians to compensation for the lands the white men had wrestled from them.
During those years he secured settlement of more than 40 tribal claims. The last large collection he effected was a $39,000 claim in connection with the Chicago lake front. This netted $100 for each man, woman, and child in the Pokagon band about Hartford, as well as for the other tribes making the claim.
Two incidents in Mr. Starks life aroused his interest in the Indians and their deprivations in being driven from their lands. One was his boyhood association with the children of the forest. The other was that his father, Erastus Stark, William B. Gilbert and others were commissioned by the government to move the Indians west of the Mississippi. He sensed the injustice of the removal of the tribes from the lands where successive generations of redmen had roamed.
MARRIED AFTER THE WAR
Following the war Mr. Stark returned to Michigan and on January 24, 1866 he was married to Lydia Margaret Conkling. Their early married life was spent at Starks Corners, now Cushing Corners in Cass county.
They later removed to Chicago where Mrs. Stark was active in patriotic organizations and was the organizer of Harvey B. Dodworth Woman's Relief Corps, in the Department of Illinois, which included in its membership such noted women as Susan B. Anthony, the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, Frances A. Willard, and Mrs. Emma R. Wallace, past national president.
Mr. and Mrs. Stark came to Hartford in 1902, and Mrs. Stark's death occurred here May 15, 1921.
During his long residence here Mr. Stark had been actively engaged in his work for the Indians, and also had been, until within a few weeks of his death, actively interested in community affairs. He had been a member of the Grand Army of the Republic since its organization.
One of his possessions in which he took great pride is a collection of Indian relics, said to be one of the finest in Michigan.
Mr. Stark is survived by three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Lettie Estelle Brown of Houston, Texas; Mrs. Catherine Westlake and Roy Fred Stark of Chicago; Miss Frances C. Stark of Hartford; and Allen C. Stark of Coloma. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Lovely Adkins, Rosendale, Mo.; Mrs. Mina Blackford, St. Joseph, Mo.; and Mrs. Emma Morris, Savannah, Mo.; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren, besides other relatives and a wide circle of friends.
The Hartford Day Spring, Wednesday, February 2, 1929, pages 1 and 5 (Note: there is a photo of Mr. Stark in this paper)
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