When Mary Eva Elba Wingett was born on 10 February 1859, in Ohio, United States, her father, Davison Winget, was 33 and her mother, Harriet Gabriel, was 33. She married Henry Holloway Stark on 9 March 1882, in Moniteau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Pilot Grove Township, Moniteau, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and California, Moniteau, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 19 June 1913, in Moniteau, Missouri, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Pilot Grove Township, Moniteau, Missouri, United States.