Samantha Catherine Stark

Brief Life History of Samantha Catherine

When Samantha Catherine Stark was born on 21 August 1846, in Chariton, Missouri, United States, her father, William Howell Stark I, was 50 and her mother, Catherine Goodman, was 42. She married Joseph Daniel Richeson on 23 February 1871. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Clifton Township, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Clifton Hill, Randolph, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 27 December 1931, in Randolph, Missouri, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Randolph, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Daniel Richeson
1842–1915
Samantha Catherine Stark
1846–1931
Marriage: 23 February 1871
Annie Eliza Richeson
1872–1953
James Walter Richeson
1874–1950
Margaret May Richeson
1876–1966
Charles Franklin Richeson
1878–1929
Mary Beatrice Richeson
1879–1943
Joseph Elza Richeson
1883–1963
Minnie Porter Richeson
1884–1966

Sources (14)

  • Samantha C Richeson in household of J Walter Richeson, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Samantha Catherine Stark Richeson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Stark in entry for Fred Everingham and Mary B. Richeson, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1866

Historical Boundaries: 1866: Randolph, Missouri, United States

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: nickname from Middle English stark ‘strong, sturdy; harsh, severe’ (Old English stearc).

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), German stark ‘strong, brave’.

Czech and Slovak (Štark): of German origin (see 2 above).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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