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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- 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"
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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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