Brief Life History of Riley Douglas
S/O Isaac Stark & Elizabeth Weatherford Stark. His siblings were: Angeline, James T., John L., Catherine, Hiram Alexander, Eliza Jane, Lucinda, Lydia Anna, and Samuel Stark. He first married Harriet Susan Fitzgerald on January 1, 1878, in Clark County, Illinois. She died in 1881. To this union two sons, Edgar Grant & John Robert Stark were born. His second marriage was to Margaret Ann Marion on November 4, 1883, in Clark County, Illinois. To this union eleven children were born: Mary, Rosa, Samuel Sallie, Charles, William Artie, Guy, Ruth, Stella, Vernon, and Hester Stark. Gravesite Details buried with Margaret A
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- Riley Stark, "United States Census, 1920"
- Riley W Stark, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Riley D Stark, "BillionGraves Index"
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1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World
William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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