Dear Colleen Earls, I am replying to your message posted November of '99. November 12, 1999. I have cut and pasted the message left below. There are some points in your message that are in line with my search. I am looking for information about STARK family that lived in Kansas Station, Edgar County, Illinois. Jonathan D. Stark, born in 1828 in Scott County, Indiana was living in Kansas Station when he joined the 150th volunteer infantry company "C"in February of 1865. This is so similar to your search I cannot beleave there is not a connection. Please e-mail me privately. [email protected] Robert Moore <I am researching Nathaniel B. Stark. I show him enlisting in <the union army Feb 3, 1865 in C Company, 150th Infantry <Regiment. He mustered out January 16, 1866. Claimed <residence is Grandview. He married Amanda V. Wood on <Feb 1, 1872 in Douglas County, IL. Nathaniel and Amanda <(Wood) Stark had son Jesse Lafayette Stark Dec 5, 1873 in <Kansas, Edgar County, IL. Jesse Lafayette Stark married <(1) Anna Rachel McDonald of Illinois before 1896 and had <two sons, Mansel Stark b. Feb 27, 1896 Kansas, IL and <Otto Stark b. 1898 Illinois. Jesse Lafayette Stark married (2) <Nina Chaney June 1905 in Kansas City, Missouri and had <one son, Tipton Stark born Apr 26, 1906 in Kansas City, <Missouri. Jesse Lafayette Stark died in Chicago, IL on Oct <23, 1933. Occupation on 1900 census and on 1933 death <certificate is listed as a bricklayer. This line is especially <dear to my heart. Please contact me with any info. Thanks