Posted on: Orange Co. Tx Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Tx/Orange?read=242 Surname: STARK ------------------------- STARK, D. D., Enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America, and served “Honorably” in Company “C”, 11th “Spaight’s Battalion”, “Texas Volunteers”, “Infantry”, C.S.A. (note: Company “C” was formed in Newton County, Texas.) STARK, DANIEL L., Enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America, and served “Honorably” in Company “C”, 11th “Spaight’s Battalion”, “Texas Volunteers”, “Infantry”, C.S.A. (note: Company “C” was formed in Newton County, Texas.) STARK, JOHN THOMAS, “CAPTAIN”, (Plot 5; Evergreen Cemetery, Orange, Texas), Born: 1821. Deceased: September 21, 1893. Enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America, and served “Honorably” in 13th “Texas Cavalry”, Company “H”, “Dreadnaughts”, C.S.A. Later “Dismounted”, trained “Infantry”. Patriarch of the Orange County Stark Family. John T. Stark was born in Pebble County, Ohio in 1821, and moved to East Texas in 1840. He settled in Newton County, Texas in the 1850’s where He practiced law and ran a merchantile store. In 1861, John T, Stark joined the Confederate Army as a “Private” in the “Texas Cavalry”, and was later elected “Captain”. In 1874 He moved to Orange, Texas where He practiced law, served one year as Orange County Judge, and was active in the Old Orange First Baptist Church. John T. Starks three marriages produced eighteen children. He died in 1893. (Obtained from Texas Historical Marker at His Grave…Recorded: 1982). (note: Company “H” was formed in Newton County, Texas.) STARK, SAMUEL H., Enlisted in the service of the Confederate States of America, and served “Honorably” in Company “H”, 13th Texas “Cavalry”, “Dreadnaughts”, C.S.A., later “Dismounted”. (note: Company “H” was formed in Newton County, Texas.)