Religious Herald, Richmond, Virginia, June 27, 1878:
"An all-wise Providence saw fit to place upon MARY LOUISA STARK burdens which but few are called upon to bear. On Monday, the 10th of June, 1878, her sufferings ceased. She had watched and waited so long and so patiently for the end, that when we stood by her grave and saw the white lily and the beautiful bright flowers placed upon the mound by loving hands, we felt as if tears of sorrow were selfish, for we truly believed our sister had gone to live forever with that Saviour she loved, and in whom she trusted, in a land where all is pure, and where the bright and the beautiful will never fade. Brother. Culpeper county, Va."
"An all-wise Providence saw fit to place upon MARY LOUISA STARK burdens which but few are called upon to bear. On Monday, the 10th of June, 1878, her sufferings ceased. She had watched and waited so long and so patiently for the end, that when we stood by her grave and saw the white lily and the beautiful bright flowers placed upon the mound by loving hands, we felt as if tears of sorrow were selfish, for we truly believed our sister had gone to live forever with that Saviour she loved, and in whom she trusted, in a land where all is pure, and where the bright and the beautiful will never fade. Brother. Culpeper county, Va."
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Thank you for the genealogical reference to Mary Louisa Stark (which includes her date of death that I was missing). Mary Louisa Stark was born June 1, 1835 at "Cedar Hill" farm (near Rixeyville, Culpeper county, VA), the daughter of Weedon Smith Stark and Mary Bruce Brown. Mary Louisa Stark never married and lived her entire life at "Cedar Hill", where she was presumably buried (no tombstone now). Some Stark graves from that cemetery were later transferred to Fairview Cemetery in town of Culpeper, VA. I, John G. Starke, of Richmond, VA am a descendant of Gideon Stark (b. Dec. 2. 1827 in Culpeper Co., VA-later moved to Louisa Co., Va-then settled in Hanover Co.,Va where he died on dec.2. 1887-buried on family farm "Eureka"), son of Weedon S. Stark and Mary B. Brown.
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