Samuel R. Stark
Samuel R. Stark, one of Steubenville's foremost business men has been a resident of this city since 1880, and comes of a very ealy family of Jefferson County, Ohio. He was born in Cross Creek Township, this county, in 1856, and is a son of Robert Stark, who is now deceased.
James Stark, his grandfather, was a native of Scotland and was one of the early settlers of this county, where his son, Robert was born in 1823. The latter was a farmer throughout his entire active life, and died in 1907 at a good old age. In politics he was a Republican after the organization of that party.
Samuel R. Stark was reared and educated in his native county, and for some eight or nine years was engaged in school teaching. He then embarked in the grocery business in Steubenville and met with such success as to warrant him in engaging in the general mercantile business, which he did in 1899. After a time he discontinued the grocery department but continued the store until about the year, 1906, when he closed out the business. He has since that time been actively interested in the Steubenville Hardward and Supply Company, one of the substantial business firms of the city. He also is a director in the People's National Bank, of Steubenville, and in the Tri-State Investment Company.
In 1879 Mr. Stark was married to Miss Lydia Atkinson, of Steubenville, who died in 1905, leaving two daughters, namely: Beulah, wife of Frank Johnston, of Follansbee, W. Va.; and Lola, wife of Morris Dunlope, of Steubenville, O. Fraternally, Mr. Stark is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Second Presbyterian Church.
20th Century History of Steubenville and Jefferson County, Ohio, by Joseph B. Doyle. Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910