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http://devere8.tripod.com/id21.htm WINDOW TO THE PAST by Peggy Smith Hake Frances Wyrick was born in Miller County on 3 October 1851, the daughter of Gainum Wyrick (b. c/1828 Grainger Co, TN) and Altha Ann Witt (c. c/1831 in Illinois). She was a granddaughter of Michael R. Wyrick and Lucinda Jones, natives of Grainger County, TN. Her maternal grandparents were John and Frances/Fannie (Coker) Witt, also from East Tennessee. Frances was one of several children born to Gainum and Altha Wyrick including: 1. Henry Wyrick b. c/1849 m. Mary E. Stark 1873 2. Frances Wyrick b. 1851 m. George Thomas Stark 1872 3. Hugh W. Wyrick b. c/ 1858 m. Teresa Gerling 1889 4. Cordelia M. Wyrick b. c/1861 m. William O. Wiser 5. Jesse W. Wyrick b. c/1865 m. Gertie Means 1898 6. Lena L. Wyrick b. c/1867 (never married) 7. John P. Wyrick b. c/1869 m. (no record) 8. Mary Elizabeth Wyrick m. William N. Wolf 1891 Frances Wyrick, called Fannie, married George Thomas Stark in Miller County 29 Dec 1872. Their marriage was performed by Levi W. Albertson, a justice of the peace. George Stark was born in Miller County on 22 Oct 1847. Fannie and George became parents of ten children (4 boys and 6 girls). Two of their children died either in infancy or when young. The surviving eight children were: 1. George Stark b. 1875 m. Dollie Howard 1894 2. Rosena Stark b. 1878 m. Thomas Lewis 3. America Stark b. 1880 m. Samuel P. Hawken 1905 4. Ava Idessa Stark b. 1883 m. Edward Snellings 1906 5. Lucy L. Stark b. 1884 m. Joel Witt 1905 6. William Thomas Stark b. 1887 m. Mattie Dixon 1915 7. Sophronia C. Stark b. 1889 m. James Walker Pierce 1907 8. Jesse J. Stark b. 1892 m. Emma Cross Fances/Fannie Wyrick-Stark died on January 30, 1924 at the age of 72 years. She ws survived by her husband, George, to whom she had been married for 52 years; eight children; one brother, Hugh Wyrick; and three sisters: Mary/Mollie Wolf, Cordelia M. Wiser, and Lena L. Wyrick. She had been a member of the Church of Christ for many years. Her funeral services were held at the "old homestead", conduced by J. M. Lamb. She was buried in the Stark Family Cemetery in Osage township. George Thoms Stark died 22 Sept 1938 and was buried beside Fannie. The old cemetery is locted today near Highway A on the Mt. Zion Road. References
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