Family who sailed on the Brooklyn
STARK, Anne Cook (24, wife)
STARK, John Daniel (4 mo.)
BIRD, Elizabeth Wallace (1 mo., foster child)

Daniel Stark (25), b. 29 Jun 1820 Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada to John Stark and Sarah Mann. He was a carpenter by trade. In San Bernardino, CA, he was the County Assessor before he took his family to UT in 1857. He served an LDS Mission to "The Muddy" in Nevada. Bishop and Mayor in Payson, UT. m. 1st 1 Dec 1844 Ann Cook in Boston, Ma and had 4 children. m. 2nd Elizabeth Baldwin who had 11 children; and, m. 3rd Ann Priscella Birkenhead who had 7 children. He had a total of 86 grand children. d. 23 Apr 1907.

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Deseret Evening News , Wednesday, April 24, 1907, page 3:

Death of Daniel Stark

One of Payson's Early Settlers Lays Down Life's Burdens at 86

Payson, Utah Co., April 24. - Daniel Stark, one of Payson's oldest and most respected citizens, died at his home yesterday afternoon.   He came here in the pioneer days, was 86 years of age and had been ill three years.   His funeral will be held in the Second Ward meetinghouse tomorrow, Thursday, April 25, at 2 p.m.

Deseret Evening News of May 4 th 1907

"Daniel Stark, son of John Stark and Sarah Mann, was born at Windsor, Nova Scotia, June 29, 1820.

In his youth he went to Boston, Mass., where he served as an apprentice at the joiner's trade; while there he first heard the gospel and united himself with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on December 15, 1843.

He was married to Ann Cook, at Boston, December 1, 1844, from which union four children, two sons and two daughters were born.

In 1846 removed to New York and set sail on ship Brooklyn with 233 saints and 40 non-members of the Church, bound for California by way of Cape Horn, expecting the meet the pioneers under President Brigham Young, who the same year had left Nauvoo on their perilous, though now famous trip to the west.

Removed to Utah about 1857, locating in Parowan, bringing with him a threshing machine and other farm machinery; about the first of the kind to be brought to Utah. In 1858, removed to Payson; in 1861 made a trip to the states. To bring a load of farm machinery; on the return trip assisted a company of Saints on their journey from England to Zion; among those assisted was Elizabeth Baldwin, with whom he was afterwards married, March 22, 1862; from this union eleven children, five sons and six daughters were born, of which three sons and four daughters are still living; married Ann Priscilla Birkenhead, March 16, 1867, and to them were born seven children, four sons and three daughters, all of whom are living.   He was ordained a High Priest by Apostle C. C. Rich.

He went on a mission to the 'Muddy' in Nevada, where he was ordained a bishop and presided over the St. Joseph ward until the breaking up of the 'Muddy' mission under the council of President Young, when he removed to Long Valley, Utah in 1871, where he continued to act as bishop until about 1873-74, when he returned to Payson, where he has made his home until the time of his death, April 23, 1907.   He was a man of indomitable will and iron constitution owing largely to his strict obedience to the Word of Wisdom and has been prominently identified in building up the city and county in his many lines of labor.   He has filled many positions of trust in the Church and civil capacity; was for several years county surveyor and acted as county assessor; was an active member of the Payson city council; was actively identified with the High Priest quorum of Payson, and for a time acted as an alternate High Councilor of the Utah Stake of Zion.   In connection with his work of surveying he followed that of carpentering for many years and has built and assisted in building many of the homes and public buildings of this city and county.   He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, sixteen children, eighty-six grandchildren and twenty-six great-grandchildren."

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Buried in Payson City Cemetery, Block 5 Lot 22, Payson, Utah County, UT.

LIFE AND TRAVELS OF DANIEL STARK AND HIS PEOPLE - By Samuel Stark, his son--1955

Descendants of Daniel Stark and Priscilla Birkenhead

PLACEMENT OF PLAQUES ON DANIEL STARK AND ANN COOK GRAVESTONES

September 26, 1998, 10:30 am, Payson City Cemetery

On Saturday we had a wonderful time in the Cemetary. The weather cooperated and we all felt the warmth of getting together with our relatives. Lots of introductions and reunions took place and family ties strengthened.

The meeting went as outlined and the spirit of geneology was surging through those in attendance. After the meeting at Daniel and Ann's grave site, many went to visit the site of the other two wives Elizabeth Baldwin & Priscilla Birkenhead.


Dear Relative and Friend:

The Ship Brooklyn Association has designed, produced and made available brass plaques commemorating the voyage of the Ship Brooklyn on which our ancestors, Daniel Stark and his wife, Ann Cook came around Cape Horn to California. You may have read about these plaques in the most recent issue of the Ship Brooklyn Association Newsletter. The Family History Association has purchased two these plaques and will have a ceremony to place the plaques on the gravestones on the reference date and time. W. Thomas Wride, editor of the new book on Daniel Stark, will be the keynote speaker. Jean Lundholm, family historian and genealogist, will also make some remarks. Weather permitting, a pot luck picnic lunch will be held in the Payson City Park following the ceremony. If the weather is not suitable for a picnic, arrangements will be made for an inside location. If you have questions as to the location of the Payson City Cemetery, please call Jean Lundholm (801) 465-3537. We hope you will plan to attend this event in honor of our ancestors and we look forward to seeing you there.

Sincere Best Wishes, Wade W. Fillmore

President

SHIP BROOKLYN ASSOCIATON

Commemoration Plaques Ceremony for
Daniel Stark and Ann Cook Program

September 26, 1998 10:30 a.m.

Payson City Cemetery

Daniel Stark, his wife Ann Cook, their son, John Daniel Stark and a foster child, Elizabeth Bird were among the 238 Latter-day Saint passengers who sailed on the Ship Brooklyn from New York to San Francisco in 1846. The Ship Brooklyn Association has produced commemorative brass plaques to place on the gravestones of these passengers. The Family History Association welcomes you to this commemorative service to officially place these plaques.

Daniel Stark was a talented carpenter. He built at least three houses in California before he went to Utah. He participated in the early days of the California Gold Rush. He lived in San Francisco, at Mision San Jose (now Fremont), and later in San Bernardino when he was asked to move there by two apostles. Because of his faith and hard work, he prospered despite hardships and setbacks. In 1857, after being in California for eleven years, he responded to the call of the prophet, Brigham Young, and moved to Utah when the invasion of Utah by Federal troops was imminent.
Ann Cook married Daniel in Boston. They met at an LDS meeting. Both joined the church and they were married in Boston in 1844. She bore their first child, John Daniel just a few months before they boarded ship. Ann also agreed to take care of Elizabeth Bird when her mother died shortly after childbirth. Ann died in 1865, eight years after they returned to Utah and was buried in Payson. Daniel lived to be over eighty six and died in 1907.