. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . egon to the National Democratic convention atChicago in 1864, and from Connecticut to the onein New York in 1868. Since 1867 he had been amember of the board of education of New London, a director of the New London Northernrailroad company, and since 1871 a deputy to the• of tlie Protestant Episcopal church. STARK, John, soldier, b. in Londonderry, N. H., 28 Aug., 1728; d. in Manchester, N. H., 8 May,1822. His father emigrated from the north of Ire-land and settled on the extreme frontier of NewHampshire in near neighborhood t
. Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography . egon to the National Democratic convention atChicago in 1864, and from Connecticut to the onein New York in 1868. Since 1867 he had been amember of the board of education of New London, a director of the New London Northernrailroad company, and since 1871 a deputy to the• of tlie Protestant Episcopal church. STARK, John, soldier, b. in Londonderry, N. H., 28 Aug., 1728; d. in Manchester, N. H., 8 May,1822. His father emigrated from the north of Ire-land and settled on the extreme frontier of NewHampshire in near neighborhood to the Indians,owned extensive tracts of land about Amoskeagfalls, and was an original proprietor of Dunbarton(then called Starkstown). Here the son grew upwith few advantages of book education, but withabundant training in hunting and all athletic em-ployments. He made frequent hunting-excursionsinto the forest, and on one of these occasions, in1752, was taken prisoner by the savages, and re-tained in captivity till he T,fas ransomed by the. colony of Massachusetts. The bold and defiantbra ring of Stark excited the admiration of hissavaur raptors, and after the initiatory ceremonyof running the gantlet, in which he took the un-expected part ofusing his club onthe Indians, hewas released fromthe drudgery usu-ally imposed oncaptives, and wascalled by them the young knowledge hethus gained of for-est life and of thetopography of theborder was of greatservice in subse-quent conflictswith the 1755 he was ap-pointed a lieuten-ant in Maj. RobertRogerss famouscorps of rangers, and served with it, soon risingto the rank of captain, through all the campaignsaround Lake George and Lake Champlain, wheretraditions still exist of his sagacity and the close of the war he retired from thearmy and engaged in farming at Derryfield (nowManchester, N. H.), and so continued till tidingsreached him of the battle of Lexington. Prompt-ly he then mounted his horse, and
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