The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . of Laconia were shocked bythe announcement of the very suddendeath of Hon. Daniel Stark was stricken instantly, withoutwarning, whenapparen tly ingood health, anddied immediate-ly without re-turning to con-sciousness. The death ofMr. Din s m o o rwas regarded asa public calami-ty. He was asch ol arly andaccom p 1 i s h e dman, of fine per-sonal appear-ance, and uni-versally lovedand respec e had justreached his fulland promisingmanhood whenthe s
The illustrated LaconianHistory and industries of Laconia, of the city and its manufacturing and business interests . of Laconia were shocked bythe announcement of the very suddendeath of Hon. Daniel Stark was stricken instantly, withoutwarning, whenapparen tly ingood health, anddied immediate-ly without re-turning to con-sciousness. The death ofMr. Din s m o o rwas regarded asa public calami-ty. He was asch ol arly andaccom p 1 i s h e dman, of fine per-sonal appear-ance, and uni-versally lovedand respec e had justreached his fulland promisingmanhood whenthe s u m monscame and his earthly career closed forever. He was bornin the village of Laconia, Sept. 23, 1837,the son of Daniel J. and Caroline (Stark)Dinsmoor, a descendant of John Dins-moor, a man much loved and respect-ed by the early settlers and even by theIndians as well, for his honesty and up-rightness ; he was also a descendant ofGen. John Stark of Revolutionary fame,the hero of Bennington, whose familyname he bore. He received his early education inthe village schools and Gilford acad-emy, where he exhibited among other. The Late Daniel S. Dinsmoor. qualifications a marked ability in decla-mation. After the course at theacademy in his native village he wentto New London Literary and ScientificInstitution, at that time one of theleading institutions of the state, wherehe graduated with high honors in i860,his address before the society receivingespecial commendation. For sometimeafter graduating he read law in the officesof Hon. Wm. Blair, Geo. W. Stevens,Esq., and Hon. O. A. J. Vaughan, andwas admitted to the bar in 1864. In 1865 hewas united inmarriage toAmelia , the friritof the union be-ing two sons,Arthur W. andA. JamesonDinsmoor. Uponj the organization! of the LaconiaNational bank,in 1865, he waschosen cashier,which positionhe held until hisdeath. He wasfrequently se-lected for polit-ical honor, hold-ing many im-portant offices,such as countytreasurer, r
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