. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . from 1837 to 1842. Subse-quently his attention was absorbed inthe care and management of his invest-ments, especially his landed property,which, being situated in and near thegrowing city of Manchester, had be-come valuable. Thus passed his de-declining years. Identified with thelocal projects of his vicinity, in good Frederick G. Stark and the Merrimack River Canals. 15 fellowship with his neighbors, and re-spected by all who knew him, his latteryears were in quiet contrast to the rest-less e
. The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . from 1837 to 1842. Subse-quently his attention was absorbed inthe care and management of his invest-ments, especially his landed property,which, being situated in and near thegrowing city of Manchester, had be-come valuable. Thus passed his de-declining years. Identified with thelocal projects of his vicinity, in good Frederick G. Stark and the Merrimack River Canals. 15 fellowship with his neighbors, and re-spected by all who knew him, his latteryears were in quiet contrast to the rest-less energy of earlier times. The death of his wife, in 1856,seemed to mark the turning-point ofhis life. From that time his healthgradually declined. Four years laterhe was stricken by a slight paralytic opening of the railroad to Lowell in1835, to Nashua in 1838, and to Con-cord in 1842 were successive steps ofdestruction to the whole system ofriver navigation, and culminated in atotal abandonment of the canals soonafter the Concord Railroad was put inoperation. A hardy race of boatmen, pilots, and. WITH WIND AND CURRENT, shock, and on the 26th day of March,1861, he died, aged nearly 69 public journals of that date paidhim this just tribute of respect: Judge Stark was a man remarkablefor his industry, energy, and correctbusiness habits ; and as the result ofnearly half a century of public andprivate business has left behind a repu-tation for reliability and strict integritysecond to no man in the state. The Merrimack river canals wereblotted out by the railroads. The raftsmenâmen of uncommon strengthand endurance, skilful in their callingbut unfamiliar with other labors-weresuddenly and permanently thrown outof employment. The wooden damsand locks went to decay, the embank-ments were cut and ploughed down,and successive spring freshets havehurled their icy batteries against thestone abutments and lock walls untilthey are nearly obliterated, and thenext generation will kn
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