Stark family.

The Starks of Pembroke and Suncook, N.H., descendents of Revolutionary War Major-General John Stark, appear to have engaged primarily in agricultural activities. However, sometime after 1810, Major Caleb Stark and his son, Henry purchased the Pembroke Cotton and Woolen Factory, which they operated until 1830. Before selling the factory, the Starks began producing silk on Caleb's land in Dunbarton, N.H. They planted hundreds of mulberry trees and raised thousands of silkworms, but the project, like other attempts at silk production in N.H., was not lucrative enough to be successful.