The son of William & Elizabeth (Fisher) Larch (as listed in the 1850 census), in 1850 he was living with his family in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, but is not found with any certainty in the 1860 census. At that time he was a laborer by trade.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen as a substitute, mustered into federal service at Carlisle February 1, 1865, as a private with Co. G, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged by general order to date July 6, 1865. All of his military records, including his pension application, spell his surname "Lark."
He married Susan Kasp/Null/Knoll (all seen in her children's death certificates) and fathered the children you see linked below. In 1910 and 1920, he was living with his daughter Rebecca in Derry Township, where he died from a "cerebral hemorrhage" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor.
The spelling of his surname on the tombstone is questionable as it does not appear he was known as "Lerch" during his lifetime, and he certainly was "Lark" while in the army. His children apparently all spelled their surname "Lerch," but the 1870 and 1910 censuses and his death certificate list his surname as "Lark." The 1900 census has a John Lark, no age listed, as a patient in the state hospital in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, but it is not certain it is he. He is found as "Lerch" in the 1920 census, but that may have been his daughter's doing, and the surname on the tombstone appears to be that as well.
His birth year is also a question mark as a twenty-year-old recruit had no reason to understate his age.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen as a substitute, mustered into federal service at Carlisle February 1, 1865, as a private with Co. G, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged by general order to date July 6, 1865. All of his military records, including his pension application, spell his surname "Lark."
He married Susan Kasp/Null/Knoll (all seen in her children's death certificates) and fathered the children you see linked below. In 1910 and 1920, he was living with his daughter Rebecca in Derry Township, where he died from a "cerebral hemorrhage" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor.
The spelling of his surname on the tombstone is questionable as it does not appear he was known as "Lerch" during his lifetime, and he certainly was "Lark" while in the army. His children apparently all spelled their surname "Lerch," but the 1870 and 1910 censuses and his death certificate list his surname as "Lark." The 1900 census has a John Lark, no age listed, as a patient in the state hospital in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, but it is not certain it is he. He is found as "Lerch" in the 1920 census, but that may have been his daughter's doing, and the surname on the tombstone appears to be that as well.
His birth year is also a question mark as a twenty-year-old recruit had no reason to understate his age.
The son of William & Elizabeth (Fisher) Larch (as listed in the 1850 census), in 1850 he was living with his family in Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, but is not found with any certainty in the 1860 census. At that time he was a laborer by trade.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen as a substitute, mustered into federal service at Carlisle February 1, 1865, as a private with Co. G, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged by general order to date July 6, 1865. All of his military records, including his pension application, spell his surname "Lark."
He married Susan Kasp/Null/Knoll (all seen in her children's death certificates) and fathered the children you see linked below. In 1910 and 1920, he was living with his daughter Rebecca in Derry Township, where he died from a "cerebral hemorrhage" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor.
The spelling of his surname on the tombstone is questionable as it does not appear he was known as "Lerch" during his lifetime, and he certainly was "Lark" while in the army. His children apparently all spelled their surname "Lerch," but the 1870 and 1910 censuses and his death certificate list his surname as "Lark." The 1900 census has a John Lark, no age listed, as a patient in the state hospital in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, but it is not certain it is he. He is found as "Lerch" in the 1920 census, but that may have been his daughter's doing, and the surname on the tombstone appears to be that as well.
His birth year is also a question mark as a twenty-year-old recruit had no reason to understate his age.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of eighteen as a substitute, mustered into federal service at Carlisle February 1, 1865, as a private with Co. G, 100th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged by general order to date July 6, 1865. All of his military records, including his pension application, spell his surname "Lark."
He married Susan Kasp/Null/Knoll (all seen in her children's death certificates) and fathered the children you see linked below. In 1910 and 1920, he was living with his daughter Rebecca in Derry Township, where he died from a "cerebral hemorrhage" with "arteriosclerosis" a contributing factor.
The spelling of his surname on the tombstone is questionable as it does not appear he was known as "Lerch" during his lifetime, and he certainly was "Lark" while in the army. His children apparently all spelled their surname "Lerch," but the 1870 and 1910 censuses and his death certificate list his surname as "Lark." The 1900 census has a John Lark, no age listed, as a patient in the state hospital in Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County, but it is not certain it is he. He is found as "Lerch" in the 1920 census, but that may have been his daughter's doing, and the surname on the tombstone appears to be that as well.
His birth year is also a question mark as a twenty-year-old recruit had no reason to understate his age.
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