James M. Lark, BY214647

1828 - 1907  (78 years)

• Name	James M. Lark  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Suffix	BY214647
  Birth	10 Apr 1828	Russell County, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1860	, Russell, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Residence	8 Jul 1902	Russell, Virginia   [3]
  Death	28 Mar 1907  [2]
  Person ID	I27259	CMW Most Recent 2026_0429
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	James M. McFarlane,   b. Between 1790 and 1800, Russell Co., Virginia d. Abt 1849, Russell Co., Virginia (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Polly Lark
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F6871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Amburgy,   b. 1821
  Children	1. John B. Lark,   b. Oct 1851, Virginia, USA d. Bef 1910 (Age < 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Virginia Lark,   b. 1866, Russell Co., Virginia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. William Lark,   b. 1869, Russell Co., Virginia  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6777	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Apr 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Helen Haines notes: Note that James M. Lark was the illegitimate child of a McFarlane father and Polly Lark. No marriage took place. That has been proven by the Y-DNA test, which puts his descendant in the same group as the descendants of this line of McFarlanes. The reason he is attached to this James McFarlane is because he was the only logical McFarlane of the right age in this area. Also the name he was given by Polly also points this father. For a full reading of all the documents that back up this assertion, go to the Lark Family web-site at http://www.larkfamilygenealogy.com which is maintained by Cindy Lark, whose research led me to this conclusion.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1022] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Russell, Virginia; Roll: M653_1376; Page: 37; Family History Library Film: 805376. [S1222] Historical Data Systems, comp, U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;;), Historical Data Systems, Inc.; Duxbury, MA 02331; American Civil War Research Database. [S1250] Ancestry.com, Alabama, Texas and Virginia, Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;;), Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Confederate Pension Rolls, Veterans and Widows; Collection #: CP-5_148; Roll #: 148; Roll Description: Russell County (surnames A - Ma). [S1344] Ancestry.com, Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc;;;;;;).