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STARK, Andrew, clergyman, born in the county of Sterling, Scotland, in 1790; died in Denny Loan-head, Scotland. 18 September, 1849. He was graduated at the University of Glasgow in 1811, studied theology at the University of Edinburgh, taught in London, and was licensed to preach in 1817 by the Associate presbytery of Edinburgh. He was pastor of the congregation of South Shields in 1818-'19, and in 1820 came to New York, where in 1822 he was installed pastor of the Grand street associate church. In 1849, owing to impaired health, he visited Scotland. where he died. His remains were brought to this country. The University of London gave him the degree of LL.D. about 1844. He published several sermons, and wrote a "History of the Secession" in a series of papers printed in the "Religious Monitor," and afterward in the "Associate Presbyterian Magazine," to which he was a frequent contributor.
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