Brayton Stark

1895 - 1988  (93 years)

• Name	Brayton Stark  [1]
  Birth	20 Sep 1895	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Dec 1988	Newark, Licking, Ohio   [2]
  Burial	Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut   [2]
  Person ID	I375306	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Arthur Richard Stark
  Mother	Minnie C. Umpleby
  Family ID	F234635	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Hawthorne Fowle,   b. 30 Apr 1895, Newton Centre, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Jan 1977, Newark, Licking, Ohio (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	1930
  Children	1. Bradford Arthur Stark,   b. 10 Apr 1932, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio d. 21 Feb 1994, ..., Licking, Ohio (Age 61 years)
  Family ID	F234634	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Find-a-Grave Brayton Stark was University Organist at Denison University, Granville, Ohio from 1927 until 1961. He held a bachelor's degree from Denison and a master's from the Guilmant Organ School in New York . He was also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists. In addition to his teaching and chapel duties, he was an active recitalist. He was largely responsible for the design of the Austin Organ in Swasey Chapel. In 1930, he married Priscilla Fowle, Denison's Dean of Women. He built an organ with over 2,000 pipes for their home. After retirement, he played annual Christmas recitals up into his 90s. He died after a fall from a ladder while he was repairing a grandfather's clock. He was an Army veteran of World War I. His obituary was published in The Newark Advocate on December 20, 1988.

  
  

• Sources

  [S56595] 1940 census, Ohio, Licking county, Year: 1940; Census Place: Granville, Licking, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03098; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 45-8 (Reliability: 3). [S56135] Cemetery index, Lakeview Cemetery, New Canaan, Fairfield, Connecticut, (Find-a-Grave).