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Construction began on May 14, 1878 on land owned by Andrew Stark, know as Stark Settlement, located between Atkins and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The first mass occurred in 1880 at St. Joseph, serving as a mission church of St. Patrick in Fairfax. The church was closed and dismantled in 1959. Only the cemetery remains.
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Hello, I'm Daniel Stark and Andrew Stark is my 2nd Great Grandfather. I was raised on a farm about 3 miles southwest of the church's site. I've also done extensive genealogical research on the Stark family.
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