STARR, Samuel B., Col. 1822-1906

STARR, HUGHES

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/29/2013 at 00:57:12

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COL. STARR DEAD

Well Known and Wealthy Charles City Man Dead

CHARLES CITY, IOWA, April 24 - Col. S. B. Starr, a well known attorney and philanthropist, died yesterday morning, aged eighty-four years. He gave $10,000 for the founding of the Starr Home for the Ages. He has lived constantly at Charles City for fifty-one years.

[Waterloo Times-Tribune, Wednesday, April 25, 1906, Waterloo, Iowa]
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Samuel B. Starr, of the firm of Starr & Harrison, has been actively connected with the legal profession of Charles City since October, 1855, and is the oldest member now living of the Floyd County bar.

A son of Chauncey and Nancy Starr, of New York, he was born in Brownville, Jefferson County, that State, on January 17, 1824. His father died in 1832, his mother in 1828, having been the parents of five children.

Samuel B. attended school at Brownville until sixteen and was then matriculated in Block River Institute at Watertown, New York, where he remained three years. He began the study of his chosen profession in Watertown, and also taught school there until Jan. 15, 1847, when he was admitted to the New York bar at Albany. He practiced in Watertown until 1848, then opened a mercantile store at Orleans, New York, in partnership with another gentleman, and conducted this business and prosecuted his profession until the winter of '49, when, drawn thither by the current then prevailing, he went with a party to the gold fields of California, remained two years and cleared $2,500. He returned to Orleans and resumed his business and practice.

He was married there to Adeline Hughes in May 1855. She was born in Orleans, a daughter of Daniel and Ruth Hughes. Of two sons born of this marriage one is living, S. H., who is engaged in the boot and shoe trade in this city.

In October, 1855, Mr. Starr came to Charles City, where he has successfully prosecuted his profession since. He held the office of County Prosecuting Attorney from 1856 to 1859, and has been City Attorney. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. fraternity, St. Charles Lodge, No. 141. In politics he was first a Jackson Democrat, then a Free-soiler, and since the organization of the Republican party has been on of its strongest supporters.

[History of Floyd County, Iowa, Vol 1]
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NOTES:
Gravestone says born 1822. The Floyd Co. History article says 1824, but the obituary indicates 1822 by saying he was 84. So, 1822 is probably right.
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Photo of Samuel from History of Floyd County, Iowa.

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