Jane Starr 1814-1887

STARR, LONG, HOGG

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Williamsburgh Journal, Williamsburgh (Iowa Co.), Iowa, 21 Oct 1887, p3.

OBITUARY.
The subject of this notice Mrs. Jane Starr, (mother of John C. and William Starr and also sister of Albert Long Esq., of this place,) was born in the city of Columbus, Ohio, March 26th. 1814, which made her at the time of her decease (Oct. 7th. 1887) seventy three years six months and eleven days old. A life so long cannot but have many interesting and instructive incidents. Among the important of these in the life of Mrs. Starr, was her primal reception into the church of Christ through the rite of infant baptism, which was administered to her by the noted Dr. Hogg pastor of the church with which her parents were connected. About the age of 12 years she made a public profession of her faith in Christ by uniting with the same church still under the pastoral care of Dr. Hogg. And in the year 1849, the pastor who had baptised her, admitted her to all the privileges and benefits of church fellowship, performed the sacred ceremony by which she was united in marriage with Joseph R. Starr Esq, About fifty one years of her life was passed in the city of her birth and in connection with the church of her baptism. This church was one of the first christian organizations in that influential city. Its work has been extensive and eternity only can tell her share of its glory, the remaining twenty-two years of her life was spent in this locality and though among the most reticent, yet her influence for good cannot be measured by any temporal criteria. She died in the triumph of that Faith which for more than one-half of a century she had professed and of which she was an exemplary exponent. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord."