Starr, Frank H.

STARR

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Date: 7/2/2021 at 21:00:22

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.608

FRANK H. STARR
Frank H. Starr is one of the most energetic, progressive and enterprising citizens of Milo and Warren County. He is now filling the position of cashier of the Citizens Bank and is also extensively and successfully engaged in farm­ing and stock-raising, being the owner of three hundred and forty-two acres of valuable and productive land in Belmont Township, the home place being situated three-fourths of a mile from the corporation limits of Milo. Mr. Starr was born in Greene County, Wisconsin, June 19, 1861, his parents being Isaac and Mary (Dixon) Starr, natives of North Carolina and Pennsylvania respectively. They came west to Illinois at an early day and afterward re­moved to Greene County, Wisconsin. In the year 1865 they removed to Iowa, first settling in Hardin County, but after a few months came to Belmont Township, Warren County, where Mr. Starr purchased land and in the course of years became a very successful farmer and stock-raiser. He did not trust to chance or influence to aid him in his business career, but placed his dependence in the substantial qualities of energy and determination and as the year went by he won the just reward of persistent, persevering labor. He died on Thanksgiving Day of 1907, at the age of eighty-two years, and is still survived by his wife, who is now living in Milo.
Frank H. Starr was educated in the common schools and when about twenty years of age made his initial independent step in the business world by taking charge of the old home place. He has since been closely associated with agricultural interests and is now the owner of three hundred and forty-two acres of fine farming land in Belmont Township. This is highly cultivated and in fact constitutes one of the largest and best farms in Warren County. The place presents a most neat and attractive appearance, because the fields are well tilled and all of the buildings are kept in excellent repair. On the 15th of April, 1908, Mr. Starr was elected cashier of the Citizens Bank of Milo, and is now giving much of his attention to the management of the finan­cial interests of the town.
On the 12th of August, 1884, occurred the marriage of Mr. Starr and Miss Harriet L. Reeves, a daughter of Robert F. and Sarah (Chick) Reeves, who are mentioned at length on another page of this work. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Starr have been born five children: Robert T., Fred C., Eva E., Nellie M., and Charles F., all yet at home.
Mr. Starr belongs to Milo Lodge, No. 160, K. P. He votes with the de­mocracy and has served as assessor and as township trustee. He takes an ac­tive part in all affairs of public interest and his loyal citizenship is manifest in his active cooperation in every movement or measure for the public good. He has never found that there was not time in his life to aid in matters of public progress, and yet he is known as a most busy and energetic man, realiz­ing the fact that there is no excellence without labor and that individual advancement must depend upon personal effort and close application.