"Dr. James H. Starr, of Marshall, who was Assistant Postmaster General of the Confederate States, was born in Connecticut, December 18, 1809. He was graduated from Worthington College, Ohio in 1832. He removed in January 1837 to the Republic of Texas and located in Nacogdoches, where he resided until May 1870 when he changed his residence to Marshall. He was in 1839-40 Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas. After practicing medicine successfully for a few years he entered the land and banking business and made a large fortune. Although originally opposed to secession, Dr. Starr went with his state out of the Union, gave his sons as soldiers to the Confederate army and volunteered himself, his health being frail and his executive ability being well known he was prevailed on to accept the office of Assistant Postmaster General of the Confederacy, which he did and rendered service until the end in May 1865. Dr. Starr was long an eminent citizen of the Lone Star State, honored and respected by all classes, and his death a few years ago in Marshall was universally deplored. His wife, who was Miss Harriet Johnson and whom he married February 21, 1833, died many years ago. [Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, by Sid S. Johnson"
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"STARR, JAMES HARPER (1809–1890). James Harper Starr, physician, Republic of Texas treasurer, land agent, banker, and Confederate official, son of James and Persia (Shaw) Starr, was born at New Hartford, Connecticut, on December 18, 1809. The Starr family originally migrated from England in the early seventeenth century. Starr's immediate family moved to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1815, and the elder Starr died in 1824. At fifteen, J. H. Starr permanently injured his knee. He attended an academy in Worthington, Ohio, taught school near Columbus, taught himself medicine, and in 1830 became a member of the first class of the Reformed Medical Society of the United States of America, located in Worthington. He moved to Georgia in 1832 and practiced medicine at McDonough and later at Pleasant Grove. He and his wife, the former Harriet J. Johnson (daughter of Samuel Johnson), moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, on January 17, 1837, with other Georgians.
On December 14, 1837, the Texas Congress established the General Land Office, and President Sam Houston selected Starr as president of the board of land commissioners and receiver of the land dues for Nacogdoches County. On May 25, 1839, President Mirabeau B. Lamar appointed Starr secretary of the Texas treasury. As a member of the Lamar faction, Starr participated in the removal of the government offices from Houston to Austin in fall 1839 (see CAPITALS). For financial reasons he asked permission to resign as treasurer on May 30, 1839, and his resignation was accepted on August 31, 1840, after which he began to administer the estate of his brother-in-law, Frost Thorn. Starr became a land agent for those who exchanged land for Republic of Texas debts, and he supported the annexation of Texas to the United States. He supported education and was a member of the board of trustees of Nacogdoches College. In 1844 he became a land agent in partnership with Nathaniel C. Amory. Due to Starr's reputation as an authority on Texas land laws, the agency grew and served as a bureau for advertising Texas land to prospective settlers from all parts of the United States. Starr and Amory remained partners until 1858, when Amory returned to Boston. The two former partners remained friends and corresponded until Amory's death in 1864. Starr was opposed to secession and the election of delegates to the Secession Convention, but like many other Texans supported the Texas Confederate state government. His sons, Frank and Amory Starr, and son-in-law, Henry W. Raguet, volunteered for Confederate service and served in the New Mexico campaign. After the Congress of the Confederate States passed the Sequestration Act in 1861, Starr was appointed to act as a receiver in the enforcement of the laws and served until 1864. In 1863 he was appointed Confederate agent for the postal service west of the Mississippi River. His public career ended with the surrender of the Southern armies in 1865.
In 1868 Starr formed James H. Starr and Son, a land and banking agency, in Marshall, one of the first banks in Texas (see BANKS AND BANKING). He moved his family to Marshall in 1870, and he and Frank Starr retired in 1873, when Amory Reily Starr gained control of the family firm. J. H. Starr spent the later part of his life at his home in Marshall, and continued to advise clients on Texas land. He was offered appointment as one of the first regents of the University of Texas but declined due to poor health. He died on July 25, 1890, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall. He had five children. He was known for his life-long temperance, his commitment to education, and his frugality. Starr County was named for him.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
John N. Cravens, James Harper Starr: Financier of the Republic of Texas (Austin: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1950). Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Nacogdoches, Gateway to Texas: A Biographical Directory (2 vols., Fort Worth: Arrow-Curtis Printing, 1974, 1987). William S. Speer and John H. Brown, eds., Encyclopedia of the New West (Marshall, Texas: United States Biographical Publishing, 1881; rpt., Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978).
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"STARR, JAMES HARPER (1809–1890). James Harper Starr, physician, Republic of Texas treasurer, land agent, banker, and Confederate official, son of James and Persia (Shaw) Starr, was born at New Hartford, Connecticut, on December 18, 1809. The Starr family originally migrated from England in the early seventeenth century. Starr's immediate family moved to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1815, and the elder Starr died in 1824. At fifteen, J. H. Starr permanently injured his knee. He attended an academy in Worthington, Ohio, taught school near Columbus, taught himself medicine, and in 1830 became a member of the first class of the Reformed Medical Society of the United States of America, located in Worthington. He moved to Georgia in 1832 and practiced medicine at McDonough and later at Pleasant Grove. He and his wife, the former Harriet J. Johnson (daughter of Samuel Johnson), moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, on January 17, 1837, with other Georgians.
On December 14, 1837, the Texas Congress established the General Land Office, and President Sam Houston selected Starr as president of the board of land commissioners and receiver of the land dues for Nacogdoches County. On May 25, 1839, President Mirabeau B. Lamar appointed Starr secretary of the Texas treasury. As a member of the Lamar faction, Starr participated in the removal of the government offices from Houston to Austin in fall 1839 (see CAPITALS). For financial reasons he asked permission to resign as treasurer on May 30, 1839, and his resignation was accepted on August 31, 1840, after which he began to administer the estate of his brother-in-law, Frost Thorn. Starr became a land agent for those who exchanged land for Republic of Texas debts, and he supported the annexation of Texas to the United States. He supported education and was a member of the board of trustees of Nacogdoches College. In 1844 he became a land agent in partnership with Nathaniel C. Amory. Due to Starr's reputation as an authority on Texas land laws, the agency grew and served as a bureau for advertising Texas land to prospective settlers from all parts of the United States. Starr and Amory remained partners until 1858, when Amory returned to Boston. The two former partners remained friends and corresponded until Amory's death in 1864. Starr was opposed to secession and the election of delegates to the Secession Convention, but like many other Texans supported the Texas Confederate state government. His sons, Frank and Amory Starr, and son-in-law, Henry W. Raguet, volunteered for Confederate service and served in the New Mexico campaign. After the Congress of the Confederate States passed the Sequestration Act in 1861, Starr was appointed to act as a receiver in the enforcement of the laws and served until 1864. In 1863 he was appointed Confederate agent for the postal service west of the Mississippi River. His public career ended with the surrender of the Southern armies in 1865.
In 1868 Starr formed James H. Starr and Son, a land and banking agency, in Marshall, one of the first banks in Texas (see BANKS AND BANKING). He moved his family to Marshall in 1870, and he and Frank Starr retired in 1873, when Amory Reily Starr gained control of the family firm. J. H. Starr spent the later part of his life at his home in Marshall, and continued to advise clients on Texas land. He was offered appointment as one of the first regents of the University of Texas but declined due to poor health. He died on July 25, 1890, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall. He had five children. He was known for his life-long temperance, his commitment to education, and his frugality. Starr County was named for him.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
John N. Cravens, James Harper Starr: Financier of the Republic of Texas (Austin: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1950). Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Nacogdoches, Gateway to Texas: A Biographical Directory (2 vols., Fort Worth: Arrow-Curtis Printing, 1974, 1987). William S. Speer and John H. Brown, eds., Encyclopedia of the New West (Marshall, Texas: United States Biographical Publishing, 1881; rpt., Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978).
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"Dr. James H. Starr, of Marshall, who was Assistant Postmaster General of the Confederate States, was born in Connecticut, December 18, 1809. He was graduated from Worthington College, Ohio in 1832. He removed in January 1837 to the Republic of Texas and located in Nacogdoches, where he resided until May 1870 when he changed his residence to Marshall. He was in 1839-40 Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic of Texas. After practicing medicine successfully for a few years he entered the land and banking business and made a large fortune. Although originally opposed to secession, Dr. Starr went with his state out of the Union, gave his sons as soldiers to the Confederate army and volunteered himself, his health being frail and his executive ability being well known he was prevailed on to accept the office of Assistant Postmaster General of the Confederacy, which he did and rendered service until the end in May 1865. Dr. Starr was long an eminent citizen of the Lone Star State, honored and respected by all classes, and his death a few years ago in Marshall was universally deplored. His wife, who was Miss Harriet Johnson and whom he married February 21, 1833, died many years ago. [Source: Texans Who Wore the Gray, by Sid S. Johnson"
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"STARR, JAMES HARPER (1809–1890). James Harper Starr, physician, Republic of Texas treasurer, land agent, banker, and Confederate official, son of James and Persia (Shaw) Starr, was born at New Hartford, Connecticut, on December 18, 1809. The Starr family originally migrated from England in the early seventeenth century. Starr's immediate family moved to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1815, and the elder Starr died in 1824. At fifteen, J. H. Starr permanently injured his knee. He attended an academy in Worthington, Ohio, taught school near Columbus, taught himself medicine, and in 1830 became a member of the first class of the Reformed Medical Society of the United States of America, located in Worthington. He moved to Georgia in 1832 and practiced medicine at McDonough and later at Pleasant Grove. He and his wife, the former Harriet J. Johnson (daughter of Samuel Johnson), moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, on January 17, 1837, with other Georgians.
On December 14, 1837, the Texas Congress established the General Land Office, and President Sam Houston selected Starr as president of the board of land commissioners and receiver of the land dues for Nacogdoches County. On May 25, 1839, President Mirabeau B. Lamar appointed Starr secretary of the Texas treasury. As a member of the Lamar faction, Starr participated in the removal of the government offices from Houston to Austin in fall 1839 (see CAPITALS). For financial reasons he asked permission to resign as treasurer on May 30, 1839, and his resignation was accepted on August 31, 1840, after which he began to administer the estate of his brother-in-law, Frost Thorn. Starr became a land agent for those who exchanged land for Republic of Texas debts, and he supported the annexation of Texas to the United States. He supported education and was a member of the board of trustees of Nacogdoches College. In 1844 he became a land agent in partnership with Nathaniel C. Amory. Due to Starr's reputation as an authority on Texas land laws, the agency grew and served as a bureau for advertising Texas land to prospective settlers from all parts of the United States. Starr and Amory remained partners until 1858, when Amory returned to Boston. The two former partners remained friends and corresponded until Amory's death in 1864. Starr was opposed to secession and the election of delegates to the Secession Convention, but like many other Texans supported the Texas Confederate state government. His sons, Frank and Amory Starr, and son-in-law, Henry W. Raguet, volunteered for Confederate service and served in the New Mexico campaign. After the Congress of the Confederate States passed the Sequestration Act in 1861, Starr was appointed to act as a receiver in the enforcement of the laws and served until 1864. In 1863 he was appointed Confederate agent for the postal service west of the Mississippi River. His public career ended with the surrender of the Southern armies in 1865.
In 1868 Starr formed James H. Starr and Son, a land and banking agency, in Marshall, one of the first banks in Texas (see BANKS AND BANKING). He moved his family to Marshall in 1870, and he and Frank Starr retired in 1873, when Amory Reily Starr gained control of the family firm. J. H. Starr spent the later part of his life at his home in Marshall, and continued to advise clients on Texas land. He was offered appointment as one of the first regents of the University of Texas but declined due to poor health. He died on July 25, 1890, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall. He had five children. He was known for his life-long temperance, his commitment to education, and his frugality. Starr County was named for him.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
John N. Cravens, James Harper Starr: Financier of the Republic of Texas (Austin: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1950). Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Nacogdoches, Gateway to Texas: A Biographical Directory (2 vols., Fort Worth: Arrow-Curtis Printing, 1974, 1987). William S. Speer and John H. Brown, eds., Encyclopedia of the New West (Marshall, Texas: United States Biographical Publishing, 1881; rpt., Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978).
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Linda Sybert Hudson, "STARR, JAMES HARPER," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fst22), accessed March 02, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association."
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"STARR, JAMES HARPER (1809–1890). James Harper Starr, physician, Republic of Texas treasurer, land agent, banker, and Confederate official, son of James and Persia (Shaw) Starr, was born at New Hartford, Connecticut, on December 18, 1809. The Starr family originally migrated from England in the early seventeenth century. Starr's immediate family moved to Franklin County, Ohio, in 1815, and the elder Starr died in 1824. At fifteen, J. H. Starr permanently injured his knee. He attended an academy in Worthington, Ohio, taught school near Columbus, taught himself medicine, and in 1830 became a member of the first class of the Reformed Medical Society of the United States of America, located in Worthington. He moved to Georgia in 1832 and practiced medicine at McDonough and later at Pleasant Grove. He and his wife, the former Harriet J. Johnson (daughter of Samuel Johnson), moved to Nacogdoches, Texas, on January 17, 1837, with other Georgians.
On December 14, 1837, the Texas Congress established the General Land Office, and President Sam Houston selected Starr as president of the board of land commissioners and receiver of the land dues for Nacogdoches County. On May 25, 1839, President Mirabeau B. Lamar appointed Starr secretary of the Texas treasury. As a member of the Lamar faction, Starr participated in the removal of the government offices from Houston to Austin in fall 1839 (see CAPITALS). For financial reasons he asked permission to resign as treasurer on May 30, 1839, and his resignation was accepted on August 31, 1840, after which he began to administer the estate of his brother-in-law, Frost Thorn. Starr became a land agent for those who exchanged land for Republic of Texas debts, and he supported the annexation of Texas to the United States. He supported education and was a member of the board of trustees of Nacogdoches College. In 1844 he became a land agent in partnership with Nathaniel C. Amory. Due to Starr's reputation as an authority on Texas land laws, the agency grew and served as a bureau for advertising Texas land to prospective settlers from all parts of the United States. Starr and Amory remained partners until 1858, when Amory returned to Boston. The two former partners remained friends and corresponded until Amory's death in 1864. Starr was opposed to secession and the election of delegates to the Secession Convention, but like many other Texans supported the Texas Confederate state government. His sons, Frank and Amory Starr, and son-in-law, Henry W. Raguet, volunteered for Confederate service and served in the New Mexico campaign. After the Congress of the Confederate States passed the Sequestration Act in 1861, Starr was appointed to act as a receiver in the enforcement of the laws and served until 1864. In 1863 he was appointed Confederate agent for the postal service west of the Mississippi River. His public career ended with the surrender of the Southern armies in 1865.
In 1868 Starr formed James H. Starr and Son, a land and banking agency, in Marshall, one of the first banks in Texas (see BANKS AND BANKING). He moved his family to Marshall in 1870, and he and Frank Starr retired in 1873, when Amory Reily Starr gained control of the family firm. J. H. Starr spent the later part of his life at his home in Marshall, and continued to advise clients on Texas land. He was offered appointment as one of the first regents of the University of Texas but declined due to poor health. He died on July 25, 1890, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Marshall. He had five children. He was known for his life-long temperance, his commitment to education, and his frugality. Starr County was named for him.
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
John N. Cravens, James Harper Starr: Financier of the Republic of Texas (Austin: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1950). Carolyn Reeves Ericson, Nacogdoches, Gateway to Texas: A Biographical Directory (2 vols., Fort Worth: Arrow-Curtis Printing, 1974, 1987). William S. Speer and John H. Brown, eds., Encyclopedia of the New West (Marshall, Texas: United States Biographical Publishing, 1881; rpt., Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, 1978).
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