Frederick Starin

Surnames: Birge, Converse, Groat, Schermerhorn, Stump

Regions: Fultonville, Montgomery Co., NY; Janesville, Rock Co., WI

FREDERICK J. STARIN. A man who boldly faces the responsibilities of life and by determined and untiring energy carves out for himself an honorable success exerts a strong influence upon the lives of all who follow him. Such men constitute the foundation of our republican institutions and are the pride of our civilization. To them life is so real that they find no time to plot either mischief or vice. Their lives are bound up in their duties, they feel the weight of their citizenship, and take pleasure in sowing the seeds of uprightness. Such was the career of the late Frederick J. STARIN, of Whitewater, long one of the best known men in local railroad circles, and, owing to his genial disposition and open-heartedness, one of the most popular. Mr. STARIN was born in Fultonville, Montgomery County, New York, April 17 1821. He was the son of Jacob J. and Harriet (SCHERMERHORN) STARIN, natives of New York, in which state they grew up and were married, in fact, spent their lives. The subject spent his boyhood in his native state and was educated in Union College, New York. When a young man he came to Whitewater, Wisconsin. He devoted his life to civil engineering and teaching, much of his time being spent in the employ of railroads. He surveyed the line for the Wisconsin Central. For a period of thirty years he was in the employ of the Northwestern railroad, as right-of-way agent, giving the company the utmost satisfaction in every respect, and being regarded as one of their most trusted employees, understanding his work thoroughly and was always conscientious. Politically, Mr. STARIN was a Republican and in religious matters was a Universalist, while his wife was a member of the Congregational church. He had a pleasant home in Whitewater, where the family has resided since 1853. Mr. STARIN was married to Jane M. GROAT, who was born in Montgomery County, New York, on April 25, 1821, the daughter of John and Mary GROAT, who lived and died in New York. Four children were born to the subject and wife, named as follows: Margaret, who married A. D. CONVERSE, is now deceased; H. Imogene who married Charles BIRGE, the son of Leander BIRGE, a pioneer of Walworth county, Wisconsin; Charles BIRGE is now deceased, leaving one son, Charles E., an architect of New York city and a young man of much promise. The latter's mother is still living at the old homestead in Whitewater. The third child born to the subject and wife was named E. Serene and is now deceased; the youngest, Jessie G., is the widow of John W. STUMP, and she, too, resides in the old STARIN home here. Mr. STUMP passed away some time ago, leaving besides a widow, one child, a daughter Genevieve, now at home. The death of Frederick J. STARIN occurred in Whitewater in October 1896, his widow surviving until June 11, 1910. Source: History of Walworth County Wisconsin, Vol. II, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Publ. 1912 - Page 1212-1213

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