Daniel Spencer Emmons Starr (1810 - 1863)

Born 18 Mar 1810 in East Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sophronia (Harrison) Starr — married 3 Sep 1837 in Butler, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Mar 1863 at age 52 in Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, United States

Biography

Birth and Early Life

Daniel Spencer Emmons Starr was born in 18 March 1810 in East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States to Issac Starr and Elizabeth Emmons.

Later Life

He moved from Connecticut some time before 1863. There are Mobile, Montgomery, Alabama directory entry for his family: "Starr, Daniel S.E. (Bessie M), grocer 105 Mobile, h 511 Mildred". Below that is: "Starr, Daniel S.E., Jr. car inspr L & N, bds 511 Mildred." There are many of the same family here including Daniel's widow, "Sophronia Starr (wid Daniel) 515 Mildred."

Marriage and Family

He married Sophronia Harrison on 3 September 1837 in Butler, Alabama.

Children of the Starr-Harrison Marriage

1. Elizabeth F. Starr was born in 1839 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
2. Daniel Spencer Emmons Starr, Jr. was born on 23 July 1843 in Alabama, United States. He married Sarah Jane Comer, called Sallie, on 31 March 1870 in Montgomery County, Alabama. Daniel, Jr. died on 29 October 1908 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
3. Mary L. Starr was born in about 1846 in Alabama, United States. She probably died young, before 1860.
4. Thomas Ebenezer Starr called Ebenezer, was born on 16 July 1852 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States. He married Artemisa Lenora Clark in Alabama, United States. Ebenezer died on 21 July 1893 in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States.

Lynching and Death and Burial

He was arrested for his views against the Confederacy and placed in jail. A mob broke in and took him. He died on 14 March 1863 at the hands of that mob who lynched him for publishing the abolition manuscript in Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, United States. No one was convicted of the lynching. He was buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama.

Inscription on headstone: "Father and Mother--DANIEL S.E. STARR born in Middlesex, Co., Conn. March 18, 1810. Died in Montgomery, Ala. March 14, 1863. Aged 52 yrs, 11 mod, 26 ds. SOPHRONIA wife of Daniel S.E. Starr born March 3, 1817. Died April 22, 1903. Aged 86 yrs, 1 mth, 19 ds. Rest in Peace. Erected by their daughter SARAH J. STARR." ^[1] Photo by Evening Blues 17 January 2004. Find A Grave: Memorial #8284829. ^[2]

Sources

• 1850 United States Federal Census on 5 December 1850, line 38. Family 947.^[3]
• 1860 United States Federal Census on 6 September in Division 1, Montgomery, Alabama. Page 158, family 1286. ^[4]
• U.S. City Directories, Montgomery Alabama, page 382.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #8284829
• Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, for Daniel S.E. Starr.

Footnotes

1. ↑ Sarah is actually their daughter-in-law, married to Daniel, Jr.
2. ↑ There is a Connecticut Deaths and Burials Index for Daniel S.E. Starr who died on 14 March 1863 in New London, Connecticut also. It is just a notation that one of their own died.
3. ↑ 1850: Starr, D.S.E. 40, merchant, head; Soprona 32, wife; Elizabeth F. 11, daughter; D.S.E. Jr. 9, son; Mary L. 4, daughter.
4. ↑ 1860: Starr, D.S.E. 50, stone mason with real estate assets of $3,000, head; Sophronia 42, real estate assets of $2,200, wife; Daniel S.E. 17, son; Ebenezer 8, son; Hyndman, Elizabeth F. 20, married daughter; Hyndman, Archibald 26, shoeman.