RECORDS: Jesse R. Starkey BIO, 1884, Boyle County, KY ------------------------------ Submitted by Diana Flynn Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 ------------------------------ "COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL." CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884. F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 208 JESSE R. STARKEY, second son and third child in a family of nine children, was born August 12, 1849, in Madison County, Ill. His parents, Joel W. and Jane C. (Hagerman) Starkey, natives of Illinois and Indiana respectively, were married in Illinois in 1844, and located on a farm in Madison County, where they lived until 1869. Removing thence to a farm in Logan County, they have since resided there. Jesse Starkey was reared and educated in his native county. When he was twenty years of age, he entered Lincoln University at Lincoln, Ill., from which he graduated in 1874 after four years of hard study. During the winter following (1874-75), he was Principal of the schools at Broadwell, Ill., and during the two succeeding winters taught select school in Boyle County, Ky. In the fall of 1876, he took the Principalship of the Martinsville Schools, where he at present resides. On December 21, 1876, he was married to Phibbie H. Caldwell, daughter of R. H. Caldwell, a resident of Boyle County, Ky. By this union there have been four children--Lucy D. (deceased), Ella, Horace L. and Russell I. Mr. Starkey is a member of the I. O. O. F., Martinsville Lodge, No. 274, and in politics is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Starkey are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization orpersons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************