Biographical Sketch of A. W. Starkey, Johnson County, Missouri
Jackson Township
>From "The History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

A. W. STARKEY,

was born in Washington county, Ohio, in May, 1830.  His father, Stephen,
Starkey, was born in Hampton county, Virginia, and emigrated to Ohio in
1824, where he resided until 1854, when he emigrated to Missouri in the
same fall, and settled on a farm on section 25, containing 300 acres,
all well improved, and where he continued to live until a short time
before his death in 1879.  Mr. A.W. Starkey's mother was a native of
Pennsylvania.  His grandfather on his mother side, was one of the
children left after the Wyoming massacre, and his grandfather on his
father's side was a volunteer soldier, who died in Mud Fort.  A.W.
Starkey, our subject, came to Missouri in 1854, and in 1856 went to
Mississippi where he engaged in teaching, and continued until 1861, when
he returned to Missouri, and spent one year with his father.  He has
devoted a greater part of his life to teaching.  He was principal of a
school in Quincy, Illinois, for twelve years, after which he spent some
time in traveling through the western states.  In 1859 he married Miss
E.B. Bywater of Quincy, Illinois.  By this union they have one son and
daughter:  Fannie M. and George S.  Mr. Starkey is now occupying the
old homestead.

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