Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Staring, Gilbert April 10, 1848 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Staring, Gilbert, Stark, was born in Danube April 10, 1848, son of John A. and
Elizabeth (Cristman) Staring. The grandfather. John, was a pioneer of Manheim, 
served in the War of 1812, and died aged eighty-eight. He was twice married 
and had children by both wives. John A. was born in Manheim and lived there 
until about fifteen, when he came to Stark, and then married and moved to 
Danube. In 1855 he returned to Deck, where he died November 16,1887. He served 
in Company A, 152d N. Y. Volunteers three.years, participating in twenty-six 
battles.   He was wounded in left arm in the battle of the Wilderness, and had 
a sixty days furlough, which was the only time he was off duty. He and his 
wife had eleven children: Lucinda Vedder of Nebraska; Menzo, who enlisted in 
Company F, 121st N. Y. Infantry, and was killed in the battle of the 
Wilderness; Gilbert, Mary Christman of Herkimer; Amanda Casler of Frankfort; 
Minerva Brown of Mohawk; Dan, of Huntington. Quebec; Henry, died aged four; 
John, died aged two; Ellen Wells of Leipsic, and Ervin E.  Gilbert was raised 
on a farm and received a dictrict school education, and at fourteen began for
himself, working on a farm at $4.00 per month. At twenty-one he began cheese 
manufacture in Stark, and was for thirteen years in Richfield. In 1890 he 
located on 150 acres of land where he now lives. He is a Democrat. September 
15, 1875, he married Hattie, daughter of John and Margaret (Mowers) France, 
and they have one child:  Lela.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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