Sullivan-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....STARR, William Ellis ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com July 31, 2005, 9:37 pm Author: Biographical Publishing Co. WILLIAM ELLIS STARR has followed the milling business ever since starting out in active business life, and is the lessee of the oldest mill in Sullivan County, Pa., the Lewis mill. He manufactures a high grade of buckwheat flour and wheat-flour, also does a large amount of custom milling. He is a native of Lycoming County, Pa., and is a son of Anthony and Hannah (Berger) Starr. Our subject was intellectually trained in the schools of his native township and early in life learned the trade of a miller, which he has since pursued. In 1875 he located in Hillsgrove township, Sullivan County, and leased the old Lewis mill on Loyalsock Creek; the mill was erected by Charles Snell, our subject's ancestor. Mr. Starr has placed a new foundation under the mill and added another story; it has three sets of stones used for grinding. Our subject does all kinds of custom work and his flour always commands a good price on the markets, which tends to demonstrate its high grade. Mr. Starr has made many friends and customers by his strict attention to business and honest dealings and is performing all the duties of a good citizen. Mr. Starr formed a matrimonial alliance with Maria J. Green, a lady of many excellent virtues, and a daughter of Wheeler Green, whose sketch also appears in this Book of Biographies. As a result of this happy union a family of six children blessed their home, as follows: Wheeler Lloyd, a miller by trade; Florence and Leon Anthony, deceased; Hattie Irene; Clyde Raymond; and John Sidney. Mr. Starr is Republican in politics and has served as school director for fifteen years; religiously he and his family are attendants and liberal supporters of the Methodist Church. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District Published by Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899) This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.4 Kb