Absalom Starr
1787 - 1829 (41 years)
Generation: 1
1. Absalom Starr was born on 16 Nov 1787 in North Carolina; died on 14 Oct 1829 in Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. Notes:
Text taken from Full Text of History of Vermillion County Illinois (1911): "He brought his wife and four children with him. He built his cabin on section 36, near to his brother-in-law. So provident a man had every reason to expect fortune to smile on him, but this was not the case, however. During the first winter in their new home he had a trivial injury to his heel, which resisted all treatment and he was assured that cancer had developed. A trip back to their old home in Palestine, where there was a physician living was of no avail, because the idea of cancer was confirmed and there was great danger of having to loose his foot. However, he could not raise the money demanded for the operation and he came back to his new home discouraged and almost despondent. There was an old Indian doctor, called Bonaparte's Indian, who lived about there, and for the want of any more skilled practitioner, Mrs. Starr consulted him. By the use of some herbs he collected along the Vermilion river, he cured the diseased heel which the physician at Palestine thought could be reached only by the use of the knife. Mrs. Starr nursed her husband back to strength, at the same time tending her garden and two acres of corn. Henry Johnson's kind heart helped this family to take care of themselves during these hard days. Mr. Starr lived until October 14, 1829. He was buried in the old burying ground, now known as Mt. Pisgah cemetery, near Georgetown. Mrs. Starr survived her husband and afterward became the wife of Mr. Jones, spending her last years on the farm she first helped get into cultivation. She was the mother of eleven children and left many descendants in the county, among them being Mrs. J. W. Giddings."
Note: Two other children of Absalom and Hannah Starr, not listed below:
1) Katherine Starr - Starr b. 19 APRIL 1817 (m. Solomon Starr 20 OCTOBER 1813, both buried in Rose Cemetery Vermillion IL.
2) Absalom Starr b. abt 1818 appears to be born within 1 year or is a twin with Barnett Starr
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13104154/absalom-starrFamily/Spouse: Hannah Harris. Hannah was born on 18 Dec 1783 in Harrison County, Ohio; died on 23 Dec 1880 in Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois; was buried in Mount Pisgah Cemetery, Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Katherine Starr was born on 19 Apr 1817; died on 19 Feb 1840; was buried in Rose Cemetery, Bismarck, Vermilion County, Illinois.