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Calvin Washburn Starbuck Sr.

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Calvin Washburn Starbuck Sr.

Birth
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
15 Nov 1870 (aged 49)
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Plot
Section 36, Lot 20
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Newspaper Owner and Editor, Union Civil War Veteran. Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio with his family when he was a child. After an education in the common schools, he apprenticed as a printer and eventually founded the Cincinnati Evening Times in 1840 when he was 19 years old. The newspaper grew to large proportions and became quite popular in the region. He briefly left his business in 1864 and answered Governor John Brough's call for volunteers to serve with the Ohio National Guard Militia for service in the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted for one hundred days' service with the 137th Ohio National Guard Infantry and was mustered into Company H as a Private. Starbuck encouraged several of his employees to join with him and paid their company's salary to their families while they served. He participated with his regiment with garrison duties at Forts McHenry, Federal Hill, Marshall and Carroll and later at Baltimore, Maryland as part of the VIII Corps. After the war, he resumed his business pursuits and became a prominent citizen of Cincinnati. He also was one of the founders of the Home for the Friendless and an important member of the Bethel Institute Board of Directors. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1870 when he was 49 years old.
Newspaper Owner and Editor, Union Civil War Veteran. Born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, he moved to Cincinnati, Ohio with his family when he was a child. After an education in the common schools, he apprenticed as a printer and eventually founded the Cincinnati Evening Times in 1840 when he was 19 years old. The newspaper grew to large proportions and became quite popular in the region. He briefly left his business in 1864 and answered Governor John Brough's call for volunteers to serve with the Ohio National Guard Militia for service in the Union Army during the Civil War. He enlisted for one hundred days' service with the 137th Ohio National Guard Infantry and was mustered into Company H as a Private. Starbuck encouraged several of his employees to join with him and paid their company's salary to their families while they served. He participated with his regiment with garrison duties at Forts McHenry, Federal Hill, Marshall and Carroll and later at Baltimore, Maryland as part of the VIII Corps. After the war, he resumed his business pursuits and became a prominent citizen of Cincinnati. He also was one of the founders of the Home for the Friendless and an important member of the Bethel Institute Board of Directors. He died in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1870 when he was 49 years old.

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  • Originally Created by: K Guy
  • Added: Feb 8, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17855739/calvin_washburn-starbuck: accessed ), memorial page for Calvin Washburn Starbuck Sr. (20 Apr 1821–15 Nov 1870), Find a Grave Memorial ID 17855739, citing Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by ; ) (contributor 47634346).