MR. H.H. STARR, SR. DIED YESTERDAY - WAS WELL KNOWN AND HAD MANY FRIENDS - FUNERAL TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON.
Mr. H. H. Starr, Sr., aged 65 years and one of the best known residents of the city, passed away yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock after a lingering illness of long duration at the family home, 452 New street.
Mr. Starr was born in Columbus, Ga., in March, 1842. While still a young man the Civil War broke out, and he served with distinction in Nelson's Battery of Jackson's Artillery, Army of Virginia, throughout the conflict, during which time he was wounded four times.
He was a devoted champion of the South and was one of those mainly responsible for the erection of the monument erected to the memory of the heroes of the South at Hazlehurst, Miss.
Mr. Starr for many years was in the cotton business in this city under the firm name of Starr & Ruan.
For the past 15 years he has been interested in several oil mills in Mississippi, and only returned to Macon the first of the year.
He is survived by his wife and four children, Mr. H. H. Starr, Jr., Capt. Wm. L. Starr and Mrs. Alys Starr Webb.
The funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the residence, conducted by the Rev. J. M. Northrop. Interment in Riverside cemetery.
"The Macon Telegraph - August 4, 1907"
Mr. H. H. Starr, Sr., aged 65 years and one of the best known residents of the city, passed away yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock after a lingering illness of long duration at the family home, 452 New street.
Mr. Starr was born in Columbus, Ga., in March, 1842. While still a young man the Civil War broke out, and he served with distinction in Nelson's Battery of Jackson's Artillery, Army of Virginia, throughout the conflict, during which time he was wounded four times.
He was a devoted champion of the South and was one of those mainly responsible for the erection of the monument erected to the memory of the heroes of the South at Hazlehurst, Miss.
Mr. Starr for many years was in the cotton business in this city under the firm name of Starr & Ruan.
For the past 15 years he has been interested in several oil mills in Mississippi, and only returned to Macon the first of the year.
He is survived by his wife and four children, Mr. H. H. Starr, Jr., Capt. Wm. L. Starr and Mrs. Alys Starr Webb.
The funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the residence, conducted by the Rev. J. M. Northrop. Interment in Riverside cemetery.
"The Macon Telegraph - August 4, 1907"
MR. H.H. STARR, SR. DIED YESTERDAY - WAS WELL KNOWN AND HAD MANY FRIENDS - FUNERAL TO BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON.
Mr. H. H. Starr, Sr., aged 65 years and one of the best known residents of the city, passed away yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock after a lingering illness of long duration at the family home, 452 New street.
Mr. Starr was born in Columbus, Ga., in March, 1842. While still a young man the Civil War broke out, and he served with distinction in Nelson's Battery of Jackson's Artillery, Army of Virginia, throughout the conflict, during which time he was wounded four times.
He was a devoted champion of the South and was one of those mainly responsible for the erection of the monument erected to the memory of the heroes of the South at Hazlehurst, Miss.
Mr. Starr for many years was in the cotton business in this city under the firm name of Starr & Ruan.
For the past 15 years he has been interested in several oil mills in Mississippi, and only returned to Macon the first of the year.
He is survived by his wife and four children, Mr. H. H. Starr, Jr., Capt. Wm. L. Starr and Mrs. Alys Starr Webb.
The funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the residence, conducted by the Rev. J. M. Northrop. Interment in Riverside cemetery.
"The Macon Telegraph - August 4, 1907"
Mr. H. H. Starr, Sr., aged 65 years and one of the best known residents of the city, passed away yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock after a lingering illness of long duration at the family home, 452 New street.
Mr. Starr was born in Columbus, Ga., in March, 1842. While still a young man the Civil War broke out, and he served with distinction in Nelson's Battery of Jackson's Artillery, Army of Virginia, throughout the conflict, during which time he was wounded four times.
He was a devoted champion of the South and was one of those mainly responsible for the erection of the monument erected to the memory of the heroes of the South at Hazlehurst, Miss.
Mr. Starr for many years was in the cotton business in this city under the firm name of Starr & Ruan.
For the past 15 years he has been interested in several oil mills in Mississippi, and only returned to Macon the first of the year.
He is survived by his wife and four children, Mr. H. H. Starr, Jr., Capt. Wm. L. Starr and Mrs. Alys Starr Webb.
The funeral services will be held at 4 o'clock this afternoon from the residence, conducted by the Rev. J. M. Northrop. Interment in Riverside cemetery.
"The Macon Telegraph - August 4, 1907"
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