Biography of Daniel Starkey

Daniel Starkey, born on March 1, 1848, in LaGrange County, Indiana, settled in Montgomery County in 1878. After six years, he acquired land and managed it until 1898, when he moved to Wilson County, leaving the farm to his son, Harvey. His father, Thomas Starkey, was a notable militia colonel and justice of the peace. Daniel married Abbie Brown and had two sons, Harvey and Charles. A prominent member of the Farmers’ Alliance, he supported Populist principles and served on several school board committees.

DANIEL STARKEY—February 12, 1878, Daniel Starkey, of this personal mention, came into Montgomery county and settled in West Cherry township. At the end of a half dozen years he purchased a quarter section of land in section 22, township 31, range 16, and personally conducted it till 1898, when he moved to Wilson county, where he yet resides, leaving the conduct of the old homestead to his son, Harvey.

LaGrange county, Indiana, was the native place of Daniel Starkey and his birth occurred March 1, 1848. His father was Thomas Starkey of Juniata county, Pennsylvania, and his mother’s maiden name was Sarah Holsinger. The father was a son of Benjamin Starkey, who married into the Francis family and was the father of nine children.

Thomas Starkey was a colonel of militia in Ohio, was born in Pennsylvania, and descended from Pennsylvania ancestry. He was a justice of the peace for a quarter of a century in Indiana and was a well-known auctioneer. His wife was a daughter of William Holsinger and bore him thirteen children. Those mentioned here are William, who died of wounds received on Sherman’s march to the sea; Mrs. Jane Case, of LaGrange county, Indiana; Mrs. Susan Quinn, of California; Benjamin, of Clinton county, Indiana; Priscilla, wife of R. Finley; Daniel, our subject; Adaline, who married Charley Bartlett, of Indiana; Mrs. Ida Eminger, of Indiana; Mrs. Ada Shamblin, of Michigan; Mrs. Lettie Sturge, of Indiana; Mrs. Bessie Coleman, of California; Mrs. Alice Myers, of Indiana; and Mrs. Rhoda Lovitt, of Illinois.

Mr. Starkey of this notice, took for his wife, Abbie Brown, who was born in Erie county, New York, December 25, 1854. Her parents were Irving and Jane (Mann) Brown, people of New York birth. Two sons constitute the issue of Mr. and Mrs. Starkey, viz: Harvey, a Montgomery county farmer, whose wife was Miss Ella Hull, born in Nodaway county, Missouri, and a daughter of Eleazer and Emma Hull, natives of New Jersey. An only child, Marcus M., is the issue of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Starkey. Charles Starkey is the younger child of our subject and he married Ella McKinney. Their family has one child, Ernest.

Mr. Starkey was one of the prominent and active members of the Farmers’ Alliance, years ago, holds to Populist principles in politics, has served on various committees, and a number of terms on the school board.