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Surname: Bonebrake, Starry
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Posted by Billy J. Baker on Tue, 25 Apr 2000
Surname: Bonebrake, Starry
From - William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
First published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
Miami County --
N. H. STARRY, farmer, Section 26, Township 16, Range 24, P. O. Louisburg
was born in Warren County, Ind., November 6, 1842. He enlisted in August,
1862, in Company E, Eighty-sixth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. After eight
months service he was transferred to the signal corps and served in that
department until the close of the war. On returning from the war he engaged
in farming in Indiana and continued to reside in that State until 1871,
when he came to Kansas and purchased his present farm in Wea Township.
Mr. Starry has a well improved farm of 400 acres, situated near the city
of Louisburg. His tasty residence is one of the largest and finest dwellings
in the county. He was married in Iroquois County, Ill, in September, 1866,
to Sarah J., daughter of Levi Bonebrake. Mrs. Starry was born in Preble
County, Ohio. They have six children-Maud, Leona, Clark, Beverly, Alta
and Effie. The three younger were born in Kansas.