The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-07-01
ANNA N. STARR DIES
At WAYNESv|LLE, 0,
Widow of Late Colonel Starr
Was Well Known in
This City.
A PROMINENT FRIEND
Funeral Will Be Held Wed
nesday Afternoon-Burial
At Earlham.
4 PROMINENT FRIEND

| Mrs. Anna M. Starr, wife of the late
| Colonel William G. Starr, passed away
yesterday afternoon at the Friends
boarding house at Waynesville, Ohio
Mrs. Starr recently observed her
| eighty-f -ffth birthday. She lived in
Richmond on North Twelfth street un-
| til she took up her residence at the
Friends home five years ago. She was
always prominently identified with
| Friends church work and in philan-
thropical endeavor.
| The funeral services will be held
| Wednesday at the North A Street
Friends Meeting house at o'clock in
the afternoon. Burial will be in Earl
ham cemetery.
Born In New York State.
Anna NJ. Starr, who was born in
Linden, Genesee county, New York,
June 21, 1928, was the daughter of
Horace Darias Chapman and Eliza
Gregory Chapman. She was married
to William c. Starr at Cincinnati, O.,
in 1845 Colonel Starr at that time
was with the wholesale grocery house
of William Glenn & Sons. Their chill
dren were Charles W., Horace c.,
Francis Cist and William c. Starr.
Horace c. Starr is the only surviving
member of the family.
At the outbreak of the civil war
Colonel Starr and his family were liv-
ing in Mason City, w. Va. Colonel
Starr enlisted in the Union army, and
his family came to Richmond, arriving
here in 1862.
After the war Colonel Starr joined
his family in Richmond and made this
city his permanent residence. He was
manufacturer, being at the head OF
the Starr Chain and Hame Works
| Colonel Starr died about fifteen years
ago.
Miss Robinson's Tribute.
| Mrs. Starr was for years familiar
and prominent figure in Richmond
Miss Frances Robinson. prominent
member of the North A Street
Friends meeting house, who was a
! lifelong friend of the deceased, today
! paid the following tribute to the mem
ory of Mrs. Starr:
| Mrs. Starr was a member of North
A Street meeting of the Religious So.
ciety of Friends, and until falling
health prevented, took an active part
in everything that concerned the vel
/ fare of the meeting and the philan-
thropic work which it carries on.
"She was for many years a minister
whose gift and faithfulness were much
! appreciated not only by members OF
her home meeting, but by those who
attended the quarterly and annual
gatherings of Indiana and other year.
ly meetings. She and her husband
were particularly interested in and
faithfully attended the general con.
ference of Friends, composed of dele
gates from the seven yearly meetings
Her interest in philanthropies was
not confined to work done by Friends
but she was active in promoting the
welfare of many good works in the
community, and never turned a deaf
ear to any appeal for help which she
could render.
"She was a faithful worker in the
Sabbath school, and many of our citi
zens learned to love her as members
of her primary class in North A Street
Friends Firstday school.
She was unusually bright, viva
cious. sociable, fond of her friends anC
made her home center of much so
cial life for the young and old
THE hospitality of the home of Viii
liam G. and Anna NJ. Starr on North
Twelfth street, was for many years
far-famed. and many are the persona
friends, members of the Society OF
Friends and strangers who have en-
joyed their large-hearted hospitality