John Wesley Starbuck

As printed in 1914

JOHN WESLEY STARBUCK.

Alany of the choice farms of Randolph county were made wholly by the owners thereof, not a cent having been inherited. It is also true that many of the best farms were almost wholly inherited from the parents of the present holders. It would seem at first glance that the latter owners were the ones to be congratulated, but this is not always the case, for very often in their youth they did not receive the proper training as to thrift and industry that would enable them to save and manage their large inheritance. On the contrary it may be set down as an unqualified truth that the man who by hard knocks made all his property, beginning as a poor boy, learned at the same time how to take care of it. To know how to save money, as well as to know how to make it, is of the greatest importance, in the rearing of a boy. Such training was received by John Wesley Starbuck, farmer, of Washington township. He was thrown on his own resources when of tender age and has had to "hoe his own row" through life, but he has succeeded nicely.

Mr. Starbuck was born in White River township, this county, April 2, 1855. He is a son of Cyrus and Elizabeth (Jones) Starbuck. The father was born in South Carolina, March 16, 1807. The mother was a daughter of Alichael and Xancy Jones and was born near Winchester, Indiana, where she was reared. The father left the sunny South when a young man and located in Randolph county, this state, and here he met and married our subject's mother and they established their home on a farm in White River township.

As printed in Past and present of Randolph County, Indiana : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.