The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . TOMB OF GENERAL SMITH provided further that whenever it ceased to be called Hender-son the land should revert to his estate. After annexation he ceased to take an active part in farm, adjacent to the town of Henderson, afforded him am-ple income, though for a short period he engaged in merchan-dising, and here he spent the remainder of his days. He diedon his farm, December 25, 1855, and was buried with mili-tary honors. General Rusk officiating. His tomb is of mas-sive brick and stone, twehe feet high, and is still stan
The history and geography of Texas as told in county names . TOMB OF GENERAL SMITH provided further that whenever it ceased to be called Hender-son the land should revert to his estate. After annexation he ceased to take an active part in farm, adjacent to the town of Henderson, afforded him am-ple income, though for a short period he engaged in merchan-dising, and here he spent the remainder of his days. He diedon his farm, December 25, 1855, and was buried with mili-tary honors. General Rusk officiating. His tomb is of mas-sive brick and stone, twehe feet high, and is still standingand his portrait hangs over the Judges stand in the DistrictCourt room of Rusk County. In politics he was a faithful disciple of Andrew Jacksonand in religion a loyal member of the Baptist Church. He hasmany descendants some of whom have taken a leading partin the different walks of As Told in County Names 93 STARR. Dr. James Harper Starr in whose memory Starr Countywas named, was a descendant of Dr. Comfort Starr who camefrom Ashford, England, to Massachusetts in 1635, and locatednear Boston. Nicholas Starr, grand-father of Dr. James Harper Starr, after- * located at Groton, Connecticut, andwas one of the citizen volunteers, whofell in defense of Fort Criswold, Septem-ber 6, 1781. The name Nicholas Starris inscribed on the monument erected onGroton Heights. James Starr, one of the sons of Nich-olas, was only five years old at the dateof the death of his father. Although left an orphan at thisearly age, he succeeded in obtaining a fair education and es-tablished himself as a machinist and wheelwright. On the13th of September, 1801, he was married to Miss Shaw, daughterof David Shaw of East Meriden, Conn., and settled at NewHartford where he resided until 1815 and then moved withhis family to Ohio and settled near Worthington, where he diedJuly 8, 1824. Dr.
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