Background
Starring, Frederick Augustus was born on May 24, 1834 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Captain Sylvenus Seaman and Adeline (Williams) Starring.
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Starring, Frederick Augustus was born on May 24, 1834 in Buffalo, New York, United States. Son of Captain Sylvenus Seaman and Adeline (Williams) Starring.
Educated Buffalo, Paris, Heidelberg, Vienna and graduated from Harvard, class of 1865-1866. Admitted to bar, 1859.
Engineer on Illinois Central, location surveys and boundary line surveys, Texas & Indiana Territory, et cetera Secretary Cairo & Fulton Railroad Company of Arkansas and Missouri, 1859-1861.
Served Civil war, major 46th Illinois infantry, major, 2d Illinois light artillery, colonel 72d Illinois infantry (Chicago Board of Trade regiment).
Married Louise Perle Whitehouse, July 21, 1889.