Talk:D. H. Starbuck

Sources for expansion

 * largest single repository of information about Starbuck, includes a court case, family information, and notes about his college, year he got the bar, person he studied law under, date that he moved to salem, a full family of slaves he purchased on the condition of freeing them in the future, and more: http://www.forsythnchistory.com/willsadams.html Dead link, archived: https://web.archive.org/web/20151005220839/http://www.forsythnchistory.com/willsadams.html) [Note: Source has been cited, but not all information has been used in this article yet]
 * ^ an original source for the information in the above repository: Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of ..., Volume 2
 * ^ an original source for the information in the above repository: the Estate Files of Thomas Adams
 * ^ an original source for the information in the above repository: 1860 Census, Sifax Adams

Starbuck's "palatial" brick mansion in Salem

 * Winston-Salem in Vintage Postcards: https://books.google.com/books?id=RJDnhJ7RN6sC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=city+of+Winston+Salem+D+h+starbuck&source=bl&ots=uVkpP7rCS6&sig=RVlzSRvfsIAvLDkCqJre5t52XDI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ6AEwB2oVChMIx7_gnsKnyAIVgqceCh3-QgxT#v=onepage&q=city%20of%20Winston%20Salem%20D%20h%20starbuck&f=false


 * City Hall notes on year of first purchase of lots in Winston by Starbuck: http://www.cityofws.org/departments/planning/boards-and-commissions/historic-resources-commission/interactive-map (search address 101 N Main St. > click location pin > click "more info")


 * more notes on his house: https://books.google.com/books?id=oQTmb8DBvIMC&pg=PA93&lpg=PA93&dq=d+h+starbuck+winston+commissioner&source=bl&ots=S5S6cmTr8E&sig=MaiMAuij0OFoG0hpmw3sskn2U2M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCQQ6AEwBGoVChMI8car88GnyAIVRqQeCh08ewrF#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20winston%20commissioner&f=false

Henry Reuben Starbuck's home

 * Conrad-Starbuck House: http://www.cityofws.org/departments/planning/boards-and-commissions/historic-resources-commission/interactive-map (search address 118 S Cherry St. > click the highlighted structure > click "more info")

Career

 * election as judge: 8th District https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V61Y-C1Z


 * http://www.ark.cs.cmu.edu/bio/modelvis/events/eventclass227.html ❌


 * An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1870. As DA, Starbuck charged two receipts to the federal government for $200 and $7,012.30: https://books.google.com/books?id=TARQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=d+h+starbuck+Wharton&source=bl&ots=IDjyAOEsGg&sig=qAoGSzWWrg7ORULE4RadYUfLuME&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBYQ6AEwA2oVChMI-7LByeSryAIVwb6ACh31gwRL#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20Wharton&f=false

North Carolina Constitution Conventions

 * The original People's Press article about the Winston town hall meeting, it says that the third resolution was to appoint men to the Constitutional Convention (Starbuck and former roommate Rufus Watson Wharton among them): http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/65295939/


 * Personnel of the Convention of 1861, includes a brief bio about he and his son with some info about his college: https://books.google.com/books?id=X2RCAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA79&lpg=PA79&dq=d+h+starbuck+Guilford+College&source=bl&ots=GbLQSJZZJx&sig=xyYkeKe0qOHg4qVRrDYig6oIkjI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwBmoVChMIif--6PyoyAIVRKyACh0EFQvy#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20Guilford%20College&f=false


 * 1861 convention, retrospective: https://books.google.com/books?id=Bk8TAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA58&lpg=RA3-PA58&dq=d+h+starbuck+slavery&source=bl&ots=JI6Lilru_Y&sig=WWUdabmZfjQ-g25c8xSczZgVPcI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBcQ6AEwA2oVChMI0pTi_9qpyAIVSc6ACh34VQgV#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20slavery&f=false
 * second source for the involvement of the second Convention's role in abolition: https://books.google.com/books?id=4kxOAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA517&lpg=PA517&dq=d+h+starbuck+abolition&source=bl&ots=as41n4pHN4&sig=72ru0QBB9PG3PYefMlEqOYdvT4I&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBwQ6AEwBmoVChMImoe__dypyAIVyM-ACh0hEwi9#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20abolition&f=false


 * mentioned and/or writen to three times by Jonathan Worth:
 * http://www.mocavo.com/The-Correspondence-of-Jonathan-Worth-Volume-1-2/305573/305
 * http://www.mocavo.com/The-Correspondence-of-Jonathan-Worth-Volume-1-2/305573/501
 * http://www.mocavo.com/The-Correspondence-of-Jonathan-Worth-Volume-2/445937/144
 * Google "D H Starbuck Jonathan Worth" for more sources of information from this period.

State Attorney / Federal Prosecutor

 * Starbuck was tried for perjury and won his case on good merit. The case was on the grounds that Starbuck was a member of the North Carolina secession conventions but after the war was appointed State Attorney. He was found to be an avid Unionist through out the entire war, pg.16-17 and two other notes: https://cdr.lib.unc.edu/record/uuid:f2307d21-68af-4a4e-970d-0ecb07a8407e


 * salary as state attorney: https://books.google.com/books?id=jek-AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305&dq=d+h+starbuck+Raleigh+Register&source=bl&ots=NuMTrUfWEF&sig=WJ19N2uHxr7GDGBlBPmA3HRl6_Y&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDEQ6AEwCGoVChMIjpbKg-H7xwIVA5QeCh2IEwYY#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20Raleigh%20Register&f=false


 * 1870, paid $20.00 in postage: https://books.google.com/books?id=JusgAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA171&lpg=PA171&dq=Benjamin+d+h+starbuck+letter&source=bl&ots=7WhcnGT_4x&sig=kGIQ0xRXEw-vBCP_WOY4qVA47Ag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCgQ6AEwBGoVChMIsp719pSuyAIVwtQeCh3czwut#v=onepage&q=Benjamin%20d%20h%20starbuck%20letter&f=false


 * 1871, paid $60.00 in postage: https://books.google.com/books?id=x0L3PVbLRtAC&pg=PA122&lpg=PA122&dq=Benjamin+d+h+starbuck+letter&source=bl&ots=5Ib2kW_XPV&sig=NYwqnm6o6V64w7A4WOgDiJkEM_w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCUQ6AEwA2oVChMIsp719pSuyAIVwtQeCh3czwut#v=onepage&q=Benjamin%20d%20h%20starbuck%20letter&f=false


 * letter to attorney general concerning a case to do with the port authority: https://books.google.com/books?id=2MRYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA849&lpg=PA849&dq=d+h+starbuck&source=bl&ots=61aERWGlGE&sig=HcT6cjOYKZc2HJWYTCVQT60ICUo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDQQ6AEwDGoVChMIp9K8vcH3xwIVCR4eCh2LGwJm#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck&f=false


 * a case he represented on the Supreme Court of North Carolina on the account of a person's will: https://books.google.com/books?id=DG9MAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=d+h+starbuck+court+records&source=bl&ots=YmiFPopnzm&sig=4qxObW-VJS-P-Nft5H4JF0ceV1s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAWoVChMIy-e_2MipyAIVRZmACh3klAXr#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20court%20records&f=false


 * Starbuck vs. Starbuck a Supreme Court case over his father's (Reuben) will, he also represented the case: https://casetext.com/case/starbuck-v-starbuck-4

involvement with impeachment of Confederate Attorney General George Davis

 * letter to Attorney General Henry Stanbery concerning the prosecution of Confederate Attorney General George Davis: https://research.archives.gov/id/6782887


 * involvement in this impeachment investigation, and investigations into the attempted Impeachment of Andrew Johnson: https://books.google.com/books?id=xTxHAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA155&lpg=PA155&dq=D+h+Starbuck+George+davis+Confederate&source=bl&ots=tUczxEkuUD&sig=KQCJ_smyrckLNkPlTUBXv3lzpiA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAWoVChMIk9OF3sapyAIVCI8NCh0i5A6R#v=onepage&q=D%20h%20Starbuck%20George%20davis%20Confederate&f=false


 * newspaper article talking about special railroad construction convention, later quested about this riailroad during the impeachment of johnson by congress: http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/58243228/

"Railroad Convention. - A convention was held at Winston on the 16th inst, to take into consideration of a railroad from High Point, via Salem, Winston, Germanton, and near Danbury, to the Virginia line; to take the steps, if practicable, to secure the charter and build the Road; also to take into consideration the proposition to connect the proposed road to commence at the Virginia line and run to Lynchburg, thereby making a direct and continuous route to the North.

Speeches, earnestly advocating the construction of the road, were made by Messrs. Patterson, Masten, Wilson and Starbuck, of Forsyth; Golding, and Joyce, of Stokes, and Ward of Virginia. Messrs F. Fries, R. L. Patterson, J. Masten, Thos. J. Wilson, R. W. Wharton and D. H. Starbuck of Forsyth, R. D. Golding, J. M. Covington, Major Joseph Holderby, Wm. A. Lash and Wilson Fulton, of Stokes, were appointed a committee "to recommend the necessary steps to secure our present charter, and to correspond and consult with the friends of the proposed connection in Virginia, to collect all facts and report the same to a meeting of this convention. to be held in Winston on Tuesday the 22nd of September next." "

involvement with first successful Ku Klux Klan prosecution

 * Nationally famous letter written in support of the continuation of the Ku Klux Klan Act
 * In the globe: https://books.google.com/books?id=f7s-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3592&lpg=PA3592&dq=d+h+starbuck+klan&source=bl&ots=nBLPqEBiER&sig=dSbDcDNRGwsBcJvGR0wYn8Sq01U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBkQ6AEwBWoVChMI6PvbobSpyAIViYUNCh2FtwCP#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20klan&f=false
 * Included in published speech of Indiana Senator before Congress: https://archive.org/stream/extensionofkuklu00prat/extensionofkuklu00prat_djvu.txt


 * Starbuck on the Klan, "fiendish monsters and enemies to the Union": http://www.mocavo.com/A-History-of-the-United-States-Since-the-Civil-War-Volume-Ii/510293/393 ❌dead link, letter found in a first hand source in another post anyway
 * as federal prosecutor he successfully prosecuted KKK members: https://books.google.com/books?id=QR49QNrHrMUC&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=darius+Starbuck+slave&source=bl&ots=u68N3twG2F&sig=JEZ4Eg9DuO6FFqt0YjQ-ebfyKEc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCAQ6AEwBWoVChMIxtqdg62pyAIViZMNCh0mZgHA#v=onepage&q=darius%20Starbuck%20slave&f=false
 * more in depth information, names the trail by Starbuck as the FIRST ever successful trial of Klan members in any US state: https://books.google.com/books?id=Lxb0UaRmYlQC&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99&dq=d+h+starbuck+klan&source=bl&ots=-AYL1T7KBT&sig=j2t3xxxqz2TL4Z_euUxAQRh0oek&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CA8Q6AEwAmoVChMIxqW566-pyAIViaCACh3oEQ6D#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20klan&f=false
 * another source with more details of the trail and first hand sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=t1KopHDYKWgC&pg=PA85&lpg=PA85&dq=Darius+Starbuck+klan&source=bl&ots=HseYkC0xGq&sig=H5-jZ-eIQXRYgq4baA35zNmzupg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAWoVChMIv9a37cSpyAIVRI4NCh0f6ghM#v=onepage&q=Darius%20Starbuck%20klan&f=false
 * another source saying that this case was used as statute: https://books.google.com/books?id=959sKkDoLhoC&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=d+h+starbuck+klan&source=bl&ots=3Ul1ZqllmV&sig=KDH4IrLuLMGS3Tio38vHImXefWg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBUQ6AEwBGoVChMI472n3rKpyAIVQeaACh1xywrz#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20klan&f=false
 * dissertation containing abstracts from two letters (one to and one from D H Starbuck) about the trail, also talks about the effects of the trail: http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol23/iss1/4/ ❌early preliminary research paper used to write later published book which is already cited
 * a .gov article talking about the social climate of such prosecutions: http://www.justice.gov/osg/about-office ❌dead link
 * talking about the trial after it's conclusion: https://books.google.com/books?id=PhYatvRRAUQC&pg=PT239&lpg=PT239&dq=d+h+starbuck+klan&source=bl&ots=A5UB030DL3&sig=XmeALxxTiT4xlb_z7dGQaQRP4X4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBIQ6AEwA2oVChMIxqW566-pyAIViaCACh3oEQ6D#v=onepage&q=d%20h%20starbuck%20klan&f=false


 * information on how to access all archived letters about this trail: https://beta.worldcat.org/archivegrid/collection/data/70955925
 * more information: http://millercenter.org/cpc/state-archives-of-north-carolina ❌dead link

Winston City Commissioner

 * excerpts from the Winston-Salem City commission minutes: http://www.cityofws.org/home-center/discover-winston-salem/history/town-of-winston-history
 * 1849-1869
 * notes about his house
 * notes about town commission
 * 1870-1879
 * 1880-1889


 * Winston-Salem history: http://www.cityofws.org/Home-Center/Discover-Winston-Salem/History

In the state and local news

 * Raleigh Register an original article concerning Starbuck's involvement with 1880 election: http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/56208339/


 * Western Sentinel article: http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/82463206/


 * three local newspaper excerpts (1) mentioned as member of Salem Lodge, (2) had a green house? grew geraniums, (3) news of commissioner election: http://www.forsythnchistory.com/1850westsent.html


 * article about 1869 town census, mentions Starbuck Family by name: http://www.forsythnchistory.com/1860taxes.html

Personal life and professional life of wife

 * His will/estate files: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDGJ-SBS [Note: Source could always lead to further expansion due to profound length, though further expansion from this source is optional.]


 * Ellen (his wife) was president of the board of the Salem College: http://archive.org/stream/academy18951902unse/academy18951902unse_djvu.txt [Note: used to cite which school Dora and Ella attended.]


 * abridged transcriptions of the wills of Ellen Blickensderfer Starbuck's adoptive parents, and other connections/facts, the original files are probably all available on FamilySearch: http://www.forsythnchistory.com/willsshuman.html


 * Charles Clinton "Bud" Tharp, the great-grandson of Benjamin Beeson Starbuck, had (before his death in 2009 ^see obituary) a letter from D. H. Starbuck to his brother Benjamin who moved to Iowa that may give his opinions of the Civil War. Tharp transcribed of a portion of the letter in 2001: http://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/starbuck/490/


 * Genealogical book, "The History of the Blickensderfer Family in America", compiled in 1870s-1890s gives that Darius and Ellen had on son and THREE daughters rather than two. Possible typo, but original source none-the-less, (first entree of page 48 of 56): https://archive.org/stream/historyofblicken00blic#page/48/mode/1up


 * Lancaster Daily Intelligencer., February 02, 1881. A Newspaper clipping from Ellen's parents 50th anniversary, also gives an extensive biography of Ellen's father and minimal information about her siblings: http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83032300/1881-02-02/ed-1/seq-3/


 * Darius Starbuck, his wife, and an unspecified brother are mentioned by name in The American Journal of Joseph James Naeve:
 * (1) abridged transcript: http://www.oocities.org/quakerpages/neave02.htm
 * (2) non-abridged excerpt published in Friends' Review: https://books.google.com/books?id=73wrAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=Darius+Starbuck+Quaker&source=bl&ots=rCiVOGwB4R&sig=sXJ8-TjEhsfAm4OKk9w47DOartw&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0CCIQ6AEwB2oVChMI1-Kq5pGpyAIVB40NCh0PtQOM#v=onepage&q=Darius%20Starbuck%20Quaker&f=false
 * a revised version of this belongs in the article after the above information: {insert information from Joseph James Naeve Journal and all other Civil War period personal information} Darius refered to the Civil War as "this unfortunate condition of the country," in a private letter to his brother.


 * his daughter Ella married Seth Jones Montague, information about his education and family can be found here: https://books.google.com/books?id=-fIVAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA205&lpg=PA205&dq=Darius+Starbuck+graduated&source=bl&ots=qakuoWhmyi&sig=pxiW1bUncL1_TNpCUXZ9Ic33XDc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CBIQ6AEwAWoVChMI3NKX4KapyAIVhZ-ACh3FtwPU#v=onepage&q=Darius%20Starbuck%20graduated&f=false

Census Data

 * 1) 1820 (in the household of Reuben Starbuck)
 * 2) 1830 (in the household of Reuben Starbuck)
 * 3) 1840 (in the household of Reuben Starbuck)
 * 4) 1850
 * 5) * Slave Schedule
 * 6) 1860
 * 7) * Sifax Adams household (former slaves are now freed.)
 * 8)  1870 (includes value of property and belongings; unclear female child named Emma Hege; brother-in-law Jacob Blickensderfer; domestic servant James "Jim" Fulk, Ella is noted as "Ellen".)
 * 9) 1880 (includes Seth Jones Montague and maid Rebecca Sheek.)

Stocks purchased

 * railroad: https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofsto1875nort/proceedingsofsto1875nort_djvu.txt

--LurganShmith (talk) 21:44, 4 October 2015 (UTC)

Ancestry chart (unfinished)
--LurganShmith (talk) 10:05, 27 February 2017 (UTC)

Slavery
On February 24, 1840 Darius Starbuck was written into the will of his "friend" Thomas Adams of Stokes County; Starbuck was also named executor of this will. This was witnessed by Thomas J. Wilson. In the will, Starbuck was named heir to an enslaved family owned by Adams upon the death of his wife Lucy, on the condition that Starbuck would emancipate them "as soon as the law will allow." They were named Syphax, Letty, and their children Syphax L., Mary Addine (Mary Magdeline), and Sarah Jane (Sally).[45] The will was notarized on 15 July 1843.[46] On June 22, 1844, however, Starbuck purchased the family for $85.20. Mr. and Mrs. Adams were to continue using Syphax and his family for labor until both of their deaths. Under the new terms, Starbuck was to free the family after they had "worked out the consideration money and interest". This mandated that the family work as indentured servants for Starbuck until the price Starbuck had paid for them, with interest, was returned to him either through labor or by payment. This bill of sale also mentions two more children, Emeline (Nancy Adeline) and Lewis. At the time of purchase in 1844, Syphax was aged about 26 and his wife Letty was about 30. This deed of sale was witnessed by John Hasten, who had to confirm this in court in April 1845.[8] The estate files of Thomas Adams were probated in 1848.[46]

According to the Slave Schedule of 1850, Darius owned one male slave who was reported to census takers as being 37 years old.[30] This may have been Syphax Adams, who appears with a fluctuating age in written records, due to having no knowledge of his exact age.[8][45][46] While Starbuck's home in Winston was being built in 1851, it is possible that Syphax's labor may have been used during the brick mansion's construction.[47] By the time of the 1860 Census, before the abolition of slavery, Syphax and his family were living as freed citizens of the Broadbay Township in Forsyth County.[45] It is unknown if Syphax was paid, or if he worked his family's indenture, or if the family was freed voluntarily by Starbuck.

Death
D. H. Starbuck died on May 26, 1887. He was buried in Winston-Salem, North Carolina at "God's Acre" Salem Moravian Graveyard.[2] After her death on March 8, 1920 in Old Richmond, North Carolina,[38] his wife ,Ellen, was buried next to him.[48] Ellen's adoptive parents,[49][50] as well as her adoptive father's prior wife, Johanna (Jane) Salome Leinbach Schumann (Shuman), are also buried in the Moravian cemetery in Salem.[51]

Legacy
Following Starbuck's death in 1887, his only son, Henry Reuben Starbuck, took over the family's law practice. Henry attended the Salem Boys School as a child and graduated from the University of North Carolina with a BA degree. Henry spent a year studying law under Col. George Nathaniel Folk in Caldwell County. He was admitted to the bar by 1888. After having received his own license two years prior in 1886, Adolphus Hill Eller moved to Forsyth, where he became a partner with Henry in the family practice.[52] Henry Starbuck met Eller while they were both attending the University of North Carolina where they were roommates. Henry Reuben Starbuck was elected as a Superior Court Judge in 1894. Upon his elevation to the bench, Eller took over the former Starbuck offices alone. Later, in 1913, Eller added Richard Gordon Stockton as a new partner.[53] Henry Reuben Starbuck kept his position as Superior Court Judge for eight years. He was then elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1909 and 1911. In 1925, the state legislature appointed him as the first Judge of the newly created Forsyth County Court, where he was reappointed by the Governor for three additional terms. After his time in the Forsyth County Court, Henry Reuben returned to law practice with his son William. He continued to practice until a few months before his death in 1958.[34]

Donald a 696 (talk) 04:53, 1 March 2017 (UTC)

Notability
I question if this person meets Wikipedia notability guidelines. Although the page is extensively referenced, the references are dominated by primary sources. There are also very few incoming links, suggesting that Starbuck was not historically important. This has the feel of a very well-researched genealogical essay, but that doesn't mean the subject is encyclopedic. pburka (talk) 00:57, 24 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Hi, wanted to respond to you. You are correct about the content of this article, it does focus too much on genealogy and not enough on his career accomplishments of note. I'm starting a process to revamp this again, I started that process years ago, but I never finished because there were too many sources of information and I was honestly overwhelmed. There are numerous sources which speak about Starbuck's work during reconstruction. He is noteworthy because he was the first federal prosecutor to ever successfully try and convict klansmen under the Ku Klux Klan Act and his legal precedents in the case are still sighted to this day in court. He also wrote a highly publicized letter about the horrors of the Klan which was presented to congress in it's attempts to extend the the klan act which circulated in republican newspapers at the time and is cited today in numerous historical books about the reconstruction era. He also has a hand-full of other cases which are still regularly cited in court, in particular a case involving inheritance law. He was also involved on high profile impeachment proceedings of former confederate office holders. He was also a witness in congress against the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. I should have started with these, but I got caught up with the stuff that was easier to research and write about. Will absolutely use more second hand sources. It can be difficult to find second hand sources of information on his personal life and career legacy because he was a politician in the pre- and post-civil war south... who was a republican, against slavery, and worked fighting the klan. Most southern, second hand encyclopedic sources only mention his name and titles because the authors of the articles didn't want to highlight or talk of his accomplishments for partisan revisionist historical reasons. ...nevertheless there are secondhand sources, largely historical books about reconstruction and law books which talk of him. I will cite these in further expansions.
 * I also acknowledge I need to clean the article up a little and reduce some of the unimportant information. LurganShmith (talk) 17:53, 5 August 2023 (UTC)