George Anson Starkweather (May 19, 1794 - October 15, 1879) was a United States Representative from New York

United States Congressional Delegations from New York

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, his eldest son being John Converse Starkweather

John Converse Starkweather

John Converse Starkweather was a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...

. He is not to be confused with his son, George Anson Starkweather (born March 1, 1834 in NYC, and died there Nov 20, 1883), who was a Colonel in the New York 12th Regiment of Artillery, nor his Nephew, George Anson Starkweather

George Anson Starkweather

George Anson Starkweather was the first non Native American born in what is now known as the city of Plymouth, Michigan . He is not to be confused with his Uncle, also named George A. Starkweather, of New York State, or several other distant cousins also named George Anson Starkweather...

, of Plymouth, Michigan

Plymouth, Michigan

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, nor his third cousin once removed George A Starkweather

George A Starkweather

George Anson Starkweather, born in Waymart, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, Nov 7, 1821, died Aug 11, 1904, was a lawyer, a merchant, a schoolteacher and served as Auditor of Wayne County. He was a township clerk for Canaan, PA and a director of one of the examining boards for teachers. He also served...

, a lawyer and merchant in Waymart Pennsylvania, who studied law under Andrew Reader (afterward Reader becoming Governor of Kansas). There were several other George Anson Starkweather's all distantly related and living in the same time period.

Born in Preston, Connecticut

Preston, Connecticut

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, he attended the common schools and was graduated from Union College

Union College

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 in Schenectady, New York

Schenectady, New York

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 in 1819. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and practiced in Cooperstown, New York

Cooperstown, New York

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. He was elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1849. He again resumed the practice of his profession in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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, from 1853 to 1868; in 1879 he died in Cooperstown. Interment was in Lakewood Cemetery.

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