John Converse Starkweather
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John Converse Starkweather, eldest son of George A. Starkweather and Elizabeth (Converse) Starkweather, was born in Cooperstown, NY, on Feb 23, 1829. He married Louisa A. Hallett, the daughter of William P. and Rachel Ray Hallet. John died in in Washington, DC November 15, 1890.
He graduated from Union College, class of 1850, and studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1857. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and practiced law there until 1861. On May 17, 1861 he was made a colonel of the 1st Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment (3 Months) and took part in the battles of Battle of Hoke's Run (AKA Fallling Waters), 2 July, 1861, and of Edmunds Ferry, 29 July, 1861, and was mustered out on 21 August 1861. Re organizing his regiment for three years, by special order of the war department, he again enlisted and served in Kentucky and northern Alabama. He participated in the Battle of Perryville, 8 October 1862. He also engaged at the Battle of Stones River, 31 December, 1862, and again Jan 1-2, 1863, and commanded brigades and divisions in the Army of Ohio, and in the Army of the Cumberland; participated in the attack at Chattanooga, 19-21 September, 1863, where he was wounded in battles around chattanooga, 23-25 Nov 1863, and in the assault and capture of Mission Ridge, TN. He was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General on July 17, 1863.
He served in the court martial that tried General William Alexander Hammond, surgeon General of the United States Army, and after commanding several posts in Tennesse and Alabama, he was mustered out of the army on 11 May, 1865.
After farming for several years in Wisconsin and occupying posts of importance and trust he moved to Washington, DC, where he practiced law until his death in 1890.
He and his wife Louisa had six Children, named Walter Agustus, George Anson, Mabel Ray, Rachel Field, Francis Morgan and Bessie Bush.
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- Starkweather, Carlton Lee, M.D. Robert Starkweather and his Descendants, Knapp, Peck and Thomson, 1904.
