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George Anson Starkweather (Michigan businessman)

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Having studied law in New York, he returned home to Plymouth, established himself as a pillar of the community and helped to bring a railroad route to Plymouth (much to the chagrin, it is said, of present-day residents of the community) through what is now known as "Old Village" or "Lower Town". In
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1927, Starkweather Elementary school on Holbrook Street was named in his memory. Starkweather died at the age of 81. He is buried at Riverside Cemetery in Plymouth, Michigan.
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Supervisor, philanthropist, leading community member and firm believer in education who, during the 1850s, served one term in the
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and a descendant of Robert Starkweather who came from the
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born in what is now known as the city of Plymouth in
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Plymouth Township
Michigan Legislature
Plymouth
Native American
Michigan
Wayne County
New York
George Anson Starkweather
John Converse Starkweather
British Isles
Cornhill Section of Boston




Categories
Members of the Michigan House of Representatives
Michigan lawyers
Businesspeople from Michigan
People from Plymouth, Michigan
1826 births
1907 deaths
Educators from Michigan
19th-century American legislators
19th-century American businesspeople
19th-century American educators

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