George Washington Starks

Abt 1890 - 1969  (~ 78 years)

• Name	George Washington Starks  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Born	Abt Aug 1890	Louisiana, USA   [1, 8]
  Gender	Male
  Died	31 Mar 1969  [2]
  Buried	Grant, Louisiana, USA   [2]
  	Lincecum Cemetery
  Person ID	I7576	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	George Breckenridge Starks,   b. Abt Apr 1860, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 14 Mar 1914, Grant, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 53 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Bobbie Lincecum,   b. 24 Feb 1860, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 13 Jul 1949, Rapides, Louisiana, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	18 Nov 1881	Grant, Louisiana, USA   [9]
  Family ID	F2654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laflore Adele Atwell,   b. Abt 1899, Louisiana, USA
  Married	Abt 1917  [8]
  Children	1. Schley Starks   2. Jettie Maye Starks,   b. Abt 1924, Lincecum, Grant, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 9 Jan 1924, Lincecum, Grant, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 0 years)  [natural]   3. Dixie Geraldine Starks,   b. Abt 1932, Grant, Louisiana, USA ,   d. 14 Feb 1932, Rochelle, Grant, Louisiana, USA  (Age ~ 0 years)  [natural]   4. O. W. Starks
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2644	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Abt Aug 1890 - Louisiana, USA Buried - - Grant, Louisiana, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  George W. Starks Louisiana Sgt Army Svc Corps World War I August 26, 1889 March 31, 1969 - According to his 1917 World War I draft registration card, George had brown eyes and brown hair. - From Louisiana World War I Service Records, 1917-1920 via FamilySearch.org - George W. Starks Residence: Selma, Grant Parish, Louisiana Inducted 25 June 1918 at Colfax, Louisiana b. Lincecum, Louisiana Organization: QMC to discharge Grades with Dates: Corp 1 Jul 1919; Sgt 12 Aug 1919 Served Overseas: 23 Sep 1918 - 2 Oct 1919 Honorably Discharged on Demobilization: 9 October 1919 From Wikipedia - "The United States Army Quartermaster Corps, formerly the Quartermaster Department, is a Sustainment, formerly combat service support (CSS), branch of the United States Army. It is also one of three U.S. Army logistics branches, the others being the Transportation Corps and the Ordnance Corps. The U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps mission is to support the development, production, acquisition, and sustainment of general supply, Mortuary Affairs, subsistences, petroleum and water, material and distribution management during peace and war to provide combat power to the U.S. Army... - According to the 1940 Grant Parish, Louisiana Federal census, George had a third grade education. - According to his 1942 World War II draft registration card, George stood 5' 8 1/2" tall, weighed 150 lbs, had brown eyes, black hair, and a ruddy complexion.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1145] 1900 Census of United States, Louisiana, Grant Parish, Ward 4, population Schedule; Online Images, E. D. No. 65, sheet no. 20B, dwelling & family 368, George B. Starks household, accessed March 2018. Includes wife Robbie; sons Willie, Daniel D., George W., and John O.; and daughters Nancy V., Neatie R., and Bessie [S1151] Mobile Memorial Gardens Cemetery (Tillmans Corner, Mobile, Alabama), Grave Markers, Image of tombstone by W. Estrada (2010) via FindAGrave memorial #14960795 -- George W. Starks. [S1159] Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960, Entry for Jettie Maye Starks, d. 9 January 1924 at Grant Parish. [S1159] Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960, Entry for Dixie Geraldine Starks, d. 14 February 1932 at Grant Parish. [S1159] Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960, Entry for Oliver Wade Starks, d. 13 April 1951 at Rapides Parish. [S668] United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Digital image of card for George Washington Starks, b. 26 August 1889. [S985] United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Digital image of card for George Washington Starks, b. 26 August 1889. [S1155] 1930 Census of United States, Louisiana, Grant Parish, Ward 4, population Schedule; Online Images, E. D. No. 22-8, sheet no. 4A, dwellings 80 & 81, families 83 & 84, D. G. Lincecum & G. W. Starks households, accessed 18 March 2018. [S1147] Louisiana Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925, Bobbie Lincecum m. George A. Starks 18 November 1881 at Grant Parish.