This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Starr, Curry, Budd, Hough, Maines Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1167 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 896 - 897. LANCASTER WILLIAM STARR, wagon-maker, Lancaster. Has been a resident of Lancaster since May, 1866, coming here at the age of 17 from Clinton Co., N. Y., where he was born Dec. 25, 1838, a son of Lewis and Mary A. (Curry) Starr. His father is still living in Clinton Co. Mr. Starr worked for D. H. Budd nearly seventeen years, commencing when a boy. He was one of the firm of J. Hough & Co., which was established in August, 1874, and continued until January, 1880. He was married, May 5, 1860, to Miss Mary Maines. They have a daughter and three sons - Fanny L., Daniel H., J. L and Walter E. [I am not related to this family. I am just posting this as a service and hope it helps!]