Hocking County Ohio Starr Township Bios

In the summer of 1810 Henry O'Neill and two of his sons, James and Thomas, came from Portage County, Ohio, to where Starr post office now is, and erected a small log cabin in the pea-vines on the south bank of the Raccoon. The father returned to Portage County late in the fall, and brought his family to their new home the following spring. Henry O'Neill was born in Ireland, May 26, 1753.  He was a highly educated school-teacher, and came to America in 1791; first settled at Carlyle, Pa. In 1796 he removed to Portage County, Ohio. In 1808 he was appointed Justice of the Peace in that county by the Governor and, as before stated, he made the first settlement of Starr Township in 1810. He was Justice of the Peace many years in this township, and was the first Postmaster here. He married Nancy Lee, also a native of Ireland, and reared a large family. His wife died in 1831, at the age of eighty years.

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