John H. Starin
| John Henry Starin | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th district |
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In office 1877–1881 |
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| Preceded by | Henry H. Hathorn |
| Succeeded by | George West |
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August 27, 1825 Sammonsville, Fulton County, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 21, 1909 (aged 83) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Resting place | Fultonville Cemetery, Fultonville, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Relatives | Thomas Sammons (grandfather) |
John Henry Starin (August 27, 1825 – March 21, 1909) was a U.S. Representative from New York, grandson of Thomas Sammons. Born in Sammonsville, Fulton County (then a part of Montgomery County), New York. Starin pursued academic studies in Esperance, New York, where he began the study of medicine in 1842. He established and operated a drug and medicine business in Fultonville from 1845–1858. From 1848–1852 he also served as Postmaster of Fultonville. Starin was the founder and president of the Starin City River & Harbor Transportation Co. and served as director of the North River Bank, in New York City, and the Mohawk River National Bank. He was also interested in agriculture and stock raising.
Starin was elected as a Republican to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth Congresses (March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1881). From 1883–1909 he served as president of Fultonville National Bank. He engaged in railroading and served as member of the New York City Rapid Transit Commission as well. Starin died in New York City on March 21, 1909 and was interred in the Starin mausoleum in Fultonville Cemetery, Fultonville.
In 1878 Starin purchased a series of small islands off the coast of New Rochelle, New York for his country estate, eventually turning it into an amusement park by the name of Starin's Glen Island. He maintained the islands as a select summer resort, operating 12 steamboats to and from New York City. The islands were so popular that hundreds of thousands of visitors were brought every season to the attractions which included a zoo, a natural history museum, a railway, a German beer garden (around the castle-like structure which still stands today), a bathing beach, and a Chinese pagoda. A chain ferry transported visitors from a mainland dock on Neptune Island.
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