Information from the "History of Tift County" by Ida Belle Williams, C. 1948 by the Tift County Historical Society and reprinted by W H Wolfe Associates of Atlanta in 1979, pages 340
Excerpts from, Silas Starr by E. Pickard Karsten,
published in the volume above.
"Born in Starrsville, Newton County, Georgia, April 3, 1888, son of Joe A. and Mattie Elliott Starr, Silas Starr attended the public schools of Mansfield and prepared for college at the University School for Boys. He was graduated from the Georgia State College of Agriculture at Athens in 1910. Thence he went to Bolton College, Brunswick, Tenn. where he was assistant principal and then principal, and also taught agriculture. He returned to Athens and taught agronomy and became a professor of farm management. These positions he held until 1917.
On Dec. 27, 1917, Silas Starr enlisted in the United States Army during World War I. He served as lieutenant in the Field Artillery and was for seven months with the American forces in France. He returned to America and mustered out on January 22, 1919. He returned to the Georgia State College of Agriculture where he remained until he was appointed Director of the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton, GA, November 10, 1919. ... He headed the station from the time of its establishment until his death, November 6, 1942.
In manner one of Tifton's most unassuming citizens, Dr. Silas Starr was one of the community's most eminent men. Governors, senators, and scholarly educators were his close friends, yet he spoke with friendly kindliness to the tiller of the soil to better whose position was his life work"
Excerpts from, Silas Starr by E. Pickard Karsten,
published in the volume above.
"Born in Starrsville, Newton County, Georgia, April 3, 1888, son of Joe A. and Mattie Elliott Starr, Silas Starr attended the public schools of Mansfield and prepared for college at the University School for Boys. He was graduated from the Georgia State College of Agriculture at Athens in 1910. Thence he went to Bolton College, Brunswick, Tenn. where he was assistant principal and then principal, and also taught agriculture. He returned to Athens and taught agronomy and became a professor of farm management. These positions he held until 1917.
On Dec. 27, 1917, Silas Starr enlisted in the United States Army during World War I. He served as lieutenant in the Field Artillery and was for seven months with the American forces in France. He returned to America and mustered out on January 22, 1919. He returned to the Georgia State College of Agriculture where he remained until he was appointed Director of the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton, GA, November 10, 1919. ... He headed the station from the time of its establishment until his death, November 6, 1942.
In manner one of Tifton's most unassuming citizens, Dr. Silas Starr was one of the community's most eminent men. Governors, senators, and scholarly educators were his close friends, yet he spoke with friendly kindliness to the tiller of the soil to better whose position was his life work"
Information from the "History of Tift County" by Ida Belle Williams, C. 1948 by the Tift County Historical Society and reprinted by W H Wolfe Associates of Atlanta in 1979, pages 340
Excerpts from, Silas Starr by E. Pickard Karsten,
published in the volume above.
"Born in Starrsville, Newton County, Georgia, April 3, 1888, son of Joe A. and Mattie Elliott Starr, Silas Starr attended the public schools of Mansfield and prepared for college at the University School for Boys. He was graduated from the Georgia State College of Agriculture at Athens in 1910. Thence he went to Bolton College, Brunswick, Tenn. where he was assistant principal and then principal, and also taught agriculture. He returned to Athens and taught agronomy and became a professor of farm management. These positions he held until 1917.
On Dec. 27, 1917, Silas Starr enlisted in the United States Army during World War I. He served as lieutenant in the Field Artillery and was for seven months with the American forces in France. He returned to America and mustered out on January 22, 1919. He returned to the Georgia State College of Agriculture where he remained until he was appointed Director of the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton, GA, November 10, 1919. ... He headed the station from the time of its establishment until his death, November 6, 1942.
In manner one of Tifton's most unassuming citizens, Dr. Silas Starr was one of the community's most eminent men. Governors, senators, and scholarly educators were his close friends, yet he spoke with friendly kindliness to the tiller of the soil to better whose position was his life work"
Excerpts from, Silas Starr by E. Pickard Karsten,
published in the volume above.
"Born in Starrsville, Newton County, Georgia, April 3, 1888, son of Joe A. and Mattie Elliott Starr, Silas Starr attended the public schools of Mansfield and prepared for college at the University School for Boys. He was graduated from the Georgia State College of Agriculture at Athens in 1910. Thence he went to Bolton College, Brunswick, Tenn. where he was assistant principal and then principal, and also taught agriculture. He returned to Athens and taught agronomy and became a professor of farm management. These positions he held until 1917.
On Dec. 27, 1917, Silas Starr enlisted in the United States Army during World War I. He served as lieutenant in the Field Artillery and was for seven months with the American forces in France. He returned to America and mustered out on January 22, 1919. He returned to the Georgia State College of Agriculture where he remained until he was appointed Director of the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station at Tifton, GA, November 10, 1919. ... He headed the station from the time of its establishment until his death, November 6, 1942.
In manner one of Tifton's most unassuming citizens, Dr. Silas Starr was one of the community's most eminent men. Governors, senators, and scholarly educators were his close friends, yet he spoke with friendly kindliness to the tiller of the soil to better whose position was his life work"
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