Note: Information on this page provided by John Thomas Starnes, Memphis, TN, 17 Mar 2002

DESCENDANTS OF

John Anderson Starnes, DOB 9 Oct 1854, DOD 24 June 1913 and Martha Ellen Piercy, DOB 17 June 1857, DOD 25 May 1940.
They are both buried at the Arlington Tennessee Cemetery.

John and Martha Children:

Albert W. Starnes, DOB 20 Sep 1875, at Seventy-Six, Kentucky, DOD June 26, 1947, buried at Macedonia Cemetery at (Macedonia) Arlington, Tennessee, married Dora McQuerter 1896, Second Wife Lucy (Whitehorn) Starnes, DOB Sep 28, 1889 DOD Sep 21, 1974, buried at Macedonia Cemetery at (Macedonia) Arlington, Tennessee

Albert and Dora had two sons, Raymond and Claud, serviced in the U. S. Marine Corps, in WWI or WWII. They both settled in Ohio after leaving the Marine Corps.

Mary Starnes, DOB 25 Sep 1877, at Seventy-Six, Kentucky, married Sherman Witham Nov 1896, at Arlington, Tennessee

Lorn Shelby Starnes, DOB 5 Nov 1879, at Seventy-Six, Kentucky, DOD July 1955, at Galloway, Tennessee, married Mary Jane Panky 1915, at Yarbrough, Arkansas. See article
Lorn Shelby Starnes, written by his grandson John Thomas Starnes.

Lorn and Mary Jane Children:

Johnny William Starnes, DOB 13 Aug 1916 at Yarbrough, Ark—still living as of 16 Mar 2002. Served in U. S. Army during WWII. Served in the U. S. Army peace keeping force, in Japan after the war was over.
Married Elizabeth Gertrude Atkins, 24 Dec 1936, at Galloway, Tennessee, DOB, 25 Feb 1919-still living as of 16 Mar 2002

Johnny and Elizabeth Children:

Mary Elizabeth Starnes, DOB 4 Aug 1937 at Galloway, Tennessee-still living as of 16 Mar 2002, Married Lex Sewell, May 25, 1958.
Johnny Ann Starnes, DOB September 19, 1942 at Galloway, Tennessee-still living as of 16 Mar 2002, Married Lloyd Lynn Jones on 7 May 1962 at Galloway, Tennessee.
Connie Sue Starnes DOB 4 Aug 1951 at Galloway, Tennessee, Married James Robert Sink, 27 July 1970

Thomas Claud Starnes, DOB 21 Oct 1918, at Yarbrough, Arkansas, DOD 23 May 1995 at Memphis, Tennessee —married Ruby Clara Evans, 24 December 1938 at Paris, Tennessee, DOB 2 Dec 1921, at Big Sandy, Tennessee, DOD, 26 Jan 2000. Thomas and Ruby are buried at the Arlington, Tennessee Cemetery.
Served in the U. S. Navy during WWII as Air Controller, Third Class (E-4) in Norfolk, Virginia and Elizabeth City, N.C. Completed Boot Camp at Memphis, TN

Thomas Claude and Ruby Clara children:

John Thomas Starnes, DOB 15 Sep 1939 at Memphis, Tennessee, Retired from U. S. Navy on December 31, 1979 as a Master Chief Yeoman (E-9), married Barbara Mae Howell on 18 June 1960 at Arlington, Tennessee, DOB, 9 Mar 1942

John and Barbara children:

David Shane Starnes, DOB 7 Oct 1961 at Memphis, Tennessee, Married Susan Jayne Carter, at Bartlett, Tennessee, Served in the U. S. Naval Reserve for 12 years as an Aviation Machinist mate, Second Class, (E-5)
Brenda Elaine Starnes, DOB 22 Nov 1966 at Jacksonville, Florida, Married Mark Reasons on 3 July 1988 at Bartlett, Tennessee
Belinda Jane Starnes, DOB 18 Sep 1968 at Jacksonville, Florida, Never Married

Jimmy Wayne Starnes, DOB 31 Oct 1941 at Galloway, Tennessee, Married Margaret Charlene French, DOB 20 January 1949

Wayne and Charlene Children

Stephanie Michelle Starnes, DOB, 20 January 1975 at Memphis, Tennessee, Married Jim Pierce on 6 Dec 1997
Brian Ansthony Starnes, DOB 1 Sep 1980 at Memphis, Tennessee
Andrea Kathleen Starnes, DOB 26 Feb 1983 at Memphis, Tennessee
Daniel Scott Starnes, DOB 8 March 1986
Bradlet Garrett Starnes, DOB 4 Nov 2987

Shirley Ann Starnes, DOB 29 Oct 1945 at Paris, Tennessee, married Thomas Madigan, Third Husband, 1st Daugher by First Husband, Regina Hale, 2nd Daughter by second Husband, Karen Oliver

Larry Joe Starnes, DOB 29 February 1952, at Memphis, Tennessee, Retired from the U. S. Navy as an Aviation Support Equipment Mechanic, First Class (E-6), Married to Rebecca Elizabeth ???? 2nd wife, has four daughters, two from each wife.

Mary Starnes, DOB 25 Sep 1877 at Seventy-Six, Kentucky, Married Sherman Witham, Nov 1896 at Arlington, Tennessee

Annie Starnes, DOB 15 Dec 1881, married Ernest Galloway

Cora Starnes, DOB 24 Jun 1884, married William Herbert Powers

William Van Starnes, DOB 12 Feb 1887, married Willie Maude Marcum

Children of Van and Willie

Marvin V. Starnes
William Floyd Starnes
Dorothy Starnes
James Milton Starnes

Sam Porter Starnes, DOB 15 Aug 1889 at Seventy-Six, Kentucky--never married, served in the Army WW1, DOD 5 October 1970, buried at Arlington, Tennessee Cemetery, DOD ??????

Mattie Starnes, DOB 16 Mar 1892, at Seventy-six, Kentucky, married John Marcum at Arlington, Tennessee, Buried at Arlington, Tennessee Cemetery

John William Starnes, DOB 21 Nov 1896 at Arlington, TN, married Prudence Kelly, DOD Oct 1969 at Barretville, Tennessee, buried at Arlington, Tennessee Cemetery.

James Silas Starnes, DOB 2 Aug 1898 at Arlington, Tennessee, Served in U. S. Marine Corps during WWII, DOD ????, buried in National Cemetery, Memphis, Tennessee