 1877 - 1956 (78 years)
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| Name |
William Starr Myers |
| Birth |
17 Jun 1877 |
Baltimore, MD  [1, 2] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
28 Jan 1956 |
Princeton, Mercer County, NJ [3] |
- Obituary -- Dr. William Starr Myers
William S. Myers Dies, Republican Historian
SPECIAL TO THE INQUIRER - PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 28 - William Starr Myers, emeritus professor of politics at Princeton University and often referred to as the historian of the Republican Party, died today following a heart attack in a restaurant near the campus. He was 78.
Prof. Myers was a member of the university faculty from 1906 until he retired in 1943. He came to Princeton as one of the 'preceptor guys" who were put on the faculty by the late President Woodrow Wilson who was then head of the school.
Among his writings were "The American Government of Today," "The Republican Party: A History" and "American Democracy Today." Another book, "The Hoover Administration" was written in collaboration with Walter Newton. Prof. Myers was the editor of the "State Papers of Herbert Hoover" and just recently completed the three volume work "The Story of New Jersey."
He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Minot C. Morgan, Jr., of Princeton, and Mrs. John H. McLean, of Kingston, N.C., and a brother, John N. Myers, of Summerville, N.C.
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| Person ID |
I1714 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
13 May 2022 |
| Father |
John Norris Myers, III, b. 17 Nov 1842, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA d. 28 Jul 1929, Ridgewood, Bergen County, NJ (Age 86 years) |
| Mother |
Laura Virginia Starr, b. 15 Jul 1850, Baltimore, MD d. 26 Sep 1894, Asheville, Buncombe County, NC (Age 44 years) |
| Marriage |
30 May 1876 |
Baltimore, MD [4, 5, 6, 7] |
| Family ID |
F272 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Margaret Barr, b. 1 Aug 1886, Washington, D.C. d. 4 Mar 1981, Lawrence Towbnship, Mercer County, WV (Age 94 years) |
| Marriage |
8 Jun 1910 |
Washington, D.C. [2, 8, 9] |
| Children |
| | 1. Virginia Starr Myers, b. 3 Apr 1911, Princeton, Mercer County, NJ d. 30 Dec 1997, Hilton Head, Beaufort County, SC (Age 86 years) |
| | 2. Margaret Barr Myers, b. 5 Sep 1916, Baltimore, MD d. 22 Oct 1992, Chapel Hill, Orange County, NC (Age 76 years) |
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| Family ID |
F541 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
26 Nov 2018 |
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| Notes |
- William Starr Myers, son of John Norris Myers and Laura Virginia Starr...was born in Baltimore, Md., June 17, 1877. He graduated in 1897 from the University of North Carolina and in 1900 received the degree of Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins University; a member of the Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and a Professor at Princeton. He married June 8, 1910 Margaret Barr (b. Aug. 1, 1886) daughter of Lester Arlington Barr (b. Jan, 12, 1854 - m. Mar. 1, 1882) and Ida Lee Stewart...(b. Jan 31, 1863 - d. Nov. 1893) of Washington, D.C. [1]
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| Sources |
- [S682] Thomas M. Myers, Compiler, Myers, The Norris Family of Maryland, (William M. Clemens, Publisher, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, NY, 1916), 27 Aug 2013, 25. (Reliability: 3).
- [S279] Linda Sellers, U of North Carolina, W. S. Myers Collection, 1 Jan 2001, 5045. (Reliability: 3).
- [S2111] Obituary, Myers, William Starr, (Philadelphia Inquirer, 29 Jan 1956, Page 73), 27 Mar 2020 (Reliability: 2).
- [S138] Starr - Crane, Family Chart, 37.
- [S170] Willis Arnold Finchum, Finchum FGS, (30 Jul 2002), 5045.
- [S274] Burgis Pratt Starr, A History of the Starr Family of New England, (The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company Printers; ©1879).
- [S682] Thomas M. Myers, Compiler, Myers, The Norris Family of Maryland, (William M. Clemens, Publisher, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, NY, 1916), 25.
Page 57.
- [S170] Willis Arnold Finchum, Finchum FGS, (30 Jul 2002), 1 Sep 2003, 5045. (Reliability: 3).
- [S682] Thomas M. Myers, Compiler, Myers, The Norris Family of Maryland, (William M. Clemens, Publisher, 56 & 58 Pine Street, New York, NY, 1916), 1 Sep 2003, 25. (Reliability: 3).
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