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ED. STARKS, Fulton County, was born in Marshall County, Ky., December 26, 1845. His grandfather, Edmund Curd, moved to the Purchase and located at Wadesborough, where he had charge of the land office. His grandfather, Ruben Starks, moved from Logan County, Ky., and located near Wadesborough; the grandfathers were among the first settlers in this country. Ed. Starks’ early life was spent on the farm; being about sixteen years old when the civil war broke out, he entered the service, though young, and was soon commissioned as commissary of the Sixteenth Kentucky Cavalry, with the rank of first lieutenant. After leaving the service he cast his lot politically with the Democrats, and always is a strong supporter of the nominee of his party, and highly favors organization from the lowest to the highest offices. In 1865 he located at Murray, Calloway Co., Ky., where he was married to Miss Belle Jones, on the 12th day of October of that year. He filled the office of police judge and mayor of that place for several years, and was engaged in the grocery and hardware business while there; when Fulton was but a small station he decided to cast his lot with the few citizens who were here and moved with his family in the fall of 1873. He was in the hardware business for several years, and was very successful. In 1884 he was appointed mayor and police judge of the city, a position that he has held continuously ever since. His present term will expire in May, 1886. He has been a great friend to the town, and has just cause to be, as the citizens have certainly stood by him in every effort to advance his own interest or that of the town.