Dr. George C. Starke


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  George C. Starke, 37 n Sycamore, Petersburg VA (1876-1882)
  George C. Starke, 3 n Sycamore, Petersburg VA (1886-1893)

Notes:
 Dr. George Cary Starke (1830-1898)2 was born in Belfield (now Emporia) Virginia. He studied and practiced medicine in Paris France. 3

He eventually came to Petersburg and started a drug store about 1876. He continued there until 1893. The 1893 city directory is somewhat contradictory, as it listed Starke as a druggist at 3 n Sycamore Street in the residential section, but in the business section it said that James P. Banks had taken over the store at 3 n Sycamore street.1

There was a newspaper announcement in 1893 that Starke had "disposed his business" and "removed to Colorado to live". 4
He doesn't show up in the Petersburg city directory from 1895, but he does in 1897, so he didn't stay away too long. 1
He passed away in 1898 while living in Petersburg.2


Bottles:
starke_03 This is a clear 3.5" mouth-blown bottle embossed:
vertical: DR. GEO. C. STARKE / DRUGGIST / PETERSBURG VA
base: W T & CO / A A
starke_01 This is the same as the bottle above, except it's larger. It's a clear 4.2" mouth-blown bottle embossed:
vertical: DR. GEO. C. STARKE / DRUGGIST / PETERSBURG VA
starke_02 This is an aqua 4.5" mouth-blown bottle embossed:
vertical: DR. GEO. C. STARKE / DRUGGIST / PETERSBURG, VA.


1 Petersburg VA city directories for years: 1866,70,72,76-77,79,82,86,88,91,93,95,97,99,1901,03,05,07,09,11,13,15,17-18,20-22,24,27,29,31,33,35,37,39,41,43,48,50,52,54-55,57,59
2 Find-a-grave entry for George Cary Starke
3 Farmville Herold, 25-Nov-1898, p.3 (obituary for George C. Starke)
4 Richmond Dispatch, 21-May-1893, p.7 (notice of Starke closing his business)


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