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Starkey, Thomas Alfred

bishop of Newark, N. J., was born in 1824 in Philadelphia , Pa. He was elected bishop of northern New Jersey in 1879, and was consecrated on Jan. 8, 1880. The name of his diocese was changed to Newark in 1886 , and about the same time the bishop removed his residence to East Orange.

STARKWEATHER, AMELIA MINER- VA, educator, poet, was born in Starkville, N. Y. She received her education at the Cary collegiate seminary of Oakfield, N. Y. She has principally been engaged in educational work; for four years was traveling financial agent for the Orphans' home of Randolph, N. Y. She entered the Deaconess home at Buffalo, and six months later went as superintendent of the Deaconess home of Brooklyn, N. Y. For three years she was president of the Woman's Missionary society; has lectured extensively, and given numerous public readings . She has written both prose and verse for the periodical press, and many of her poems have been given a place in standard works.