Argalus Starks

Born in Williamsburg, Massachusetts, Starks lived in Jefferson County, New York, and then in Albany, New York. He served on the Albany City Council while living in Albany, New York. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin Territory, around 1840, and began operating a stage coach line from Milwaukee to Watertown. He became involved with the Democratic Party organization in Milwaukee and was appointed City Marshall, and was nominated for Sheriff of Milwaukee County, but was not elected. In the late 1840s, he supported the Free Soil Party, but ultimately returned to the Democratic Party. Starks won the election He remained a Republican after the war, but died in 1870 of a kidney disease. ==Family==

In one biography, he is described as a descendant—possibly a grandson—of American Revolutionary War general John Stark, but it's unclear if that's correct. During the Civil War, his son, John Starks, served as a sergeant in Company A, 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, Iron Brigade, and was badly wounded in their first major battle at Gainesville, Virginia. After recuperating, he was commissioned as first lieutenant of Company I, 23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, and was later promoted to captain of Company K in the same regiment. He was wounded again at the Siege of Vicksburg, and died of complications from this wound two years later. ==Electoral history==

Wisconsin Prison Commissioner (1853) ==References==