The accepted birth date for tenth child, John Pinkston, is August 27, 1849. Too young to participate when the conflict with the north began, family tradition says his beard covered a hole in his cheek caused by a bullet wound received during the war. Based on his age and lack of his name on a militia list, an archivist suggests he served with a home guard militia unit during the fighting around Atlanta. Although family tradition says he received his medical degree from a Philadelphia School, the AMA reports he graduated from the Atlanta Medical College in 1879. By that time he was a widower with a small son.

John married Martha Alice (also seen as Alice E.) Griffin October 10, 1875 at Shiloh (now Sunnyside) Methodist Church. (Her name is also seen as Alice E.) The marriage date was confirmed by her nephew, Adolphus Tucker, who was born the day his Aunt Alice married. confirms J.P.s marriage date.pdf Sadly, like her mother and several siblings, Alice, born January 7, 1853, died of consumption March 25, 1878. John had taken her and their son to Sanford, Florida in hopes of prolonging her life. Alice's sister, Mary (Griffin) Tucker, was a great help with the child-rearing duties:

After obtaining his license, Dr. John set up a medical practice in Sunnyside and also opened a small general store to help pay his bills. He and Katie Theresa Orr (born April 3, 1869 Milner, GA) were married in Sunnyside June 14, 1885. Five children were born to them:

Dr. John died June 25, 1909 of a heart attack while milking the family cow. His obituary, published in the Macon Telegraph July 4, 1909 reads:

Dr. John P. Starr, one of Spalding county's most prominent citizens, died very suddenly at 7 o'clock Friday evening. He was milking a cow and fell over dead, causing a shadow of sorrow to fall over the little city in which he had lived for many years. Dr. Starr was 59 years of age, and leaves three sons, Harry Starr, of Oklahoma; J. H. Starr, of Macon, and Carl Starr, of Sunny Side, and two daughters, Miss Myrl Starr, of Sunny Side, and Miss Nellie Starr, of Atlanta, to mourn his loss and cherish his memory. He was a brother of H. C. Starr, of Griffin, and also leaves several other brothers besides his devoted wife. He was a consistent member of the Methodist Church and an excellent, clever gentleman. Funeral services for Dr. John P. Starr, who died suddenly at his home in Sunny Side, Friday evening, were held at the Methodist Church there at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. A. Ware, of the Griffin circuit. Dr. Starr was a good man and many friends and relatives attended his funeral and burial, thus paying him a last tribute of respect and showing the love in which he was held by them.

Harry moved his family to the Choctaw Nation the year before Oklahoma statehood. Harry March 1925.pdf Information on Dr. John's second family is found in John Henry April 1925.pdf and in Nellie (Starr) Keener.pdf