• Born March 2, 1857 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.
• Parents were CHARLES VAN FLEET and SARAH WEBB.

• Married NELLIE STARKWEATHER on October 4, 1882 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.

1. EDITH LAURA VAN FLEET, born February 9, 1885 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.

2. RODNEY VAN FLEET, born September 11, 1887 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.

3. ELSIE STARKWEATHER VAN FLEET, born January 7, 1890 in Waterville, Lucas County, Ohio.

SOURCE: Carlton Lee Starkweather, A Brief Genealogical history of Robert Starkweather of Roxbury and Ipswich, Massachusetts : who was the original American ancestor of all those bearing the name of Starkweather, and of his sons John Starkweather of Ipswich, Mass., and Preston, Conn., and (unknown: unknown, 1904), Page 318