Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Starling, Lyne

STARLING, Lyne, philanthropist, b. in Mecklenburg county, Va., 27 Dec., 1784; d. in Columbus, Ohio, 21 Nov., 1848. He removed to Ohio in early life, was a founder of Columbus, capital of the state, and, acquiring large wealth, devoted much of it to benevolent objects. He left a large sum to establish in Columbus the Starling medical college and hospital. It is a Gothic edifice of whitish limestone, and is among the most ornamental buildings in the city.