John William Straw

  General Notes:

Research of June Straw Wittman and mailed to me Feb 2005

Name: John W. STRAW Age: 12 Estimated birth year: <1868> Birthplace: Missouri Occupation: At Home Relation: Son Home in 1880: German, Smith, Kansas Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: O. H. STRAW Father's birthplace: IL Mother's birthplace: OH

1900 Township 6, Custer County, MT
John Straw 1867
Maggie M. 1879
Orrillio 1893
Udorah 1891
Wm. R. 1896
Elmer C. 1899

1901 - Purchased 160 acres in Rosebud County, MT

1910 Forsyth School Dist, Rosebud, Montana
J. W. b. MO
M. M.
W. dtr b. 1890 [probably Eudora Abigail)]
Orrel N 1893
William Roy 1896
E. A. (Elmer Alva) 1899
John Earl 1903
Harvey Arthur 1908

1920 Forsyth School Dist, Rosebud, Montana
J. W. STROW/STROSS b. 1865
Maggie 1873 Iowa
Alva E. ~ 1900
Carl J ~ 1901
Harvey? Son ~ 1908

1930 School District 41, Yellowstone county, MT
John W. Straw age 62 MO; m @ age 21; father b. OH; mother b. PA
Maggie M age 57 IA m @ age 17; father b. Eng; mother b. IA
Harry A. age 22 born MT; m @ age 20 [son]
Clara B. age 22 ND; m @ age 22 [DIL]
Harry A. 1y 5m MT [grandson]

Newspaper obit of 19 March 1938 [courtesy of J. Wittman via postal mail Feb 2006]
DEATH CLAIMS JOHN W STRAW
Former Rosebud Officer. Had Lived in State since 1882.
Formerly a Rosebud County rancher and one-time peace officer, John William Straw, 70, of No 3 Jefferson Street, died at a local hospital Saturday morning of cancer.
Funeral services will be held at Smith's funeral chapel Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the body will be sent to Forsyth where services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Methodist Church with the Odd Fellows Lodge in charge.
Mr. Straw was born in Milan, MO on Aug 4, 1867 and came to Montana with his parents in 1882, settling on the Rosebud Creek 14 miles from Forsyth.
He was married to Maggie May Hayes on July 5, 1888 and was engaged in the ranching and livestock business in the Rosebud Valley until 1905. At that time he became engaged in the ice business established by Sid Irwin, Forsyth pioneer.
Mr. Straw served as a deputy under Rosebud County Sheriff Bob Guy and later was for many years chief of police of Forsyth.
He and Mrs. Straw came to Billings in 1928, purchasing an irrigated farm on the bench east of the city. They resided there until he became ill, when they moved into the city.
Besides his widow, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. M. H. Frances of Forsyth; six children: Mrs. J. A. Kuhn of Casper, WY, Arrel N. Straw of Billings, William Straw of Forsyth, John Carl Straw and Harry A. Straw of Billings and E. Alva Straw of Fullerton, CA; 23 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
E. Alva Straw formerly was coach at the Livingston and Casper (WY) High Schools.

Montana death index
Name: John W Straw
Age: 70
Estimated birth year: 1868
Gender: Male
Death Date: 19 Mar 1938
Index Number: Blgs 5059
Source: Montana Office of Vital Statistics

  Events

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, 1867.

John married Maggie May Hayes, daughter of Unknown Hayes and Cordelia Catherine Clough, on 5 Jul 1888 in Deadwood, Lawrence County, SD. (Maggie May Hayes was born on 5 Jan 1872 in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, died on 7 Jun 1941 in Billings, Yellowstone County, MT and was buried on 9 Jun 1941 in Forsyth Cemetery - Rosebud County, Montana.)