Lydia A. E. Chesley

  General Notes:

Could she be Lydia Amelia Emily Chesley?

Census: 1860, Watertown Ward 3, Jefferson Co., WI; (no Nathan/Nathaniel)
Lydia Straw c1818
Martha W. c1846 [probably Martha Amelia?]
Luthera I c1850
(son Alonzo "Stran" is age 17 and living in Watertown, Ward 4, Jefferson County, WI)

1870 - can't locate

1880 census Watertown, Jefferson County, WI
Nathaniel STRAN Self M Male W 64 VT Retired Painter ME NH
Lydia STRAN Wife M Female W 60 VT Keeping House VT VT
Emilie SCAMEN Dau W Female W 32 VT At Home VT VT

OBIT: (Watertown, Jefferson County, WI)
28 April 1897
Death of Mrs. Lydia Straw
Lydia, relict of Nathaniel Straw, departed this life at her home, 200 Church Street, Thursday afternoon last , in the 79th year of her age. She had been an invalid for several years, and general debility may be assigned as the cause of death.
The deceased was among our earliest and best known residents, having lived here almost continously for over fifty years. She first saw the light of day in a Vermont hamlet in 1818. In her native state she was married to Mr. Straw and together they migrated to Wisconsin in 1846, at once settling here. Mr. Straw died some 14 years ago, since when Mrs. Straw has been cared for by her daughter , Mrs. Amelia Seaman.
In early days Mrs. Straw was among the foremost women of the town, and in her charitable and kindly way accomplished much good and made her beneficience felt where most needed. Feeble health of late, however, had confined her to the home circle, where she was cherished as a loving and affectionate mother. She was possessed of a truly christian companionable and cheerful nature, which induced the esteem and confidence of hosts of acquaintances, and in her death all will feel the loss of a trusted and admired friend.
She is survived by three children - Alonzo W. Straw of Chicago; Mrs. Jennie Wyckoff, of Detroit; and Mrs. Amelia Seaman, of this city - besides three brothers - Timothy, George and Jonathan CHESLEY, and three sisters.
The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, services being conducted at the home by Rev. G. C. Weiss, of the Congregational church. The body was laid to rest in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Lydia married Nathaniel Straw, son of Rowell Colby Straw and Lydia, before 1840 in Vermont. (Nathaniel Straw was born in 1815 in Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont, died in 1883 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Jefferson County, Wisconsin.)