Charles Russell Straw

   Another name for Charles was Rusty Straw.

  General Notes:

See father's notes.

1900 Edgar, Edgar County, IL
Charles STRAW born Dec 1863 IL; married 10 yrs
Sarah J born July 1868 IL
Anna born Nov 1891 IL
Acie? July 1894 IL
Charles R. June 1899 IL

1910 Edgar, Edgar County, IL
Charles STRAW - HOH; age 44 born IL with parents born OH
Sarah J. - wife; age 41; born IL parents born IL
Annie C. - daughter; age 18 born IL
Alma A. - daughter; age 15 born IL
Charles R. - son; age 10; born IL

12 Sept 1918 WWI Draft Registration - Charles Russell Straw of Chrisman, Edgar County, IL; age 19; medium height; slender build with blue eyes and light hair; employed as a farm laborer by Charles STRAW (father) and contact father Charles STRAW of same address.

Census 1920 - There is a 52 yr old Wilber living in Edgar, Edgar Co., ILL with wife Mary and children: Iva [1897], Jown W [1910], Mary [1913] and Ernest [1917]; Charles H Straw [54] lives a few doors down with wife Sarah & son Russell [20]

1930 Edgar Edgar County, IL
Russell STRAW age 30; married at age 22; IL
Beulah (wife) age 30; born IL; married at age 22; born IL; parents born IL
James (son) age 6 born IL
Charles (son) age 5; born IL
Norman (son) age 3 born IL

Find A Grave Memorial# 86600692 - per L. Hudson: " There is no marker and unable to find any info. Family did not want him buried with them."

Charles married Beulah Marie Chestnut, daughter of James Lowrey Chestnut and Liney E. Runyan, circa 1922 in Illinois. (Beulah Marie Chestnut was born in Jan 1900 in Vermillion County, Indiana, died on 11 Mar 1964 in Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois and was buried in Franklin Cemetery in Paris, Edgar County, Illinois.)