Edgar Frank Straw

   Cause of his death was Uremia; heart and kidney disease.

  General Notes:

Edgar married a woman by the name of Mary Abbie Buntin/Bunten/Bunton ..the spelling is uncertain and they may have resided in Dunbarton, NH but he was a resident of Weare as of 1886 because Little in his History of Weare shows that on March 31, 1886 Edgar joined the IOOF Muint William Lodge # 37.

photo courtesy of www.ancestry.com - Buntens of Dunbarton

census 1860 Hopkinton, Merrimack County, NH
Israel STRAN (sic) age 44
Eliza age 47
Edgar age 13
Mary age 8
Sarah age 2
George age 2 mos

1870 Dunbarton, Merrimack county, NH
Israel Straw age 54 c1816 NH
Eliza Straw age 57
Edgar F. Straw age 23
Mary J. Straw age 18
Addie straw age 12

census 1880 Dunbarton, Merrimack co, NH
Edgar F Straw age 32 born c1848 NH; parents born NH; farmer; parents born NH
Mary A. Straw age 28 born NH
Willie Straw age 5 born NH
Grace E. Straw age 3 born NH
Mary L. Straw age 1 born NH

1900 Dunbarton, Merrimack County, NH
Edgar F. Straw age 53 born Nov 1846 NH; m. 27 yrs; parents born NH
Mary A. Straw age 47 born Oct 1852 MA; father born NH; mother b. ME; m 27 yrs; ch: 3/3
Mary L. Straw age 21 born NH Dec 1878 ; single [dau]
Fred Philbrick age 16 born 1884 VT [boarder]

per History of Goffstown, NH Edgar was a farmer who came to Goffstown, NH from Dunbarton, NH in 1910 where he had previously resided.
other sources: genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson in 1897 and www.familysearch.com

Find A Grave Memorial 145084753

Edgar married Mary Abbie Bunten, daughter of John Dole Bunten and Elizabeth Jane Hobbs, on 4 Feb 1873. (Mary Abbie Bunten was born on 21 Oct 1852 in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, died on 26 May 1938 in Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire and was buried in Westlawn Cemetery Goffstown, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA.)