Horace Chase Straw

   Cause of his death was malignant gluteal abscess [Civil War Casuality].

  General Notes:

IGI files; Genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson of 1897. Enlisted Civil War army 31 Oct 1861 as Private, ae 43; served K Co 22 Inf Reg MA and died of disease at Curtis Farm, VA. Occupation Shoemaker (per Civil War Enlistment records on Internet) DOM per VR Danvers, MA

see research...Martha C. Straw bur 1840 in same plot.

1850 Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts Horace Straw 1818 Martha 1822 Mary 1849

1855 Syracuse, Onondaga County, NY
Head Horace C StrawM36 born NHshoemaker and runs a boarding house
Wife Martha StrawF33 born MA
Child Mary E StrawU6 born MA
Child Martha C StrawU3 born MA
boarders:
BoarderHenry L BrayU28
WifeMary J BrayF21
BoarderAlexander CredmasU33
WifeRachael CredmasF21
ChildGeorge CredmasU2
BoarderWilliam BennettU24
BoarderMargaret BennettU23
ServantMary LoganU24
ServantMary SweeneyU15

by 1857 he was living in Syracuse, NY as his son was born there. SAMUEL WALTER STRAW Son of Horace C. and Martha L. (Webb) Straw, b. 22 Feb., 1857, in Syracuse, N. Y.; m. 16 Oct., 1879, Miss Myra J. Stetson, of Winthrop, ME., in Ds. Button hole business. Raised in M. L., 3 Nov., 1887. (per Essex Co MA archives)

census 1860 Danvers, Essex County, MA Horace Straw c1818 Martha c1828 Mary E. Straw c1850 [dau] Martha C. c1842 Samuel W. c1857 Horace W. c1859

Military record - enrolled 6 Oct 1861 Boston to serve 3 yrs;On muster rolls July - Dec 1862 Horace died in the Battle of Bull Run c 27 June 1862; Co K 22regt MA

Find A Grave Memorial 92514613
Section A, Lot 383 includes:
1 Horace Chase Winslow Straw 1859-1884
2 Edgar Riggs 1837-1884
3 Addie Belle Mitchell 1896 - 1897
4 Horace Straw 1818-1862
5 Mary Elizabeth (Straw) Riggs 1849-1943
6 Howard E. Moody
7 Martha Chase Straw 1846-1849
8 Mary D. Stetson
9 Lizzie (Riggs) Moody
10 Martha Low Straw
11 Martha (Straw) Hatch

  Research Notes:

Others in the same plot as Martha C. Straw [GR7] include:

Horace Straw s/o Horace Chase Straw
Martha Low Straw w/o Horace Chase Straw

Martha Straw d/o Horace Chase Straw
Mary Stetson - possible mother of Myra Stetson who m. Horace's son Samuel Straw [GR8]
Horace Chase Straw
Martha G. Hatch d/o Horace Chase Straw [GR 11]
Addie Belle Mitchell d/o Lizzie (Riggs) & A. Henry Mitchell - [GR3]
Howard Moody husband of Lizzie (Riggs) [GR6]
Lizzie Moody d/o Mary Elizabeth (Straw) Riggs [GR9]
Edgar Riggs son in law of Horace Chase Straw [GR2]
Mary Elizabeth Riggs d/o Horace Chase Straw [GR 5]

Horace married Martha Lowe Webb, daughter of Nathaniel Webb and Nancy R. Smith, on 13 Apr 1843 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Martha Lowe Webb was born on 24 Mar 1822 in Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, died on 3 Sep 1906 in Lynn, Essex County, Massachusettes and was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery in Danvers, Massachusetts.). The cause of her death was mitral regurgitation; paralysis.