Malissa Jane Edmeston

  General Notes:

MARION COUNTY, OHIO - MARRIAGES - VOLUME 8 (Q-R-S)
(Feb1874-Dec 1882)
Name: Edmeston, Malissa J. - not 18 her brother present cetified (sic) to mother's consent
Name: Straw, John R.
Marriage date: 12/31/1874
Officiator: JP J. H. Treese

1880 Marseilles, Wyandot County, Ohio
John R. STRAW Self M Male W 27 OH Laborer OH OH
Melissa E. STRAW Wife M Female W 22 OH Keeping House OH OH
Nellie STRAW Dau S Female W 4 OH At Home OH OH
Alfred STRAW Son S Male W 2 OH At Home OH OH
Lemuel STRAW Son S Male W 5M OH At Home OH OH


1900 census Paulding Township, Paulding County, Ohio. The entire family was listed as being born in Ohio.
John STRAW 1855
Malissa 1858
Nellie 1875
Alfred 1877
Roy 1883
Callie 1886
Georgie 1890
Noel 1897

1920 Woodstock, Lenawee County, MI
John Straw 1856
(Melissa) 1859
Nellie 1876
Alfie (Alfred) 1878
Roy 1885
Carolin 1887
George 1891
Noel 1898
Blanche 1904

1930 Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan (surname corrupted)
John STRATR 1855
Malissa 1859
Allie (Alfred) 1878
Rolley (Roy) 1886
Caroline 1888
George 1890
Noel 1897
Blanche 1903


Rootsweb research of Maurice Woehrle
Name: James Edmeston/Edmondson Sex: M Birth: Abt 1825 in Maryland
Marriage 1 Synthia Ann Eagles
Married: 31 Dec 1848
Children
Nathan Edmeston b: Abt 1851
Martha Adelaide Edmeston b: Abt 1853 in Of Prospect Township, Marion County, Ohio
George W. Edmeston b: Abt 1856
Malissa J. Edmeston b: Abt 1858

From her bro in law's (Jesse Clark) obit dated Oct 1912 in Paulding, Paulding County, Ohio
"Following relatives from elsewhere attended the funeral: J.W. Clark and wife of Marion, Ohio; Bert Grace and Mrs. G.W. Edmeston, of Larue, Marion County; Lorenzo Clark, Lewis Clark and R.S. Edmeston, of Harpster, Wyandot County, Ohio; John Straw and wife, of Cement City, Mich."

Malissa married John Robert Straw, son of William M. Straw and Elvina Lefever, on 31 Dec 1874 in Marion County, Ohio. (John Robert Straw was born on 20 Dec 1853 in Marion County, Ohio and died after 1930.)