Lewis Malachi Straw
- Born: 14 Jul 1853, Spring Grove, Green County, Wisconsin
- Marriage (1): Osee J. Jones on 21 Dec 1876 in Page, Iowa
- Marriage (2): Caroline E. Buck on 30 Oct 1895 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska
- Died: 1932, Essex, Page County, Iowa at age 79
- Buried: Essex Cemetery Essex, Page County, Iowa, USA
General Notes:
POB per IGI files
His name may have been Lewis Malachi Straw
Census: 1880, Tarkio, Page, Iowa. Lewis Straw, 28, farmer, born in Wisconsin. Osee Straw, 19, keeping house, born in Iowa. Myrtle Straw, 2, born in Iowa. Mima Straw, 9 months, born in Iowa. Jessie Jones, 11, daughter (s/b sister-in-law), born in Iowa. Marion Sharp, 21, cousin, farm laborer, born in Ohio.
census 1880 -Tarkio, Page, Iowa Lewis STRAW Male Birth Year<1852> BirthplaceWI Age28 OccupationFarmer Marital StatusM <Married> RaceW <White> Head of HouseholdLewis STRAW RelationSelf Father's BirthplaceOH Mother's BirthplaceOH
1895 Page, IA Lewis married to Osee before 1877; living Tarkio, Page, IA; next door to Eunice & Joseph K Young. Lewis' children: Myrtle 1878 Effey Mima (Minna) - 1879
Page County, Iowa History 1880 Biographical Index [page 772] Straw, Lewis, farmer, section eight, P.O. Essex; born in Green county, Wisconsin, July 14, 1853. Was there raised and educated in the common schools. Came to Iowa in 1874, and two years later located on his present farm. He was married in 1876 to Miss A. James, by whom he has two children: Myrtle and Minnie. His farm is in fine condition, and a monument of his industry and perseverance.
1900 Pierce, Page County, IA Lewis Straw c1854 MO Carrie E. 1863 IL Lewis B. c1899 IA
census 1920 Page Co IA Lew Straw born c1853 WI Carrie age 58 1862 IL
January, 1925 Essex, Page County, Iowa Lew Straw age 72; born 1853 WI; married; mother: Elizabeth Hooker; father: Malachi Straw Carrie E. Straw age 64; born 1861 IL; father: Joe buck born England; mother Anna Herage born NY
DOD per Iowa Cemetery records
Lewis married Osee J. Jones, daughter of Martin A. Jones and Elizabeth Jane Mulford, on 21 Dec 1876 in Page, Iowa. (Osee J. Jones was born on 5 Dec 1860 in Pierce twp, Page County, Iowa, died in 1884 and was buried in Essex Cemetery Essex, Page County, Iowa, USA.)
Lewis next married Caroline E. Buck, daughter of Eli Buck and Eliza Henge, on 30 Oct 1895 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. (Caroline E. Buck was born in 1861 in Illinois, died in 1926 and was buried in Essex Cemetery Essex, Page County, Iowa, USA.)
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