Milton Abbott Straw

   Cause of his death was pneumonia.

  General Notes:

per genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson of 1897.

This couple had another son who died in infancy of croup and also named Jefferson H. Straw who died in Boston in 1842 or 1843 (per MA VR)

Census of 1850 Chelsea, Suffolk, MA
Milton Abbott Straw ae 41
Eliza b1810 ME
Milton A. Jr age 13 born MA
Jefferson H age 4 MA
next page shows Eliza Straw ae 7 born MA and Sarah Knowlton ae 50 b. MA

1855 Chelsea, MA
Milton A Straw45
Eliza W Straw46
Milton A Straw19
Jefferson H Straw10
Mary Lake30
Elizabeth Renny20

census 1860 Chelsea, Suffolk County, MA
Milton A. Straw born c1809
Eliza c1807
Milton A. c1837
Haskell c1846
Eliza 1843
Josephine Wood b. Ireland - servant
Nathan Tarbox b 1811 Maine [probable brother of Eliza]

census 1870 Suffolk, MA
Milton A. Straw c1808
Caroline P. c1818
Haskell J. c1846


census 1880 Watertown, Middlesex County, MA
Milton A. Straw age 70 born NH
Name: Milton A. STRAW Age: 70 Estimated birth year: <1810> Birthplace: New Hampshire Occupation: Retired Merchant Relation: Self Home in 1880: Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Milton A. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH
Catherine (wife) age 61 born Maine

Eliza/Elizabeth Tarbox: From: Genealogical Register of the Abbot Family of Massachusetts and Connecticut. Author: Abbot, Abiel. James Munroe and Company. Boston: CHARLOTTE ABBOT, b. 9 Dec. 1790; m. 29 Sept. 1808, William Straw, Hopkinton, N. H., son of James S. 7 MILTON A., b. 13 Sept. 1809, Boston; m. Miss Tarbox. 8 c. 7 Mary B., b. 23 April 1813; d. 2 Dec. 1816; 7 Eliza Ann A., b. 15 June; d. 30 Nov. 1816; 7 Elias A., b. 29 Nov. 1817; d. 16 Dec. 1834; 7 Edmund S., b. 6 Dec. 1819, Hopkinton; 7 Rufus; 7 Sanford; 7 s. d.

And from: The history and genealogy of the John Caldwell and Sarah Dillingham family of Massachusetts. Author: Augustine Caldwell; Privately Printed. Massachusetts. 1904:

Caroline Perkins Caldwell, dau. of Philip and Susan (Perkins), born Nov. 29, 1817, m. at Poland Nov. 30, 1837, Emmons Nelson, born Oct. 5, 1816, died at Oxford, May 1862, son of Nathan Nelson. She m. [2] at Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 24, 1864, Milton Abbott Straw. Children:

Emmons Melville, b. Dec. 9, 1839, d. Aug. 23, 1866.
Carolina Augusta, born Feb. 5, 1842.
Susan Maria, born Aug. 23, 1848, d. Nov. 27, 1870; m. Andrew J. Gilley, March, 866. Their son Edward Milton, born Nov. 27, 1868.

It seems that Eliza Tarbox was the mother of Milton A., Jr., Mary E. & Jefferson Haskell Straw. Apparently, Milton A., Sr. adopted/took in Caroline's children by Emmons Nelson: Caroline Augusta, Susan Maria and Emmons Melville.

NEHGS - Watertown, MA death records - died of pneumonia at age 73y 3m 11d. Parents unknown.He was a retired merchant. of wooden ware. Survived by widow and childen

  Events

• Alt. Birth: Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.

Milton married Elizabeth A. Tarbox, daughter of Tarbox and Unknown, on 16 Jun 1834 in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. (Elizabeth A. Tarbox was born circa 1808 in Kennebunk, York County, Maine, USA, died on 11 Nov 1863 in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery Everett, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA.). The cause of her death was liver complaint.

  Marriage Notes:

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Milton next married Carolyn Perkins Caldwell, daughter of Philip Caldwell and Susanna Perkins, on 24 Nov 1864 in Chelsea, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. (Carolyn Perkins Caldwell was born on 29 Nov 1817 in Paris, Maine, died on 9 Feb 1895 in Mechanic Falls, Maine and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Oxford County, Maine.). The cause of her death was valvular disease of heart.