William Straw
- Born: Apr 1834, Livingston County, New York
- Marriage (1): Sarah Lucinta Crisler in 1867
- Marriage (2): Mary A. Brant on 4 Jul 1856 in Lenawee County, Michigan
- Died: 13 May 1915, Michigan's Soldiers Home at age 81
- Buried: Constantine Township Cemetery in St. Joseph County, Michigan
General Notes:
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1850 Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan Thomas Straw 1796 Rhoda 1796 Sylla 1830 Mariah 1832 Wm 1833
1860 Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan Wm STRANG 1834 born NY; carpenter Mary 1835 born NY Fred 1858 born Michigan
1870 Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan - surname corrupted William STRONG age 30 (c1840); works in a cabinet factory; born Michigan Sarah L. age 26 c1844; born in NY Artimus age 3 c1867 Michigan
1880 Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana William STRAW Self M Male W 45 NY Mechanic NY NY Sarah STRAW Wife M Female W 36 NY Housekeeping VT PA Artemus STRAW Son S Male W 13 MI At School NY NY
1900 Washington, Elkhart County, Indiana William STRAW age 66 ; married 32 years [c1867]; born April 1834 in NY; father b.Vt; mother b. NY Sarah L. born Feb 1844 NY; father born Germany; mother PA; 8 ch with 2 living
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Friday, May 14, 1915 Paper: Grand Rapids Press (Grand Rapids, MI) Page: 26 STRAW - 13 May at the Michigan's Soldier's Home, William Straw aged eighty-three years. He was amember of the Co I, first Michigan Sharpshooters. [Funeral arrangements not yet made.]
Bristol Banner (Bristol, Indiana) 21 May 1915, Fri Page 3 [notes from clipping] William Straw age 85 and a former well known resident of east of town...burial made at Constantine..survived by sons U. D. Straw and Arthur Straw both of Goshen...
also bur in Constantine, MI is Valentine Straw b. 1811 PA and his wife Mary. this line of Straw may be of the STROH line that originated in PA
William married Sarah Lucinta Crisler, daughter of Daniel Crisler and Unknown, in 1867. (Sarah Lucinta Crisler was born in Feb 1844 in New York, died on 21 Jun 1902 in Constantine, St. Joseph county, Michigan and was buried in Constantine Township Cemetery in St. Joseph County, Michigan.). The cause of her death was typhoid fever; heart failure; hemiplagia.
William next married Mary A. Brant on 4 Jul 1856 in Lenawee County, Michigan. (Mary A. Brant was born in 1835 in New York and died on 25 Jun 1864 in Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan.)
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