Horatio Nelson Straw

   Cause of his death was lung fever [pneumonia].

   Another name for Horatio was Nelson H. Straw.

  General Notes:

1850 Flowerfield, St. Joseph County, Michigan
Nathan Straw 1800 Vermont
Mary 1802 NY
Horatio N. 1831 NY
Thomas 1837 MI
George F. 1840 MI
Hannah 1843 MI

1860 Flowerfield, St. Joseph, Michigan
Nelson Straw 1830 PA
Melissa 1835 MI
Mary 1852 MI
Lara 1854 MI
Eva 1857 MI
Henry 1859 MI

Appears on Civil War Pension file as Nelson H(oratio?). Straw with wife Melissa Russell; annotations: Orpha and Bertha Hollinshead; Cynthia Bow; for proof of marriage: G W and Rebecca Spencer; Wm and Lucy Conklin; Lydia Tinker;Caroline Conklin; A H Finnister; Abram L Kuhns; Nellie E. Case; Edward B. Tinker; Albert Bow; Franklin Cook; Dexter Cook; Emily Cook; A A Case;

Civil War casualities
Straw, Nelson H. 6th MI Infantry, Company C Flowerfield Mar 4, 1863

Name: Nelson Strow Age in 1860: 30 Birth Year: abt 1830 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1860: Flowerfield, St Joseph, Michigan Gender: Male

Name: Nelson H Straw Residence: Flowerfield, Michigan Age at Enlistment: 30 Enlistment Date: 8 Jun 1861 Rank at enlistment: Private Enlistment Place: Schoolcraft, MI State Served: Michigan Survived the War?: No Service Record: Enlisted in Company C, Michigan 6th Infantry Regiment Union Army on 20 Aug 1861.
Mustered out on 04 Mar 1863 at Carrollton, LA.[died of disease]
Birth Date: abt 1831 Sources: Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers 1861-65

Civil War Pension Index
28 Apr 1863 and 14 May 1868
Nelson Straw
widow: Melissa Straw
Conklin, W. guardian [Melissa lived with him in 1850 at age 14 - her guardian who raised her from age 4]

Pension papers - Wm Conklin appointed guardian [8 May 1868] of Eva and Frances Straw, minor chldren of Nelson H. Straw

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Born circa 1831
Married 20 Jan 1851 in Three Rivers
Four children:
Mary J
Lura/Lora/Laura
Eva Maria
Francis N

Nelson died at a Regimental Hospital of measles during the Civil War. His exact death location is unclear as three locations are stated in the widow's pension file: Fort Parapet, Fort Williams, and New Orleans.
His putative brother, Thomas, also died during the war and his body was interred in the family plot. It is presumed Nelson's remains were also returned to Three Rivers as there is no government internment record in Louisiana.

Horatio married Melissa Russell, daughter of Unknown and Unknown, on 20 Jan 1851 in Three Rivers, St. Joseph County, Michigan. (Melissa Russell was born on 28 Mar 1837 in New York, died on 28 Mar 1904 in Jefferson, Hillsdale County, Michigan and was buried in Kirby Cemetery in Hillsdale, Michigan.). The cause of her death was apoplexy.

  Marriage Notes:

pension papers