John Straw

  General Notes:

www.ancestry.com - The Chandler Family he was a merchant in Newburyport, MA and in Iowa. they had 2 children
I can't locate this family in 1850-1880 census - could John be John SHAW?

for consideration:
Dubuque, Dubuque County, IA
John Strain/Straw? age 33 ; merchant; born Ireland
Sarah age 25 b. NH
Jennie age 3 IA
William age 1 IA

John married Sarah Jane Elkins, daughter of William E. Elkins and Phebe Chandler, in 1856. (Sarah Jane Elkins was born on 6 Jun 1835 in New Hampshire and died on 4 Sep 1860.)