Amos Straw

  General Notes:

VR of Newfield, ME

Census 1840-1860 shows an Amos Straw living in Newfield, ME. Amos is buried in same cemetery as his father Enoch Straw. Amos also raised George Henry Straw [born HYDE] as a foster son. He was a nephew of Margaret. (this per Don Higgins)
DOD POD per cem headstone. ae 74y

1850 census of Newfield, ME has the following household:
Amos Straw ae 39 born Maine; Innholder
Margaret S. Straw ae 39 born NH
Lydia A. Straw ae 13 born ME
George H. Hyde ae 4; born NH (this would be his foster son)
Margaret Dennett ae 74; born NH
Albion H. P. Davis ae ; carriage maker; born Maine

1860 census Newfield, York County, ME
Amos Straw born c1810
Margaret c1808
Lydia A. c1838
George H. c1846

census 1870 Newfield, York County, ME
Amos Straw c1811
Margaret 1808
George H 1846

census 1880 Newfield, ME
Amos Straw, age 69, widow; farmer; lives alone with a housekeeper.
Name: Amos STRAW Age: 69 Estimated birth year: <1811> Birthplace: Maine Occupation: Farmer Relation: Self Home in 1880: Newfield, York, Maine Marital status: Widower Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Amos STRAW Father's birthplace: ME Mother's birthplace: ME

DOM POM POD per research of Ray and Mary Straw - www.familysearch.com - Amos was of Limerick, ME at time of marriage and Margaret of Portsmouth, NH

George is a nephew of Mrs. Margaret Straw whom she and her husband raised
Margaret Dennett would be Mrs. Straw's mother

I have photo of wagon with inscription on side:
AMOS STRAW GENERAL STORE, NEWFIELD, MAINE
Main St, Newfield, ME 04056 207-793-2784
This village has 37 buildings dating from the 19th century. Some 60 display areas have more than 10,000 items such as boats, sleighs, baby carriages and a carousel. The Amos Straw Country Store sells old-fashioned penny candy, and the Toy Shop has a fantastic collection of trains, dolls, games and other toys. May-Sep daily 10-5.
19th Century Willowbrook Village | Shop & Eat... ...The historic site of Amos Straw's 19th century general store, displays include many country store artifacts\emdash glass covered display cases, tin containers and boxes and ...
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www.NewsLibrary.com
Maine Sunday Telegram (Portland, ME) June 19, 2005 Section: Maine LifePage: G1
Tiny Newfield is sleepy, yet full of surprises
Author: MEREDITH GOAD Staff Writer
At the Amos Straw Country Store, built in 1832, you can still buy a pickle from a barrel and play a leisurely game of checkers. The country store is one of three buildings that don't require a ticket, so local children flock there for penny candy.
A showpiece of the museum is the 1894 Armitage-Herschell "steam riding gallery," more commonly known as a carousel, which is the second oldest in the United States. (The oldest is on Martha's Vineyard.)
Three times a day, Janet Maxfield, a museum employee who also runs the general store, plays organ music and turns on the carousel so visitors can see how it works.
I.H. Fenderson of Saco ordered the 24-horse, collapsible carousel so he could take it to country fairs and carnivals.
"It took him two years before he actually got it because of the demand of people wanting these carousels," Maxfield told one group of visitors.
"It cost him $2,000, and he traveled with it for the next 26 years throughout Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts."
The carousel was donated to the museum by the Fenderson family in 1975 and took 14 years to restore. The hand-carved horses have glass eyes and real horsehair tails.
The public is allowed to ride the carousel only once a year for $3 - quite a bit more than the original ticket price of 5 cents, but still a bargain. This year, the public rides will be offered on Oct. 1.

Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection - age 74

Amos married Margaret S. Dennett, daughter of George Dennett and Margaret, on 4 Sep 1834 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (Margaret S. Dennett was born about 1808 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, died on 29 May 1880 and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery - Newfield, Maine.)