Rufus Buswell Straw

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Genealogy of Ellen Straw Thompson (1897)

31 Aug 1850 Hopkinton, NH
Rufus Straw age 28; farmer
Sarah 31
James S. age 2
Mary E. age 10 mos

Census 1860 Henniker, Merrimack County, NH Rufus Straw c1823 Sallie c1820 Sanford c1848 Mary E. c1850 Abby C. c1852 Willie R. c1857 Albert B c1859

NH Straws in Civil War Rufus B Straw Priv 41 6/21/64 He was a soldier in the Civil War and served for NH; enlisted 21 June 1864 ae 41; Co D. 1 NH Cav regt and mustered out Cloud's Mills, VA 15 July 1865; filed for Pension in Wisc Sept 13 1889 and his widow filed 9 July 1894.

He migrated to Wautoma, Waushara, WI in 1868

census 1870 Waushara, WI Luther (Rufus) c1822 Sarah c1819 Sanford c1847 Alida c1847 (wife of Sanford) Mary E. c1850 Adda (Abby C.) c1852 William c1857 Albert B c1859

census 1880 Wautoma, WI R. B. age 57; b. NH Name: R.B. STRAW Age: 57 Estimated birth year: <1823> Birthplace: New Hampshire Occupation: Farmer Relation: Self Home in 1880: Wautoma, Waushara, Wisconsin Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: R.B. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH

Sarah age 60; b. NH Willie R. age 23; single; b. NH Albert age 20; single; b. NH

Census of 1890 shows him as a resident of Wautoma, WI.

His DOD and POD per Wisconsin Vital records.

21 JUNE 1894 R.B.STRAW, d. June 18, 1894 - - - (NH) per Obituary of WASHAURA ARGUS: An early settler of the town of Wautoma and a man highly respected in the community in which he lived, departed this life Tuesday morning June 18, 1894 .Deceased was born in Hopkinton, N.H. in 1822 and in the early forties was married to MISS SARAH GOVE who survives him. To them were born five children four of whom, MRS. D.W. ROBINSON, WILL AND ALBERT, of Wautoma, and SANFORD, of Oasis, are still living. In 1864-5 he served in the 1st N.H. cavalry in the War of the Rebellion and it is thought he there contracted the disease which resulted in his death. He removed to Wisconsin in 1868 and settled on a farm about three miles west of this village where he resided up to the time of his death. …. The funeral took place from the M.E. Church in this village Wednesday June 20 at 10 o'clock a.m. The Edw. Saxe Post of which he was a member, having charge of the services…The remains were laid at rest in the Wautoma cemetery.

DOM per research of Naideen (gigi549@juno. com)

Name: Rufus B Straw Death Date: 19 Jun 1893 County: Waushara Volume: 01 Page #: 0107 Reel: 138 Image: 1986 Index Volume: - ImageNum: 105190 Sequence #: 377079 Level Info: Wisconsin Vital Records Death Index.

Rufus married Sarah Grace Gove, daughter of James P Gove and Betsey Kimball, on 15 Sep 1846 in Henniker Cemetery Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA. (Sarah Grace Gove was born on 14 Jul 1819 in Deering, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, died on 29 Nov 1901 in Wautoma, Waushara County, Wisconsin and was buried in Wautoma Union Cemetery Wautoma, Waushara County, Wisconsin, USA.)