Moses Sylvester Strew

   Another name for Moses was Moses S. Strew.

  General Notes:

Probable s/o Moses Straw and Ann Sylvester. In the 1840 census of Barnet, Caledonia county, VT, in the household of this couple there is a male child born 1835-1840 that I can't account for. Could he be Moses S(ylvester)And Moses S. Strew gives his POB in Military records as Caledonia County, VT

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Moses A. Strew Name Note: Also Known As: Moses S. Strew Also Known As Note: Event: Military Service Rank In: Private Rank In Note: Rank Out: Fourth Sergeant Rank Out Note: Side: Union Side Note: State (or Origin): Colorado Territory Military Unit: 2nd Regiment, Colorado Infantry Military Unit Note: Company: H Company Note: General Note: See also Co. F 2 Col. Cav. NARA Publication Title: Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the Territory of Colorado. NARA Publication Number: M534 NARA Roll Number: 3 Film Number: 822000
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Station, Independence, Mo.. May 31, 1864.
Lieut. E. L. Berthoud, .
Assistant Adjutant-General, Fourth Sub-District: Lieutenant: I have the honor to report that in obedience to circular, dated headquarters Fourth Sub-District, May 25, Sergt. Moses S. Strew, Company F, Second Colorado Cavalry, with 15 men of Companies C and F, Second Colorado Cavalry, left this station on the evening of the 27th instant, went to Blue Springs, crossing of the Blue, followed that stream to Fire Prairie, from there following the western edge of Fire Prairie to Sibley, from thence up to the mouth of the Blue, from thence up that stream to Spring Branch Crossing, and thence to this station, where he arrived this p. m. at 5 o'clock. He reports seeing no bushwhackers and no fresh signs, except a single horse-track, leading from the Blue along the edge of Fire Prairie, which he followed several miles toward Sibley. He mentions hearing a report that several bodies, equaling some 200 in all, had crossed the Missouri River toward the vicinity of Richfield. Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
GEO. WEST, Captain, Second Colorado Cavalry, Commanding Station.

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Moses S. Strew; CO F; Reg't Colorado Cavalry; age 22; born Caledonia County, VT; occupation: Miner; enlisted 29 April 1862 in Central City, Colorado Territory for term of 3 yrs
MUSTER ROLL
5 June 1862 - Fort Union, NM
Appointed Sargent July 3, 1862
18 Sep 1862 - muster roll- Camp Weld Col Terr
Oct 1862 - on D. S. at Santa Fe since 13 Oct
Nov/Dec 1862 present
Jan/Feb 1863 - present
Mar/Apr 1863 - present
May/June 1863 present
July/Aug 1863 - sick at Ft. Blunt C.T?
Sep/Oct 1863 - On D. S. NM since 12 Oct
Nov 1863 - on Det Ser [detached service?away from one's assigned organization]at Ft. Garland NM

19 July 1870 North West Corner [Fort Harker P O], Rice County, Kansas
Moses S. Strew age 32 - b.1838 VT
Susan J Strew age 22 b.1848 KY
David Dudley age 32 MI [works on farm]
Byron Knowlton age 22 Canada
Ann Weaver 47 KY
Note of census taker on the sheet as follows:
"I traveled throuogh this county of Rice with an escort of six soldiers from Fort Harker under the command of Gen N. S. Miles. In the North East Corner of this county of Rice I found the cabins of 5 homestead settlers, four of whom I found at work at Bunker Hill Station in Russell county on the RR where I enumerated them but they will return to their homesteads in the month of September (and they informed me) and would have been glad to have been enumerated as residents of Rice County. Further south on the East Side of Rice County I found Mr Theodore Stemberg (sp) building a stone house and had up a large stone corrall for the protection of his stock from Indians, but as it was extremely dangerous for him to stay there unprotected, he spends most of his time at his father's in Ellsworth County where I have him enumerated, therefore his name is not entered on this sheet as one of the inhabitants of Rice county."

1872 List of Barton County Kansas Residents
M. S. Strew, 33.
Sudan Strew, 23.

1875 Lakin, Barton Couny, KS
M S STREW age 36 b. c1839 VT; came to Kansas from Colorado
S. J Strew age 26 KY; came from MO
A Weaver age 64 born Prussia came from MO

1880 - can't locate either Susan or Moses in any census.

2 Nov 1887 THE OREGONIAN
The divorce suit of Susan Strew vs Moses Strew was yesterday referred to Referee W S Newbury

4 Nov 1887 -OREGONIAN - Portland
"Susan Strew was yesterday granted a divorce from Moses Strew. They were married in Junction City Kansas Jan 4 188-[last digit is blurred and c/b 1]Defendant [Moses] left Plaintiff November 1, 1887. The parties had no children."

Sep 1890 -Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Record for Moses S. StrewCivil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 - filed in Oregon
Moses S. Strew
H 2 Colorado Inf and F 2 Colorado Cavalry

1890 appointed US post Master
Name:Moses S Strew
Post Office Location:Sitkum, Coos, Oregon
Appointment Date:18 Sep 1890
Volume #:53
Volume Year Range:1878-1893

1895 - Coos County, OR
Name:M. S. Strew
Residence Date:1 Jul 1895
Station or Residence Place:Coos, Oregon, USA
Year:1895
Title:Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together with a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States
Volume:Volume 2

1897 Coos County, OR
Name:M. S. Strew
Residence Date:1 Jul 1897
Station or Residence Place:Coos, Oregon, USA
Year:1897
Title:Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together with a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States
Volume:Volume 2

Croxton Pioneer Memorial Park
Grants Pass, Josephine County, Oregon
Moses Strew [no dates]
Croxton Pioneer Memorial Park is no longer considered a cemetery, but as a City Park. In 1856, this land was officially given by Thomas Croxton, one of many lasting ties between him and Southern Oregon history. Those names marked with an asterisk no longer have markers, except for two plaques installed with the names of all those known from the original cemetery. The cemetery was mapped by Fred Warner and Ron Cogswell in 1961, but by the earlier '70s, the cemetery had been so vandalized that it was decided to gather the remaining stones and embed them in a concrete circle at the entrance to the area, and convert the remainder of the property into a park. There are original lamp-posts, cast by Grants Pass Iron & Steel Works throughout the park. Some of our earliest pioneers and most haunting stones are in the circle. Thomas Croxton and his wife were exhumed many years after their deaths and moved to the Masonic Cemetery on Foothill Blvd. The park is located on Memorial Drive, off NE 9th Street, in Grants Pass.

Rogue River Courier [Grants Pass, Oregon] Thurs 22 Nov 1900; pg 3; column 4
"At the city hotel, Grants Pass on Sat 17 Nov 1900, M. S. Strew aged 63 yrs. Deceased was a veteran of the Civil War and had been suffering some time from lung trouble. His funeral was held Sunday."
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5 June 1916 Daily Edition; pg 4 column 3
"Gen Logan Relief Corps no 25 of this city is seeking the heirs of Moses Strew. Anyone knowing the names of heirs are requested to communicate with the Corps. Moses Strew served in Co F 2d Colorado Cavalry during the Civil War and died in Grants Pass in Nov 1900."
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He appears on a list of unclaimed letters in Grants Pass Post office as of Feb 1901


Died, STREW '96 At the city hotel, Grants Pass on Saturday, Nov. 17, 1900, M. S. Strew, aged 63 years.
Deceased was a veteran of the civil war and had been suffering some time from l(u)ng trouble. His funeral was held Sunday.
Rogue River Courier (Grants Pass, OR) '96 Thursday, November 22, 1900.

Moses married Susan J. Weaver, daughter of Jacob Weaver and Ann, on 4 Jan 1881 in Junction City, Geary County, Kansas. The marriage ended in divorce on 3 Nov 1887. (Susan J. Weaver was born circa 1848 in Kentucky and died after 1889.)

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