John Wesley Straw

   Another name for John was John Wesley Strow.

  General Notes:

1850 Hartford, NY - surname corrupted by transcriber
Wm STROKE [Strow] age 55 VT; clerk
Abigail 54 VT
George 24 NY; boatman
Wesley age 15 Sturdent
Sally Banister age 70 VT [born c1780]

1860 Granville, Washington Co, NY
George B. Strow age 34 NY grocery keeper living in household of John and Eunice McClure a mill wright; also in household is J. W. Strow George's brother born 1835 NY a clerk

Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 Record for John W Strow U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865
John W. STROW age 27 enlisted from Granville, Washington county, NY; unmarried

1870 Delevan, Walworth, WI
George B. STROW 1827 NY; hotel keeper
Julia 1833 CT
Edgar Strow 1830 NY; hotel keeper
John W. Strow 34 c1836 NY; market
Mary c1850 NY
Minnie age 1 NY

re: Delevan Hotel
Apr 1890
Harrison R. Doane, owner of the drug store, was well-known for his practical jokes. He frequently place tacks on a bench in front of his store and took delight in observing unsuspecting victims recoil as they sat down. The Strow family, hotel proprietors, kept chickens in the rear of the building and sometimes one would wander onto Walworth Avenue. When this happened, Doan would take his rifle and shoot the chicken, claiming it was his since it was on public property. He also like to startle customers by firing blank shots behind the counter.
Aug. 28, 1893, a fire started on North Second Street which rapidly spread to Walworth Avenue and threatened to destroy the entire business district. Before it was extinguished, the blaze claimed 16 buildings including the Delavan Hotel,

County (Delavan) St Andrews & Spring Grove Cemetery Tombstone Photos
Strow, Arthur B. 1860-1875
Strow, Edgar M. 1830-1893 or 8
Strow, Edwin A. 1833-1894
Strow, George 1826-1882?
Strow, John W. 1835-1873

John married Mary Elizabeth Morse, daughter of Sanford Wardwell Morse and Louisa M. Palmer, circa 1868. (Mary Elizabeth Morse was born in Feb 1850 in Minerva, Essex County, New York, died on 22 May 1909 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois and was buried in Minerva Baptist Cemetery in Essex County, New York.)

  Marriage Notes:

estimated date based on birth of 1st child