Corporal Oceanus Straw

   Cause of his death was wounds rec'd in war.

  General Notes:

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Oceanus has a relationship with Lydia Straw [d/o Wm Straw and Martha Sargent] as Lydia left his two children money and all monies she delegated to persons in her Will were related to her in some way. Oceanus was born 1823 in Sandwich, NH and is her probable son.

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A Memorial of the Great Rebellion: Being a History of the Fourteenth ...
By Francis Henry Buffum
Oceanus Straw was born in Sandwich, N.H., December 28, 1823. He was a farmer, and resided in Sandwich at the time of his enlistment, August 14, 1862, in Company K, when he was thirty-nine years of age. In Salem, Mass., he married Miss Elizabeth Goodwin. They had two children, both of whom are living. Corpl. Straw died in hospital, September 21, and is buried in the National Cemetery in Winchester. He left a widow who resides at Sandwich.

19th Annual excursion of the Sandwich Historical Society - 25 Aug 1938
"The home of Mrs Abbie B. Hoag
About 1868 the Ambrose corn barn was fashioned in to a rude dwelling by a man named Alonzo Fowler who came from Freedom. A little later it was bought by George Lawrence who had married the "Widow Straw." Her husband Oceanus Straw had gone to war with the 14th NH Inf..was mortally wounded at Opequan Creek and died in hospital in Winchester, VA where he is buried. Lawrence who had a saw mill near the Creamery, was also a wheelwright and used the old balcksmith shop of the Ambroses [Samuel Ambrose 1772-1852] as his shop. He it was who remodeled the old corn barn into its present form. After his death his widow took a third husband Henry Chick and lived here with him for some time. Then she sold it to Charles H. Marston...."

NEHGS Their marriage records do not list parents of bride or groom and the copy is very hard to read.

In census 1850 for Lexington, MA he is living in HH of Galen Allen as a farm laborer and he is age 27
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census of 1850 in Sandwich,Carroll County,NH Oceanus ae 26y NH Elizabeth ae 28y NH Horace ae 1y NH Also in HH is Wm M. Mann age 12 born NH [relationship unknown] Nearby neighbors are John (63) and Lydia Goodwin (60) [ parents of Elizabeth)

1860 Sandwich,Carroll County,NH Oceanus ae 37 NH Elizabeth ae 39 NH Horace W. ae 11y NH [Also living in Sandwich in 1860 is a Lydia Straw who is the d/o Wm Straw and Martha Sargent and never married. Since Lydia left money to his children there may be a relationship there]

NH Straws in Civil War- Oceanus Straw - Sandwich; Corpl 38 8/14/62 CO K

In 1868 Horace's guardian, E. Lawrence, applied for Oceanus' pension in 1869.[this would be Straw's wife Elizabeth Goodwin now married to second husband George Lawrence]

www.fold3.com - Nov 1868
Elizabeth now married to Lawrence applied for pension increase for her dau Mary Ellen Straw age 7 b. July 1861

Winchester National Cem Winchester, VA Straw, Ogenus, K 14 NH INF, Orig Bur Methodist Graveyard Va, Plot: 1183, * STRAW, OCEANUS Cpl US Army; Service dates unknown. Date of death: 09/21/1864 Date of interment: 09/21/1864 buried at : SECTION 29 SITE 1183 WINCHESTER NATIONAL CEMETERY <http://www.cem.va.gov/nchp/winchester.htm>401 NATIONAL AVENUE WINCHESTER , VA 22601 (540) 662-8535 (703) 825-6684

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Will probated March 1867 in Carroll County, NH - value of estate $1048.00 - Oceanus Straw died and survived by wife and two minors.

Salem, MA Vital Records (Marriage) to 1850 Published by: The Essex Institute Salem, MA 1916 Transcribed by Judith Wolff STRAW Isaiah, and Rhoda Merrill of Salem, N. H., int. Apr. 6, 1822. John, and Zerviah Dow, Dec. 24, 1740.* Martha A[nn. int.], and Henry Moulton, Oct. 26, 1847.* Oceanus, and Eliz[abet]h Goodwin, Feb. 5, 1846.*

Enrolled 14 Aug 1862 at Sandwich, NY - CO K 14th Regt, NH Vols to serve 3 yrs. Mustered in 24 Sep 1862 as Corporal at Concord, NH. Died 21 Sep 1864 at Winchester, VA of wounds rec'd in action on 19 Sep 1864....nature of wounds not stated.

  Events

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, 1824.

Oceanus married Elizabeth Goodwin, daughter of John Goodwin and Lydia Bickford, on 5 Feb 1846 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. (Elizabeth Goodwin was born on 28 Feb 1821 in Rochester, Strafford County, New Hampshire, died on 5 Aug 1907 in Winthrop, Massachusetts and was buried in Baptist Burial Ground in Center Sandwich, Carroll County, New Hampshire.). The cause of her death was apoplexy.