Daniel Minor Straw

   Another name for Daniel was Daniel Miner Straw.

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1870 Hett, Vermillion County, Indiana Julius Straw age 35 VT Rachel J. Straw age 33 OH John C.Straw age 9 OH Clarinda Straw age 11 OH Sarah A. Straw age 5 IN Daniel Straw age 1 IN

1880 census Mifflin, Wyandot, OH ED 168, Pg. 571 Julius age 46; born VT; father born VT and mother born Canada Rachel age 44 born OH Clarinda age 21; single; b. OH John age 19 b. OH Sarah A. age 14 b. IN Daniel age 11 b. IN Frank age 7 b. KS Josiah age 4 b. OH

1895 Towanda, Butler County, Kansas Julius Straw age 60 Vermont R J. Straw age 58 IN D. M. Straw age 26 IN F. E. Straw age 22 KS J. A. Straw age 19 OH

1900 Burke Precinct, Shoshone County, Idaho Daniel Straw age 31 born Oct 1868 Indiana is a boarder; single; father born VT; mother born OH

1920 Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho Daniel M. Straw age 51 IN; father born VT; mother born OH; occ: electric engineer in mine Henrietta E. Straw age 50 MN; father born PA; mother born IL

Name: Clifford LeRoy (FESSENDEN) STRAW Sex: M Birth: October 05, 1918 in Rainier, Or [father was Wm Eugene Fessenden b. 1888 and mother Maud Sweeny born 1889 and died 1919] Death: December 01, 1975 in Walla Walla, Wa. Note: Clifford was adopted on March 02, 1921 in Shoshone, Id. by Daniel Minor Straw and Henrietta (Fessenden) Straw. Henrietta was Clifford's biological Aunt. (www.rootsweb.com - researcher Nora Straw Figgins) also: " mother passed away in 1919 when he was just about a year old. We don't know what happened to the family for the next 3 years. In 1922 his biological aunt (his dad's sister) Henrietta Straw and her husband abopted him. Later his adopted father passed away and Henrietta could no longer take care of him so he was sent to an orphange in Kansas where he stayed until 1936 when he turned 18 years old. " [figdwni on www.ancestry.com]

www.rootsweb.com message board June 1999 [R Straw] My grandfather was William E Fessenden my father Clifford Leroy was adopted by Daniel Minor & Henrietta Estelle (Fessenden) Straw also (Reynolds). Dad was adopted in Shosone county, State of Idaho on March 2nd 1921. Two sisters about 15 years older - one was Leonia Bridges - last known name about 1920-30. Dad was in the Kansas Masonic Home in Wichita, Kansas in 1927 until about 1938.

New Mexico death records Name Dan M. Straw Death date 03 Jan 1924 Death place Deming, Luna, New Mexico Gender Male Race or color (on document) white Race or color (expanded) White Age in years 65 Birth date 17 Oct 1858 Birth place Upper Sandusky, Ohio Marital status Married Spouse name Estelle Straw Father name Julius Straw Father birth place Unknown Mother name Unknown Mother birth place Unknown Occupation Elec. Operator Street address 308 So Copper Burial place Towanda, Kansas Burial date 05 Jan 1924 Additional relatives X Film number 2032890

Find A Grave Memorial# 76702454

Daniel married Henrietta Estelle Fessenden, daughter of Edward D. Fessenden and Pauline P. Wheeler. (Henrietta Estelle Fessenden was born circa 1870 in Minnesota and died after 1930 in Shoshone County, Idaho.)