Ezra Straw Jr

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per research of Sue Phaneuf he was a blacksmith and worked in a store. Also farmed 135 acres. (Biographical record of Huron and Lorain Counties in OH)

census 1860 Amherst, Lorain County, OH Anna Foster age 56 NY (Mary's mother) HOH Era Straw c1833 Mary c1836 Charles c1856 Edwin c1859

census 1870 Lorain, OH Ezra Straw c1832 Mary c1836 Edwin c1860 Parks c1869

census 1880 Black River, Lorrain, OH Ezra STRAW Self M Male W 48 NEW YORK Farmer NEW HAMP. NEW HAMP. Mary STRAW Wife M Female W 43 OHIO Keeping House VERMONT NEW YORK Edwin STRAW Son S Male W 21 OHIO Farmer NEW YORK OHIO Parks STRAW Son S Male W 11 OHIO At Home NEW YORK OHIO Maria FOSTER MotherL W Female W 76 NEW YORK NEW YORK NEW YORK

Elyria Republican, The | Elyria, Ohio | Thursday, November 27, 1884 Parks Foster to Ezra Straw 85 acres in Amherst and Black River

Lorain County Reporter | Elyria, Ohio | Saturday, April 01, 1893 North Amherst Ezra Straw met w i t h a serious accident, w h i l e going to Lorain w i t h a grist, last Satin lav He was standing up in his wagon in d r i v i n g through the streets of Lorain, and when crossing a walk one wheel went i n t o a rut, and Mr Straw was thrown violently to the ground He was picked up and brought home, and for a time his l i f e was despaired of, but he is now reported better.

1900 Lorain OH Ezra STRAW 1832 New York Mary M. 1878 (?)

Elyria Republican, The | Elyria, Ohio | Thursday, January 01, 1903 Death of Ezra Straw. Ezra Straw, of North Ridge, died at his home last Thursday of heart disease. He was seventy-one years old. Mr, Straw was an old and well known r e s i d e n t of Lorain county, Ho was a b r o t her - in -law of Parks Foster, of Elyria..

www.familysearch.com pilot search: OH DEATH RECORDS Eliza Straw b. 1829 N. Amherst OH died 24 Dec 1902 in Black River twp, Lorain County, Ohio; married

OH obit index
Jr Ezra Straw Birth Date: 1831 Spouse: Mary M Foster Marriage Date: 1855 Parents: Ezra Sr & Hannah Colbath Other Sources: F497 H8c7 1977 Orr Other Source Data: Pp 1207 - 1208 Source Description: Commemorative Biographical Record Fo Huron And Lorain Co (Chicago, Beers, 1894)

cemetery records of Cleveland St. Cemetery; Amherst, OH FOSTER-STRAW
Anna M., 1804-1900 (Anna Mason Foster: mother of Mary)
Elisha Jr., 1795-1842 (Elisha Foster JR: father of Mary)
Leonard, 1826-1836 (possible brother of Mary?)
Elisha, 1766-1833 (Elisha Foster SR.: grandfather of Mary)
Lucy, 1767-1828 (grandmother of Mary)
Charles ?, 1856-1863 (Charles Straw: son of Ezra Jr and Mary Foster Straw)
Mary, 1837-1914 (Mary Foster: wife of Ezra Straw)
Ezra, 1831-1902 (Ezra Straw Jr: husband of Mary Foster)

Find A Grave Memorial# 28748278

Ezra married Mary Maria Foster, daughter of Elisha Foster Jr and Anna Mason, in 1855. (Mary Maria Foster was born on 3 Nov 1836 in Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, died on 7 Mar 1913 in North Ridge, Lorain County, Ohio and was buried in Cleveland Street Cemetery Amherst, Lorain County, Ohio, USA.). The cause of her death was heart disease.