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Levi Straw Sr.
(1768-1853)
Miriam Jones
(1772-1848)
Deacon David Young
(1746-1836)
Sarah Eastman
(1755-1836)
Deacon Jonathan Jones Straw
(1799-1871)
Mary Young
(1795-1881)
Henry Fenno Straw
(1825-1891)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Mary Jane Otis

Henry Fenno Straw

  • Born: 1825, Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
  • Marriage (1): Mary Jane Otis on 18 Dec 1845 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
  • Died: 1891, Texas at age 66
  • Buried: Gatesville Cemetery in Coryell County, Texas
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bullet  General Notes:

A miller by trade.

per 1850 census of Manchester, Hillsborough county, NH he was living there with the following members of his household:
Jonathan J. Straw ae 50; his occupation" Superintendent Burial"(Henry's father)
Mary ae 50 (Henry's mother)
Henry F. ae 25 machinist
Esther P. ae 23 (Henry's sister)
Clara J ae 18 (Henry's sister)
Warren L. ae 14 (Henry's brother)
Henrietta M. ae 11(Henry's sister)
Mary J ae 25( Henry's wife)
Charlie H. 4 (Henry's son)
George E. ae 1(Henry's son)
Preston Whittemore ae 25

DOB per Sue Reynolds via e-mail Jan 2000

Henry is a descendent of John Locke.
research of Otis genealogy
NHVR and Ancestors of the colonists of Londonderry, NH
May have been born in New Boston, NH c 1822
Rootsweb research
census 1850 Manchester, NH he is living with wife and two sons with his parents

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Coryell County Genealogical Society, Coryell County, Texas, Families, 1854-1985 (Dallas: Taylor, 1986).

census 1860 Manchester Ward 5, Hillsborough County NH
Jonathan J Straw c1800
Mary J c1825
Henrietta c1840
Henry F. c1825
Mary J c1825 (Henry's wife)
Charles H. c1847 (Henry's son)
George W c1850 (Henry's son)

1870 census Waco, McLennan County, TX
Henry F. Straw age 46 born NH; machinist
Mary J. Straw, 46 years old born NH
George W. age 21 born NH; book keeper
Charles H. age 24 NH; watchmaker

1880 census Coryell Co, Texas he is married; machinist and both parents born NH. also living in area is Charles H. born c 1847
Name: Henry F. STRAW Age: 55 Estimated birth year: <1825> Birthplace: New Hampshire Occupation: Machinest Relation: Self Home in 1880: Coryell, Texas Marital status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Head of household: Henry F. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NH

1892 Gazateer for Coryell County
PECAN GROVE: 10 miles se of Gatesville and 4 from Mound. Population 200.
Straw, H. F. flour mill

STRAW'S MILL: 4 1/2 miles south of Gatesville. Population 85. Mail
semi weekly. G.W.Straw, post master
Straw, G.W., general store
Straw, H.F., flour mill


RESTLAND CEMETERY - GATESVILLE, CORYELL CO, TEXAS
Straw, Gene 4-10-1915 1-8-1973
Straw, Imogene 1-18-1924 only date
married 9-12-40

Straw, Lee 1882 - 1951
Straw, Annie 1887 - 1951

Notes for HENRY FENNO STRAW: STRAW'S MILL, TEXAS. Straw's Mill was four miles south of Gatesville on the Leon River in east central Coryell County. It was first known as Cox's Mill, for Joe Cox, who had a water-powered corn mill. It was renamed for Henry Straw and his sons, George Warren and Charles H., who moved from New Hampshire and settled on the Leon River in 1870. The family operated a flour mill, gin, store, and blacksmith shop. George Warren Straw, a Republican, was first postmaster in 1886; during the Grover Cleveland administration the office moved across the river to Democrat Richard A. Culp's store and continued to move back and forth with changes of administration until the post office was discontinued in 1908. At that time local mail was sent to Gatesville. The Straw's Mill community reported a population of 110 in 1900. The old mill was washed away in 1908 by a flood on the Leon River. During World War IIqv the Straw estate was included in the North Camp section of the Fort Hood military reservation.
Also:
"In 1849 "Gold Fever" took Henry Fenno Straw from New Hampshire to California; in 1850 "Yellow Fever" brought him back with an empty purse.A continued adventurous spirit and Asthma trouble prompted Mr. Straw to seek a warmer climate. In 1869 he brought his family to Texas.From Ezekiel Straw (1819-1882) first agent at a one time the largest cotton mills in the world Amoskeag Mills in New Hampshire, to Henry Fenno Straw, owner of Hosiery Mills in Manchester, New Hampshire, generations of Straws had been millers. therefore it was natural when Mr. Straw located on the Bosque River he built a mill. Thjis time a flour mill, operated in partnership with his two sons, Charles Henry and George Warren......Henry Fenno died in 1891 leaving an estate of 1000 acres..."

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Coryell County Genealogical Society, Coryell County, Texas, Families, 1854-1985 (Dallas: Taylor, 1986).

POSTMASTERS & POST OFFICES OF CORYELL COUNTY, TEXAS
1854 - 1930
STRAW'S MILL (Coryell) Straw, Geo. W., 6 Jan 1886
Cg'd to STRAWS MILL, 13 Oct 1893

STRAWS MILL (Coryell) (see also STRAW'S MILL) - Culp, Rich'd. A., 13 Oct 1893; Straw, Geo. W., 9 Oct 1897; Straw, Lee O., 8 Mar 1904
Discontinued 15 Apr 1908; mail to Gatesville

1884 CORYELL COUNTY, TEXAS TAX ROLL I thru Z
Straw, H. F. 8 A.Arocha 450 C,m,H,c,h

From : Sue Phaneuf
Sent : Monday, April 12, 2004
Generation No. 1
1. HENRY FENNO6 STRAW (JONATHAN JONES5, LEVI4, JACOB3, SAMUELL2, WILLIAM1)1,2,3,4,5 was born 1825 in CT6,7, and died 1891. He married (2) MARY JANE OTIS8,9 December 18, 1845 in Londonderry, NH10,11. She was born January 24, 1824 in New Boston, NH12,13, and died April 14, 1905.
Notes for MARY JANE OTIS:
[Genealogy of Captain John Locke of NH
Ancestors of the Colonists of Londonderry, From the Earliest Record to the End of 1910
page 240
Otis, Mary Jane and Henry F. Straw, Dec. 18, 1845.

Child of HENRY FENNO STRAW is:
i. STRAW716,17,18,19,20,21, b. July 19, 1867, Stowe Twp, Lamoille, Vermont22,23,24,25.

Children of HENRY STRAW and MARY OTIS are:

2. ii. CHARLES H.7 STRAW, b. 1857; d. November 11, 1909.

3. iii. GEORGE WARREN STRAW, b. March 08, 1849, Manchester, NH; d. February 22, 1904.

Generation No. 2

2. CHARLES H.7 STRAW (HENRY FENNO6, JONATHAN JONES5, LEVI4, JACOB3, SAMUELL2, WILLIAM1)26,27 was born 185728,29, and died November 11, 1909. He married JANE H. MOHNEY December 25, 1879 in Coryell, TX. She was born 1857 in OH, and died Aft. 1930.
Children of CHARLES STRAW and JANE MOHNEY are:

4. i. MABLE B8 STRAW, b. 1883.

5. ii. LEE OTIS STRAW, b. February 02, 1882.

3. GEORGE WARREN7 STRAW (HENRY FENNO6, JONATHAN JONES5, LEVI4, JACOB3, SAMUELL2, WILLIAM1)30,31 was born March 08, 1849 in Manchester, NH32,33, and died February 22, 1904. He married (1) FANNY JANE POWELL. She was born March 15, 1864 in Louisiana, and died March 02, 1933. He married (1) UNKNOWN. [Ervine Olsen]
Notes for FANNY JANE POWELL: Originally Hazel & Ivy had birth stone names but were changed after Ruby died because their parents thought it had something to do with Ruby's death
Children of GEORGE STRAW and FANNY POWELL are:
i. HAZEL GRANNY MILDRED STRAW, b. November 20, 1892; d. December 11, 1952, CA; m. ARTHUR RECTOR WILSON; b. September 21, 1890, TX.

ii. RUBY STRAW, b. 1899.

iii. IVY STRAW, b. July 28, 1898; d. March 13, 1979; m. STANLEY H. PEAVY; b. September 29, 1895, TN.

Child of GEORGE STRAW and UNKNOWN is:

6. iv. SON8 STRAW.

Generation No. 3

4. MABLE B8 STRAW (CHARLES H.7, HENRY FENNO6, JONATHAN JONES5, LEVI4, JACOB3, SAMUELL2, WILLIAM1) was born 1883. She married CHARLES WHITTER.

Children of MABLE STRAW and CHARLES WHITTER are:

7. i. GELMA9 WHITTER, b. 1907.

ii. ALICE WHITTER, b. 1909.

iii. MABELEAN WHITTER, b. 1918.


5. LEE OTIS8 STRAW (CHARLES H.7, HENRY FENNO6, JONATHAN JONES5, LEVI4, JACOB3, SAMUELL2, WILLIAM1) was born February 02, 1882. He married LOU ANNIE CROWNOVER. She was born 1888.

Notes for LEE OTIS STRAW:birth info from WWI draft card information

More About LEE OTIS STRAW:

Census: 1930, Lee O STROW; Coryell, TX

Children of LEE STRAW and LOU CROWNOVER are:

8. i. JAMES EUGENE9 STRAW, b. April 10, 1915; d. January 08, 1973.

ii. CHARLES LEE STRAW, b. November 17, 1926; d. June 21, 1991, Coryell, TX; m. ETHYL DEAN DYER; d. August 12, 1989.

iii. TEDDY HOWARD STRAW, b. 1905; d. December 15, 1969; m. JUNUA LUCYLLE PERKINS; d. September 19, 1970.



6. SON8 STRAW (GEORGE WARREN7, HENRY FENNO6, JONATHAN JONES5, LEVI4, JACOB3, SAMUELL2, WILLIAM1)

Children of SON STRAW are:

i. HARRY9 STRAW.

ii. JACK STRAW.

Generation No. 4

7. GELMA9 WHITTER (MABLE B8 STRAW, CHARLES H.7, HENRY FENNO6, JONATHAN JONES5, LEVI4, JACOB3, SAMUELL2, WILLIAM1) was born 1907. She married FOY M JACKSON. He was born April 29, 1903.

Child of GELMA WHITTER and FOY JACKSON is:

i. ROBERT M10 JACKSON.

8. JAMES EUGENE9 STRAW (LEE OTIS8, CHARLES H.7, HENRY FENNO6, JONATHAN JONES5, LEVI4, JACOB3, SAMUELL2, WILLIAM1) was born April 10, 1915, and died January 08, 1973. He married LOIS IMOGENE SHORT September 12, 1940. She was born January 18, 1924.

More About JAMES EUGENE STRAW:Census: 1920, "Eugene Straw"

Children of JAMES STRAW and LOIS SHORT are:

i. LIVING10 STRAW, m. LEWIS.

ii. LARRY JAMES STRAW, b. 1944.

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bullet  Events

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, 1825, New Hampshire.


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Henry married Mary Jane Otis, daughter of Thomas Otis and Mary Lee, on 18 Dec 1845 in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. (Mary Jane Otis was born on 24 Jan 1824 in New Boston, Hillsborough County, NH, died on 14 Apr 1905 in Coryell County, Texas and was buried in Gatesville City Cemetery in Coryell County, Texas.)


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