Nyra Abbott Straw

   Cause of her death was heart failure.

   Another name for Nyra was Myra Abbott Straw.

  General Notes:

aka Nyora? or sometimes seen as Myra. Named for her mother's sister Nyra who died 1866

census 1860 Merrimack county NH Charlotte c1792 Edmund S. Straw c1820 Emeline c 1824 (his wife) Nyra (sic) c1854 Maria c1857 Henry c1852

in 1880 census Hopkinton, NH she is not listed in HH - married in 1874.

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for consideration: Nyra may have had a brief first marriage to Luther F. Spoffard who was born in Hopkinton, NH. According to the NH birth records a Nyra Straw and Luther F. Spoffard had a son born 18 Jan 1873 in Hopkinton.Nyra would have been about 19 at the time. Nyra married in 1874 to Smith Crowell. Luther married by 1880 to Clara J. born 1854 NH

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Nyra married Smith Aaron Crowell, son of Albert Crowell and Lydia Livermore, on 24 Mar 1874 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire. (Smith Aaron Crowell was born on 3 Jul 1849 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, died on 4 Jun 1931 in Concord, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and was buried in Franklin Cemetery in Merrimack County, New Hampshire.)

  Marriage Notes:

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Nyra next married Luther F. Spofford, son of Samuel Spofford and Sarah J. Fitch. (Luther F. Spofford was born on 23 Jul 1848 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire and died on 14 Aug 1908 in Hopkinton, Merrimack County, New Hampshire.). The cause of his death was Bright's Disease.