Philander William Straw

   Another name for Philander was Capt P. W. Straw.

  General Notes:

Robert Keith Conlee & Marianne Colt Conlee Family Tree

Santa Ana Register (Santa Ana, California)17 Jul 1934, TuePage 10 [notes from clipping]
First Justice of Peace in Santa Ana..his old homestead in Live Oak Canyon on the way to Trabuco Oaks...

Marriage Records of Lenawee County, Michigan 1852-1865
12 Dec 1854: Philander Straw to Electa F. Blackman
4 July 1856: William Straw to Mary Brant

1850 Milford, Oakland County, Michigan
Philander STRAW was living in Milford, Oakland County., MI with the family of James Hudson 35. Family includes wife Mary 33, Frederick 14, Phebe 12, Maria 9, Hannah 7, John 8.
Philander is 19, b NY and the only other member of the household, James Humes, 20, is also from NY. James Hudson is a carpenter as are Philander and Humes; possibly apprenticing?

1856 census Nevada, Story County, Iowa
P W STRAW (male; married) age 24; carpenter
E J Straw (female; married) age 20

1860 Brownville?, Nemaha County, Nebraska
Philander STRAW age 27 born c1833 NY
Electa STRAW born c1836 CT
Harriet STRAW born c1859 Iowa

The 2nd Kansas Volunteer Cavalry
On the 23d (May 1864) Second Lieutenant Philander W. Straw was mustered into G company
The veteran companies of the Second Kansas Cavalry were organized under the following officers: New Company C, Philander W. Straw, Second Lieutenant, Brownsville, Neb.

Second Regiment Kansas Volunteers - Cavalry; Co G
Second Lieutenant Straw Philander W. Brownsville, Nb May 23, '64 Assigned to duty as 2d Lieut. in new Co. D, March 18, 1865; prisoner of war, captured near Fort Gibson, C. N., Sept. 16, 1864

Second Regiment Kansas Volunteers - Cavalry Company D
Second Lieutenant Straw Philander W. Brownsville, Nb May 23, '64 Mustered out June 14, 1865, Leavenworth, Kan.

1870 Vesta, Johnson County, Nebraska - (surname corrupted)
P W STROM 1832 NY
Electa 1838 CT
Hattie H. 1859 IA
Eddie 1861 NE
Iszella 1869 NE

1880 San Juan, Los Angeles County, California - (surname corrupted)
P. W. STRASS Self M Male W 47 NY Apiarist [beekeeper] NY NY
H. A. STRASSWife M Female W 33 CT Keeping House CT CT
Hattie E. STRASS Dau M Female W 22 IA NY CT
William E. STRASS Son S Male W 19 NE NY CT
Isella STRASS Dau S Female W 10 NE NY CT
Herbert D. STRASS Son S Male W 6 NE NY CT
Gusuma STRASS Son S Male W 2 CA NY CT
Monroe STRASS GSon S Male W 2 CA IL IA [Harriet's son Monroe CONLEE]

Cemetery records
STRAW, PHILANDER W; born 1832 died 6/20/99
rank: 2ND LT Civil War
Service: GAR Company: EGD Unit: 2nd cavalry; state: Kansas
cemetery: Santa Ana 3RD ADDED F (-, 38, 5)

California Land Grants
1890/10/04 STRAW PHILANDER W

Philander married Electa Jane Blackman, daughter of Denman Blackman and Elizabeth Jane Shepard, on 12 Dec 1854 in Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan. (Electa Jane Blackman was born on 27 Aug 1836 in Newton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, died on 6 Jan 1910 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA and was buried in Santa Ana Cemetery Santa Ana, Orange County, California, USA.)