Samuel Dudley Straw

  General Notes:

He is most probably Samuel Dudley Straw and named for his maternal grandfather.

census of 1850 Gilmanton, Belknap County, NH lists a Samuel D. Straw ae 25; occ: shoemaker who is living in the household of John W. (and wife Mary Elliot) ae 33; John is also a shoemaker.

NEHGS MA VR Natick marriage records
Sameul D. Straw age 30 born Barnstead to Joseph Straw to Mary Ann Brashidge born Portsmouth NH to Seth and Deborah Brashbridge

1855 Natick, MA
Samuel D. Straw age 32
Mary Ann age 32

1870 West Union, Fayette county, Iowa
S. D. Straw age 45 NH; hotel keeper
M A. Straw age 46 NH; [wife]
G. E. Straw age 6 Iowa [son]
Deborah Brasbridge 73 NH [mother in law]
There are also 5 others who are hotel help and seemingly unrelated

1880 Read, Clayton County, Iowa
Samuel STRAW Self M Male W 55 NH Steward Of The Poor Farm NH NH
Mary STRAW Wife M Female W 56 NH Keeping House NH NH
George STRAW Son S Male W 16 IA NH NH
Debera Brashbridge 1797 NH Mother in law

1900 Bedford, Aurora County, South Dakota
George Straw Iowa b 10/1863 HOH farmer
Flora wife b. ILL 3/1871 married 9 years; 3 children, 2 living.
George O Straw [George & Flora's son] b. 12/1891 SD
Elsie [George & Flora's dtr] b. 7/185 SD
Samuel D Straw [George's father] b. 9/1824 NH
Mary [George's mother] b. 11/1823 NH
Joseph 1827 [George's widowed uncle] b. 3/1827 NH

Burials in Union Cemetery in Aurora county, South Dakota
Lot 106 blk 4
Grave # 1 - Mrs Straw [Mary Ann Brashbridge Straw]
Grave #2 S.D. Straw [Samuel Dudley Straw]
Grave # 6 Joseph Straw [Joseph Straw; bro of Samuel]
Grave # 11 Infant Straw [probable child of Samuel D. Straw]

Samuel married Mary Ann Brasbridge, daughter of Seth Brasbridge and Debera Chamberlin, on 11 Mar 1854 in Natick, Massachusetts. (Mary Ann Brasbridge was born about 1824 in Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire and was buried in Union Cemetery in Aurora County, South Dakota.)