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Valentine Straw Sr
(1744-Bef 1810)
Sarah Coffin
(1746-)
Jason Cady
(1750-1825)
Mary Ward
(Abt 1754-)
Deacon David Straw
(1768-1849)
Mary Cady
(1771-1853)
Lewis Straw
(1817-1890)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Caroline Moody

2. Rebecca Miller

Lewis Straw

  • Born: 16 May 1817, Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont
  • Marriage (1): Caroline Moody on 15 Feb 1849 in Wyandot County, Ohio
  • Marriage (2): Rebecca Miller on 22 Jul 1852 in Wyandot County, Ohio
  • Died: 30 Oct 1890, Wyandot County, Ohio at age 73
  • Buried: Oak Hill Cemetery Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA
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bullet  General Notes:

DOD per Hx of Pitt township in Wyandot, OH

Lewis STRAW(30) was born on 16 May 1817 in Waterbury, Washington, VT. He died on 30 Oct 1890 in Harpster, OH. LEWIS STRAW is a native of Vermont, born May 16, 1817. He is son of David and Mary (Cady) Straw, natives of Maine and Connecticut respectively, and of Welsh descent. His parents came to Ohio in 1831, and located near Bowsherville, where his father became the owner of 195 acres of land; they had a family of nine children - Lewis, Elizabeth, Samuel C., Israel, David, Joel, Jason, Sally and Polly. The father died, aged eighty-two years; the mother, aged seventy-five. The children are all deceased but Lewis and Elizabeth. Lewis Straw remained at home till twenty-one, and was then apprenticed as a cabinet-maker and painter. He began dealing in stock very early in life, and has conducted the business on a small scale ever since. He inherited and bought the old homestead of 195 acres, to which he has added till he now owns 1,000 acres in this county and 150 acres in Indiana. He was married, in 1847, to Caroline Moody (daughter of David Moody), her death occurring three years later, leaving one child, Dudley, also deceased. In 1851, he married Rebecca Miller, daughter of William Miller, and eight children were born to them-Caroline, Eugene, Leander, Edith, Cannie and Kit. Lenora and Elmora (twins) are deceased. Mr. Straw began life with little help financially, and among the Indians; but by energy, industry and good management he has amassed a handsome fortune. He is a Republican, and has served as Trustee of his township near twenty years in succession. -From the PITT TOWNSHIP, Wyandot county history on the Gendex web site.

1850 Pitt, Wyandot County, OH Lewis Stran 1815 VT Carolina 1825 Ohio Mary Stran (entered with wrong dates; born in MA..his mother)

census 1860 Mifflin, Wyandot County, OH Lewis c1820 Rebecca c1829 Dudley c1851 Caroline c1853 Eugene c1855 Leander c1857 Edith c1859 1870 Wyandot, OH Louis c1816 Rebecca c1826 Dudley c1852 Caroline c1854 Emma c1855 Leander c1856 Edith c1859 Carmie c1861 Kittey c1865

census 1880 Pitt twp; Wyandot, OH Lewis age 65; born VT; farmer Rebecca age 55; b. OH Caroline age 24; single; b. OH Edith age 22 ; single; b. OH Carrie age 18; at college; born OH Katie age 11 b. OH

STRAW BURIALS IN OAK HILL CEMETERY IN WYANDOT COUNTY, OHIO Straw Caroline Moody Oct 1851 26y E 16 Straw Connie Miss 17 Jul 1890 28y E 16 Straw Dudley 4 Mar 1872 22y E 16 Straw Lewis 31 Oct 1890 73y E 16 Straw Rebecca Miller 1826 12 Apr 1884 E 16 Straw Caroline Dorothy 1853 15-Jun-1931 E 17 Straw Katharine 1869 4-Feb-1925 E 17 Straw Lamora 3 Feb 1863 8m E 17 Straw Leander 1856 2-Mar-1919 E 17 Straw Lenora 20 Jan 1865 3y E 17

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LW&T of Lewis Straw of - 5 Nov 1890
Eugene Straw [son] land
Leander Straw [son] land
Residue of property to 4 daus and if any of them shall died w/o issue the residue to be divided equally among the remaining daus
Caroline Straw [dau]
Edith Straw [dau]
Connie Straw [dau]
Kitt straw [dau]
Thomas E. Grisell - Executor

Democratic Northwest and Henry County News (Napoleon, Ohio)18 Dec 1890, ThuPage 9
"A petition has been filed at Upper Sandusky by Leander Straw and Eugene Straw vs Caroline Straw, Katie Straw and Thomas E. Grisell, executor tos et aside the Will of Lewis Straw, a wealthy and prominent farmer deceased. the plaintiffs claim the deceased to have been of unsound mind when the Will was made - mentally incapable; that he was falsely and wrongly influenced; that he was acting under an insane hallucination, and that the will is conflicting and contradictory."


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Lewis married Caroline Moody, daughter of David Moody and Priscilla Cady, on 15 Feb 1849 in Wyandot County, Ohio. (Caroline Moody was born about 1825 in Ohio, died in Oct 1851 in Wyandot County, Ohio and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA.)


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Lewis next married Rebecca Miller, daughter of William Miller and Unknown, on 22 Jul 1852 in Wyandot County, Ohio. (Rebecca Miller was born in 1825 in Ohio, died on 12 Apr 1884 and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery Upper Sandusky, Wyandot County, Ohio, USA.)




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