Nita C. Straw

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Name: Nita STRAW Age: 5 Estimated birth year: <1875> Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation: Dau Home in 1880: Oasis, Waushara, Wisconsin Marital status: Single Race: White Gender: Female Head of household: S.J. STRAW Father's birthplace: NH Mother's birthplace: NY


Research of Naideen Straw Martsfield
spelling of first name per father's obit of 1894 and still living and a resident of Oasis, WA
the following per Waushara Argus
03 JUN1897 MRS. NITA STRAW CASTLE, d. May 21st - - - - - (MICH)
Died, at home of her parents, MR. and MRS. S.J. STRAW, in Oasis, MRS. NITA CASTLE, in the 23d year of her life. NITA STRAW was born in the town of Oasis, Waushara Co., Wis., Feb. 17, 1875, and was married to CHARLES CASTLE at Battle Creek, Mich., July 3d, 1894, her home of late, up to February last, being at South Haven, Mich. Since that time she has been visiting with her relatives and friends in this vicinity. Although she has been suffering for some time from that much dreaded disease, consumption; it was not thought until very recently that her journey of life was so near completed; but when the silent messenger came at about 2 o'clock in the morning of May 21st, she was willing and ready to go and was a worthy member of the Seven Day Advent Church up to the time of her death......The funeral took place at one o'clock Saturday afternoon, May 22d, ELDER R. EAGER conducting the services....MRS. CASTLE leaves to mourn her early departure from this life, a husband, father and mother, two sisters and four brothers who have the sympathy of the entire community.

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Nita married Charles Henry Castle, son of Alfred B. Castle and Mary Nichols, on 3 Jul 1894 in Battle Creek, Calhoun County, Michigan. (Charles Henry Castle was born on 9 Mar 1870 in Calhoun County, Michigan, died on 7 Jul 1959 in California and was buried in Saint Helena Cemetery in Napa County, California.)