George Oliver Straw
- Born: 11 Dec 1893, Plankinton, Aurora County, South Dakota
- Marriage (1): Eleanor M. Carley on 12 Feb 1919 in New York
- Died: 29 Jan 1975, Spring Valley, Rockland County, New York at age 81
- Buried: Grahamsville Rural Cemetery Grahamsville, Sullivan County, New York, USA
General Notes:
DOB and middle name per SD birth records
Per WWI draft registration he was born 11 Dec 1893 in Plankinton, SD - living in Aurora county, SD - no record available on line
1900 Bedford, Aurora County, South Dakota George 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. 7/1895 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
1910 Aurora County, SD (surname corrupted) George SHOW 1863 Flora 1871 George 1893 Elsie 1896 Clint 1906
1920 Bedford, Aurora County, SD George STRAW 1893 HOH Elanor 1894
www.findagrave.com Fallsburg - George O. Straw, 82, of Lake Street, South Fallsburg, died Wednesday in the Hillcrest Nursing Home, Spring Valley. He was born in Aurora County, South Dakota, to George and Flora Greet Straw, on Dec. 11, 1892. He married Eleanor Carley on Feb. 12, 1919, in New York. He was a resident of the area for 37 years, a retired crossman for the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad, and a retired carpenter. He was a World War I veteran, and a member of the Neversink Valley Post American Legion, from which he received honors in 1969 for being an active member for 50 years. He is survived by his wife; two sisters, Mrs. Clare Reynolds, of Jackson Heights, Queens, and Mrs. Elsie Mathas, of Camas, Wash.; and several nieces and nephews. Contriubtions may be made to the Fallsburg Volunteer Ambulance Corps. Burial will be in the Grahamsville Cemetery. --The Times Herald-Record (Middletown, NY), Friday, January 31, 1975, page 61
George married Eleanor M. Carley, daughter of Frank Carley and Hattie, on 12 Feb 1919 in New York. (Eleanor M. Carley was born on 19 Nov 1893 in Maybrook, Orange County, New York, died on 30 Sep 1979 in Harris, Sullivan County, New York and was buried in Grahamsville Rural Cemetery Grahamsville, Sullivan County, New York, USA.)
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