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Strayer Genealogy Complete Information

the Strayer connection
to Freeport, Decorah and Calmar, Winneshiek County, Iowa, Fayette, Fayette County, Iowa and Shelby County Missouri

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Complete information to date of the descendants of Joannis Stro (Strayer) that settled into Shelbyville, Missouri in 1836, and when Elizabeth Heckart married John Strayer and along with some other members of the family moved to Freeport, Iowa in 1853, to raise their family and live out their lives as their children migrated to surrounding villages and then on to the western states.

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Descendants of Joannis Stroh

Generation No. 1

1. JOANNIS¹ STROH

Notes for JOANNIS STROH:

Areas in Europe with surnames Stroh, Stroeer, Stroher, and others from which Strayer derived:

A. The Mosel river is about 320 miles in length and arises in the Vosges Mountains in Alsace-Lorraine of France and runs nearly north past Nancy to the German-Luxembourg border where it swings north-east at Trier and continues thorough the wine country to Kobenz where it joins the Rhine Rivers. Kirn-Kreuznach and Herren-sulzbach are on the Nahe River which enters the Rhine upstream from the Mosel Rivers. The Mosel River is home to Traben-Trarbach and Starkenburg.

B. Johanngeorgenstadt in Zwickau, Sachsen and Chemniz in Chemnitz, Sachsen near the Czechoslovakian border and only about 30 miles apart in middle southeastern Germany. This family also had a tie of some kind to Giesen, Hessen where two sons married or baptized children in reciprocal association.

C. Sersheim in Neckarkreis, Wuerrtemburg had at least two Johann-Matthias Stroeher generations.

D. Baden and Bayern also had large families of Stroh's.

E. Kirn-Kreuznach, Rhineland, Preussen on the Nahe River which parallels the Mosel River had a large family of Stroh's and was located about half way between Traben-Trohrbach and Koblenz which are on the parallel Mosel river.

F. Other towns with Stroh's in Rhineland Preussen include: Oberheimbach, Mandel, Kleinich, Gebroth, Rengsdorf, Cleve, Bergsponheim, Luttringhausen, Sohren, Bombogen, Koln-Stadt, Burg-Wermelskirchen, Geistingen, Heimbach-Neuwied, Linz, Irsch-Trier, Irmenach, Koerich, Thal-Kleinich at Bernkastle, and Walberberg. These towns are along the Mosel, Glan, Nahe or Rhine Rivers.

More About JOANNIS STROH:

Note: Strayer analogs: Stroh, Stroer, Stroher

Child of JOANNIS STROH is:

2. i. JOANNIS² STROH.

Generation No. 2

2. JOANNIS² STROH (JOANNIS¹)

Child of JOANNIS STROH is:

3. i. JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, b. January 26, 1703/04, Neuerburg, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deaner, Trier diocese, Germany; d. October 1769, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA.

Generation No. 3

3. JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER (JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born January 26, 1703/04 in Neuerburg, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deaner, Trier diocese, Germany, and died October 1769 in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA. He married MARGARETHA SCHMID January 28, 1727/28 in Bombogen parish, Wittich deanery, Trier doicese, Germany, daughter of PETRI SCHMID. She was born 1710 in Bombogen parish, Wittlich deanery, Trier diocese, Germany, and died 1760 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

Notes for JOHANES-MATTES STROEHER:

Apparently Johannes-Mattes Stroeher emigrated to the United States with John Jacob Stehli, on the ship "Priscilla", on September 11, 1749, under Captain William Muir. Other passengers were Rudy Juntz, Jacob ( ) Kuntz, Jacob Bart and Johan Nickel Neu and Johan Adam Neu. another ship of interest is the "Brotherhood", under Captain John Thompson; she landed Saturday, November 3, 1750. On board were Michael Wurm, and Johann Adam Stohr.

Marriage records from the Katholische churches of the diocese of Trier include Matthias Stroh, January 28, 1728. His spouse was Margaretha Schmid Roemisch-Katholische, Bombogen parish, Whittlich deanery, Trier diocese, Rhineland, Preussen.

Between 1728 and 1760, American pioneer Johannes-Mattes Stroeher, and his wife Margaretha Schmidt baptized several children (the total estimated number of offspring was 15). Witnesses at baptism in the Quittophilla Hill Lutheran Church, included his son John-Nicholas Strayer and wife Marie Catherin, his daughter Elizabeth Stroer, Michael or Michel Wurm (Worm, possibly a corruption of the name Warmpstler) and wife Ana Elizabietha, and Valentine Keller and wife Justine-Catherine.

Children of JOHANES-MATTES STROEHER and MARGARETHA SCHMID are:

i. JOHANES-ADAM⁴ STRAYER, b. 1730, Rheinland Pflaz, Germany; m. EVA CATHERINA JETTER, November 18, 1755, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

Notes for JOHANES-ADAM STRAYER:

Curch records from PA indicated John Adam Stoehr married Evan Catharine Jetter (Yetter) on November 18, 1755.

4. ii. GERMANNUS STROHE, b. April 22, 1732, Neuerburg, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deaner, Trier diocese, Germany; d. 1777, Dorf, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deanery, Trier diocese, Germany.

5. iii. JOHN-NICHOLAS STRAYER, SR., b. December 1733, Rheinland Pflaz, Germany; d. March 05, 1809, Shepherdstown, Berkeley Co., VA.

6. iv. JOHAN-DANIEL STROH, b. 1735, Rheinland Pflaz, Germany.

v. ANNA-CHRISTINA STROEHER, b. 1741, Rheinland Pflaz, Germany; m. JOHN GEORGE MEYER.

7. vi. ANNA-CATHERINE STRAYER, b. 1745, Rheinland Pflaz, Germany; d. 1795, Shepherdstown, Berkley Co., VA.

vii. MARIA-ELIZABETH STROER, b. February 04, 1744/45, Neuerburg, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deaner, Trier diocese, Germany; d. PA; m. JOHN GEORGE MEYER, April 21, 1767, Quittophilla Hill Church in Lebonon Twp, Lancaster Co, PA; b. October 29, 1734; d. December 1794.

More About JOHN GEORGE MEYER:

Burial: January 01, 1795, Schwartzwald Reformed Chruchyard

viii. JOHANNES STRAYER, b. August 12, 1748, Neuerburg, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deaner, Trier diocese, Germany; d. September 25, 1827, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; m. BARBARA UNKNOWN, 1768, PA; b. May 16, 1750; d. May 23, 1827, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

8. ix. JOHANES-MATHIAS STRAYER, b. July 27, 1749, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany or on shipboard.; d. 1831, Lock Haven, Middle Co., Pa.

9. x. ANNA-MARGARETHA STROEHER, b. May 03, 1750, Neuerburg, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deaner, Trier diocese, Germany.

xi. MARY-CATHERINE STROEHER, b. December 11, 1750, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; m. LEONARD ALBRECHT, August 16, 1768.

xii. CATHERINE-ELIZABETH STROEHER, b. March 25, 1752, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; d. 1752.

xiii. CATHERINE-ELIZABETH STROEHER, b. February 18, 1753, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

10. xiv. MARIA-MAGDALENA STRAYER, b. February 18, 1755, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; d. November 05, 1801, Cocalico Twp., York Co., PA.

xv. ANNA-MARIA STRAYER, b. October 26, 1756, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

Notes for ANNA-MARIA STRAYER:

May have migrated to the Shepherdstown, VA, area with her brother John-Nicholas, Sr.

xvi. JOHANNES-MICHAEL STROEHER, b. December 10, 1759, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

Generation No. 4

4. GERMANNUS⁴ STROHE (JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born April 22, 1732 in Neuerburg, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deaner, Trier diocese, Germany, and died 1777 in Dorf, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deanery, Trier diocese, Germany. He married ANNA SHAAF 1760 in Bombogen parish, Wittich deanery, Trier doicese, Germany. She died 1777 in Dorf, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deanery, Trier diocese, Germany.

Children of GERMANNUS STROHE and ANNA SHAAF are:

i. MARIA-ELISABETHA⁵ STROHE, b. January 28, 1765.

ii. MARIA-MARGARETHA STROHE, b. July 25, 1772.

iii. JOANNES-JOSEPHUS STROHE STROHE, b. October 12, 1775.

iv. CATHARINA STROHE STROHE, b. March 17, 1777.

5. JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴ STRAYER, SR. (JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born December 1733 in Rheinland Pflaz, Germany, and died March 05, 1809 in Shepherdstown, Berkeley Co., VA. He married MARIE-CATHERINE AMENDT 1757 in PA. She was born November 09, 1743, and died 1820 in Berkeley Co., VA.

Notes for JOHN-NICHOLAS STRAYER, SR.:

John Nicolas Strayer was reportedly born in December of 1733, in the Mosel River Valley, near Elinnach, Traebach or the Traben/Trohrbach area of Germany to Johanes Matthias Stroeher and his wife Maragethe Schmid. They emigrated from Germany in 1749, on the ship "Priscilla", under Captain James Arnot, landing on September 11, 1749. He was yet under the age of sixteen where a signature was required, so his name was not on the ships manifest. From the records of the Quittophilla Lutheran Chruch it is apparent that he remained at or near that area for some 6-10 years, probably working at a trade to help support his father's growing family. From about 1759, when he married Marie Cahterine until 1762, he and Michael Worm began "proving up" on a piece of land in Chanceford Twp., of York Co., PA. their third child Andreas, who died young, was born and baptized in that neighborhood.

On August 2, 1762, 100 acres was warranted to Nicholas Streer in Chanceford Twp. of what is now York Co., PA, and plats also list a 393 acre tract, named "Stoney Ribs", owned by Nicholas Streer and Michael Wurm together.

Children of JOHN-NICHOLAS STRAYER and MARIE-CATHERINE AMENDT are:

i. JOHN-MICHAEL⁵ STRAYER, b. December 24, 1759, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; d. March 23, 1812, Berkeley Co., VA.

Notes for JOHN-MICHAEL STRAYER:

Pennsylvania Records of Revolutionary enlistments show a Michael Stroher listed on February 24, 1781, for a payment through September 1, 1776 and having pay due to January 20, 1777. He was a Private in Captain Davenport's Co., 3rd PA Regiment command, under Lt. Colonel Lambert Cadwallader. Apparently he served tours as a substitute private for several other individuals. It was not uncommon for gentry to "hire" substitutes to serve in the army for them.

More About JOHN-MICHAEL STRAYER:

Note: Never married.

11. ii. JOHANNES STRAYER, b. 1763, York Co., PA; d. 1837, Fairfield Co., OH.

iii. ANDREAS STRAYER, b. December 09, 1765, Lower Windsor Twp., York Co., PA; d. 1770, York Co., PA.

12. iv. JOHN-NICHOLAS STRAYER, JR., b. Bet. 1766 - 1767, York Co., PA; d. October 13, 1806, Dry Run Plantation, Berkeley Co., VA.

13. v. ADAM STRAYER, 1ST, b. September 04, 1775, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA; d. 1831, Berkeley Co., VA.

14. vi. SUSANNAH STRAYER, b. February 08, 1780, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA; d. December 01, 1851, Berkeley Co., VA.

6. JOHAN-DANIEL⁴ STROH (JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1735 in Rheinland Pflaz, Germany. He married CATHERINE FIRNSSLER 1758, daughter of MICHAEL FIRNSSLER and MARY-CATHARINE.

Children of JOHAN-DANIEL STROH and CATHERINE FIRNSSLER are:

i. JOHN-DANIEL⁵ STROHER, b. May 11, 1762, Quittophilla Church area, Lebanon Co., PA.

ii. JOHN-MICHAEL STROH, b. April 1763, Quittophilla Church area, Lebanon Co., PA.

iii. ANN-ELIZABETH STROH, b. December 26, 1765, Quittophilla Church area, Lebanon Co., PA.

iv. CHRISTIANA-DOROTHEA STROH, b. January 15, 1768, Quittophilla Church area, Lebanon Co., PA.

v. CHRISTOPHER-FREDERIC STROH, b. January 17, 1769, Quittophilla Church area, Lebanon Co., PA.

vi. EVA-MARY STROH, b. March 10, 1772, Quittophilla Church area, Lebanon Co., PA.

7. ANNA-CATHERINE⁴ STRAYER (JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1745 in Rheinland Pflaz, Germany, and died 1795 in Shepherdstown, Berkley Co., VA. She married JOHN-ADAM GOHN-COON 1772 in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA, son of JOHANNES GOHN-COON and ANNA-ROSINA CRANTZDORF. He was born February 18, 1742/43 in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA, and died 1790 in Shepherdstown, Berkley Co., VA.

Children of ANNA-CATHERINE STRAYER and JOHN-ADAM GOHN-COON are:

15. i. MICHAEL⁵ GOHN-COON, b. Abt. 1773, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA.

ii. JOHN-ADAM GOHN-COON, b. July 11, 1775, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA; d. 1807, Ross later Pickaway Co., OH; m. HANNAH MARQUIS, June 19, 1804, Ross later Picaway Co., OH.

16. iii. ANNA-CATHERINA GOHN, b. March 1777, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA.

iv. ANNA-ROSINA GOHN, b. October 11, 1779, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA.

v. MARIA-MAGDALENA GOHN, b. November 15, 1780, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA.

vi. JOHAN-GEORGE GOHN-COON, b. November 09, 1781, Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA; d. 1831, Ross later Pickaway Co., OH; m. HANNAH MARQUIS, December 09, 1809, Ross later Picaway Co., OH.

More About JOHAN-GEORGE GOHN-COON:

Note: Married his brother's widow.

8. JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴ STRAYER (JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born July 27, 1749 in Rheinland Pfalz, Germany or on shipboard., and died 1831 in Lock Haven, Middle Co., Pa. He married ANNA-BARBARA BRECHBEIL March 21, 1775 in Quittophilla Hill Church in Lebonon Twp, Lancaster Co, PA, daughter of HANS-NICHOLAS BRECHTBEIL and MARIA-JULIANNA DILLAR. She was born 1755 in Cleona Neighborhood, Lebanon Twp, Lancaster, PA., and died Abt. 1820 in Lock Haven, Middle Co., Pa.

Notes for JOHANES-MATHIAS STRAYER:

Strayer may have been spelled Strehr or Stroher in Europe.

Joh Mathias (or just Mathias) Stroher (Strayer) married in 1775, Anna Barbara Brechbeil, and had seven sons and one daughter. All of the sons and their wives had children, with Peter having the most, 8 by his first wife and 9 by his second. Most of the Strayer's living in and around Johnstown, PA today are descendants of Peter Strayer.

More About JOHANES-MATHIAS STRAYER:

Baptism: August 06, 1749, Quittophilla Church area, Lebanon Co., PA

Nickname: Metias Strayer

Occupation: 1745, Professor at U. of Berlin in Germany

Residence: 1790, Northumberland Co., PA

Children of JOHANES-MATHIAS STRAYER and ANNA-BARBARA BRECHBEIL are:

17. i. NICHOLAS GEORGE⁵ STRAYER, b. 1776, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA; d. 1844, Near Roaring Springs,Bedford Co., PA.

18. ii. PETER STRAYER, b. Abt. 1778, Bedford Co., PA; d. Abt. 1843, Jackson Twp., Cambria Co., PA.

iii. ADAM STRAYER, b. 1784; d. 1820; m. JULIA HARTEL, 1805; b. 1787; d. 1851.

More About ADAM STRAYER:

Residence: Huntingdon County, PA

19. iv. JOHN PETER STRAYER, SR., b. 1784; d. 1868.

20. v. VALENTINE STRAYER, b. March 03, 1791; d. May 08, 1859, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, Pennsyvania.

vi. JACOB STRAYER, b. 1795; m. SUSANNAH GOUGHNOUR, 1820, Cambria Co., PA; b. 1802; d. South Dakota.

More About JACOB STRAYER:

Residence: Cambria County, PA

21. vii. JOSEPH STRAYER, b. Abt. 1797, PA; d. December 09, 1860, Cambria Co., PA.

viii. BARBARA STRAYER, m. LEWIS WESSINGER.

ix. ELIZABETH STRAYER, m. PETER BUCHER.

9. ANNA-MARGARETHA⁴ STROEHER (JOHANES-MATTES³, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born May 03, 1750 in Neuerburg, Bombogen parish, Wittlich deaner, Trier diocese, Germany. She married PETER KOBER October 09, 1764 in Quittophilla Hill Church in Lebonon Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. He was born 1740.

Children of ANNA-MARGARETHA STROEHER and PETER KOBER are:

i. ANNA-ELIZABETH⁵ KOBER, b. July 1765, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

ii. JOH. NICHOLAS KOBER, b. November 20, 1766, Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA.

10. MARIA-MAGDALENA⁴ STRAYER (JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born February 18, 1755 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, and died November 05, 1801 in Cocalico Twp., York Co., PA. She married GEORGE ILGES-YILGIS. He died 1804 in Cocalico Twp., York Co., PA.

Children of MARIA-MAGDALENA STRAYER and GEORGE ILGES-YILGIS are:

22. i. JOHN⁵ ILGES-YILGIS.

ii. GEORGE ILGES-YILGIS, m. MARY WEISER.

iii. CATHERINE ILGES-YILGIS.

iv. ELIZABETH ILGES-YILGIS, m. GEORGE GROSS.

v. BARBARA ILGES-YILGIS, m. GEORGE WEIDMAN.

vi. SUSANNAH ILGES-YILGIS.

Generation No. 5

11. JOHANNES⁵ STRAYER (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1763 in York Co., PA, and died 1837 in Fairfield Co., OH. He married (1) ANNA MARIA SWARTZ 1783 in VA or MD. She was born 1768 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died in Berkeley Co., VA. He married (2) PRISCILLA WOOD January 11, 1798 in Berkeley Co., VA, daughter of ABRAHAM WOOD. She was born 1775.

Children of JOHANNES STRAYER and ANNA SWARTZ are:

i. NICHOLAS⁶ STRAYER, b. 1784.

ii. JACOB STRAYER, b. June 27, 1796; d. January 03, 1869, Button Twp., Ford Co., IL.

Children of JOHANNES STRAYER and PRISCILLA WOOD are:

23. iii. MICHAEL⁶ STRAYER, b. April 07, 1799, Berkeley Co., VA; d. January 04, 1872, Circleville, Pickaway Co., OH.

iv. ABRAM WOOD STRAYER, b. Bet. 1815 - 1820.

12. JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵ STRAYER, JR. (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Bet. 1766 - 1767 in York Co., PA, and died October 13, 1806 in Dry Run Plantation, Berkeley Co., VA. He married CATHERINE MARIE STAYLEY 1785 in Shehperdstown, Berkeley Co., VA, daughter of JOHN-JACOB STALEY and CATHERINE GOERING. She was born Abt. 1768 in York Co., PA, and died July 03, 1841 in Hurst Cemetery, Olive Chapel,Logan Co., OH.

Notes for JOHN-NICHOLAS STRAYER, JR.:

John Nicholas Strayer, Jr., was born to John Nicholas Stayer, Sr., and Marie Catherine, about 1766, in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA. Very little is known about Nicholas, Jr.,; this is due in part to the fact that he predeceased his Father by October 10, 1805, leaving a widow and five sons. His wife, Marie Catherine Stayley, was the daughter of John Jacob Stayley, Jr., who had been a next door neighbor to John Nicholas Strayer, Sr., in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA, and she was the granddaughter of John Jacob Stehli, Sr., who immigrated with Johanes-Mattes Stroeher on the ship "Priscilla" in 1749. At the time of John Nicholas, Sr's death, in 1809, the two elder grandsons had reached the age of twenty-one or more, and in the will of Catherine Stayley Strayer and these mature grandsons, were given control of the Dry Run Plantation, with the provision that stated amounts were to be paid annually for seven years to their aunt Susannah Strayer Couchman and uncle John Strayer. On April 13, 1812, the Dry Run Plantation was sold by Jacob and wife, Adam, and the widowed Catherine on behalf of her three remaining underage sons, to Mathew Ransom, of Jefferson Co., VA, for the amount of $6,000.

Catherine Stayley Strayer later migrated with her three younger sons, John P., Nicolas and Michel to Logan Co., OH, circa 1828-1834, and is believed to have died August 26, 1841, and to be buried in the Hurst Cemetery, in Logan Co., OH. The census of 1820 for Virginia shows Catherine dwelling with her son John.

Children of JOHN-NICHOLAS STRAYER and CATHERINE STAYLEY are:

24. i. JACOB⁶ STRAYER, b. Abt. 1786, Berkeley Co., VA; d. October 13, 1826, Hedgesville, Berkeley Co., VA.

25. ii. ADAM STRAYER, 2ND, b. Abt. 1788, Berkeley Co., VA; d. November 09, 1818, Berkeley Co., VA.

26. iii. NICHOLAS STRAYER, 3RD, b. April 22, 1792, Berkeley Co., VA; d. January 20, 1853, Logan Co., OH.

27. iv. JOHN P. STRAYER, b. July 05, 1796, Berkeley Co., VA; d. September 25, 1877, Rum Creek area, Logan Co., OH.

28. v. MICHAEL STRAYER, b. September 29, 1800, Berkeley Co., VA; d. May 06, 1855, Wolcottville, Johnson Twp., Lagrange Co., IN.

13. ADAM⁵ STRAYER, 1ST (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born September 04, 1775 in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA, and died 1831 in Berkeley Co., VA. He married (1) UNKNOWN. He married (2) MARY SESLAR August 12, 1813 in Martinsburg, Berkley Co., VA, daughter of JOHN SESLAR.

Child of ADAM STRAYER and MARY SESLAR is:

29. i. DANIEL EVEN⁶ STRAYER, b. January 23, 1790, Virginia; d. March 27, 1869, Logan Co., OH.

14. SUSANNAH⁵ STRAYER (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born February 08, 1780 in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA, and died December 01, 1851 in Berkeley Co., VA. She married GEORGE WILLIAM COUCHMAN October 17, 1797 in Shehperdstown, Berkeley Co., VA, son of BENEDICT COUCHMAN and CATHERINE. He was born September 23, 1762 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died January 10, 1835 in Berkeley Co., VA.

Children of SUSANNAH STRAYER and GEORGE COUCHMAN are:

30. i. MARY C.⁶ COUCHMAN, b. August 06, 1800; d. November 23, 1863.

31. ii. JOHN G. COUCHMAN, b. February 18, 1804, Virginia; d. June 10, 1878.

32. iii. MICHAEL COUCHMAN, b. Abt. 1805; d. November 22, 1844, Berkeley Co., VA.

33. iv. GEORGE J. COUCHMAN, b. October 31, 1806, Berkeley Co., VA; d. December 26, 1856, Berkeley Co., VA.

34. v. HENRY J. COUCHMAN, b. March 28, 1809; d. July 25, 1851.

35. vi. ELIZABETH COUCHMAN, b. March 01, 1811, Berkeley Co., VA; d. May 06, 1861.

36. vii. BENJAMIN S. COUCHMAN, b. March 14, 1821, Berkeley Co., VA; d. June 11, 1879, Martnsburg, Berkeley Co., WV.

15. MICHAEL⁵ GOHN-COON (ANNA-CATHERINE⁴ STRAYER, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1773 in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA. He married CATHERINE.

Child of MICHAEL GOHN-COON and CATHERINE is:

i. MICHAEL⁶ GOHN-COON, JR., b. July 30, 1795, Shepherdstown, Berkley Co., VA.

16. ANNA-CATHERINA⁵ GOHN (ANNA-CATHERINE⁴ STRAYER, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born March 1777 in Chanceford Twp., York Co., PA. She married JACOB HOTT Abt. 1795 in Berkeley Co., VA.

Child of ANNA-CATHERINA GOHN and JACOB HOTT is:

i. CATHERINE⁶ HOTT, b. January 01, 1814, Maryland; d. Abt. 1875, Novelty, Knox Co., MO; m. AMOS STEIDLEY, Abt. 1834; b. July 20, 1814, Berkey; d. Novelty, Knox Co., MO.

17. NICHOLAS GEORGE⁵ STRAYER (JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1776 in Lebanon Twp., Lancaster Co., PA, and died 1844 in Near Roaring Springs,Bedford Co., PA. He married ESTHER ROUDEBUSH Abt. 1797 in Bedford Co., PA, daughter of MICHAEL ROUDEBUSH and JULIANA BIGLER. She was born Abt. 1781 in Bedford Co., PA, and died Abt. 1869 in Bedford Co., PA.

Notes for NICHOLAS GEORGE STRAYER:

Nicholas married Esther Roudebush (1781-1869) and remained in Bedford County, PA.

More About NICHOLAS GEORGE STRAYER:

Note: Death records lost in Johnstown, PA flood.

Child of NICHOLAS STRAYER and ESTHER ROUDEBUSH is:

37. i. JOHN⁶ STRAYER, d. 1867, Bedford Co., PA.

18. PETER⁵ STRAYER (JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1778 in Bedford Co., PA, and died Abt. 1843 in Jackson Twp., Cambria Co., PA. He married (1) ELIZABETH KNEISLEY Abt. 1797 in Bedford Co., PA, daughter of JOHN KNEISLEY. She was born Abt. 1777 in Bedford Co., PA, and died Abt. 1817. He married (2) CATHERINE REAM Abt. 1817 in Cambria Co., PA, daughter of ADAM REAM. She was born January 16, 1792, and died February 12, 1864 in Richland Twp., Cambria Co., PA.

Notes for PETER STRAYER:

1. PETER2 STRAYER (JOHANN PETER1) was born 14 July 1770 in York County, Dover Township, PA, and died 05 June 1842 in Lucas Co., Ohio. He married CATHARINE SENEFF 20 November 1797 in York County, PA, daughter of CASPER SENEFF and CATHRINE HELLER(HELMER).

Children of PETER STRAYER and CATHARINE SENEFF are:

2. i. CHRISTENA3 STRAYER, b. 03 January 1796, Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., PA; d. Abt. 1869, Illinois.

3. ii. DANIEL STRAYER, b. 17 October 1797, Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., PA; d. 30 September 1863, Elm Hall, Sumner Township, Gratiot Co., MI.

4. iii. PETER STRAYER, b. 17 June 1800, Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., PA; d. 11 November 1884, Monclova, Lucas County, Ohio.

5. iv. CATHARINE MARIA STRAYER, b. 16 May 1802, Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., PA.

6. v. MICHAEL STRAYER, b. 17 June 1803, Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., PA; d. 10 June 1873, Williams Co., OH.

7. vi. SARAH STRAYER, b. 10 April 1808, Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., PA; d. 1840, OH.

8. vii. JOHN E. STRAYER, b. 04 July 1811, Saltlick Township, Fayette Co., PA; d. 29 January 1892, Monclova, Lucas County, Ohio.

Children of PETER STRAYER and ELIZABETH KNEISLEY are:

i. RACHAEL⁶ STRAYER, b. Abt. 1798, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1888, IA; m. PAUL BENSHOFF, JR., Abt. 1817, Cambria Co., PA.

ii. BARBARA STRAYER, b. August 03, 1798, Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA; d. March 1836, Johnstown, Cambria Co., PA; m. LEWIS WISSINGER, Abt. 1816, Cambria Co., PA; b. June 21, 1793, Stoneycreek Twp., Bedford Co., PA; d. September 21, 1895, Conemaugh Twp., Cambria Co., PA.

More About BARBARA STRAYER:

Burial: 1836, Griffin Hill Cemetery, Conemaugh, PA

iii. CATHERINE STRAYER, b. Abt. 1799, Cambria Co., PA; m. MISTER STUFFT, Abt. 1820.

iv. ELIZABETH STRAYER, b. Abt. 1801, PA; d. Abt. 1883, Cambria Co., PA; m. ELI BENSHOFF, 1821, Cambria Co., PA; b. Abt. 1805; d. Abt. 1854, Cambria Co., PA.

v. ADAM STRAYER, b. Abt. 1803, The Cove, Bedford Co., PA; d. Abt. 1887, Richland Twp., Cambria Co., PA; m. ELIZABETH STULL; b. Abt. 1805; d. Abt. 1876.

More About ADAM STRAYER:

Occupation: Farmer

vi. SARAH STRAYER, b. Abt. 1805, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1887, Johnstown, Cambria Co., P; m. (1) GEORGE WISSINGER, Abt. 1825, Cambria Co., PA; m. (2) DAVID NOON, Abt. 1850, Cambria Co., PA; b. Abt. 1807, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1890, Cambria Co., PA.

vii. JOHN PETER STRAYER, b. June 1806, Bedford Co., PA; d. October 20, 1884, Lower Yoder Twp., Cambria Co., PA; m. (1) MARY KLINEFELTER, 1826; b. Abt. 1807; d. Bef. 1838, Cambria Co., PA; m. (2) JULIA ANN KLINEFELTER, 1839, Cambria Co., PA; b. Abt. 1822, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1887, Cambria Co., PA.

Notes for JOHN PETER STRAYER:

John P. Strayer lived on the old Conemaugh Twp., homestead, now within the city limits of Morrellville, PA. He purchased a farm of 146 acres for $1.50 per acre previous to his marriage. All of this excepting a small field was in timber. through 1834 he was a potter by trade manufacturing earthenware and pottery and dong small farming. He also performed some light contract hauling. Politically he was a democrat

viii. JACOB P. STRAYER, b. Abt. 1812, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1890, Cambria Co., PA; m. NANCY, 1835, Cambria Co., PA; b. Abt. 1816, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1899, Cambria Co., PA.

Children of PETER STRAYER and CATHERINE REAM are:

ix. MARY⁶ STRAYER, b. 1817, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1890, Cambria Co., PA; m. JACOB KLINEFELTER, 1840; b. Abt. 1802; d. Abt. 1890.

x. PETER STRAYER, b. Abt. 1818.

38. xi. SUSAN STRAYER, b. September 02, 1818, Cambria Co., PA; d. March 06, 1885, St. Joe, concord Twp., DeKalb co., IN.

xii. MATTHIAS STRAYER, b. Abt. 1821, Cambria Co., PA; d. September 10, 1868, Elkhart, IN; m. MARY ANN MILTENBERGER, Abt. 1842, Cambria Co., PA; b. Abt. 1822, Cambria Co., PA; d. Elkhart, IN.

More About MATTHIAS STRAYER:

Note: Cause of death: brain fever

39. xiii. JOSHUA STRAYER, b. Abt. 1824, Cambria Co., PA; d. Aft. 1884, Mansfield, Richland Co., OH.

xiv. ESTHER STRAYER, b. August 16, 1824, Cambria Co., PA; d. June 24, 1893, Braddock, Washington Co., PA; m. DAVID LIVINGSTON, December 22, 1853, Cambria Co., PA; b. June 17, 1833; d. January 17, 1912, Chattanooga, TN.

xv. DAVID STRAYER, b. Abt. 1827, Cambria Co., PA; d. Bef. 1884.

xvi. JOSEPH S. STRAYER, b. Abt. 1827, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1887, PA; m. ELIZABETH OTTO, February 02, 1860, Scalp Level, Somerset Co., PA; b. Abt. 1842, Cambria Co., PA; d. 1889, PA.

xvii. DANIEL STRAYER, b. Abt. 1829, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1903, Beaver Valley, PA; m. (1) ELIZABETH GATES WATERS, Abt. 1846; m. (2) SUSANNAH NOON, Abt. 1850, Cambria Co., PA; b. Abt. 1834; d. Abt. 1903.

More About DANIEL STRAYER:

Burial: 1903, Beaver Valley Church Cemetery

Occupation: Minister, Evangelical Church

xviii. JULIA ANNA STRAYER, b. Abt. 1831, Cambria Co., PA; d. Abt. 1885; m. ADAM KEMMERY; b. Abt. 1850, Cambria Co., PA.

xix. UNKNOWN STRAYER.

19. JOHN PETER⁵ STRAYER, SR. (JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1784, and died 1868. He married ELIZABETH REED. She was born 1793.

Notes for ELIZABETH REED:

Elizabeth Reeds, great grandfather Johan Philip Riedt (1678-1783) immigrated to America in 1727. They were apparently Lutherans. Her parents had lived on a farm in Stark county, Ohio about 1812, and here daughter Mary Ann was born here after she arrived there. Elizabeth obtained a divorce from John Strayer, Sr., and married in 1844 Henry Keller (1776-1849). They had no children together.

Children of JOHN STRAYER and ELIZABETH REED are:

i. DAUGHTER⁶ STRAYER, b. Abt. 1810.

40. ii. JOHN JR. STRAYER, b. 1812, Cambria County, PA; d. 1884.

41. iii. DAVID STRAYER, b. 1815, Cambria County, PA; d. 1873.

42. iv. JOSEPH STRAYER, b. 1817, Cambria County, PA; d. 1875.

43. v. VALENTINE STRAYER, b. 1818, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA; d. December 24, 1891, Eldon, Walpello Co., Iowa.

44. vi. ANDREW STRAYER, b. Abt. 1822, Cambria County, PA; d. Abt. 1916.

45. vii. LEWIS WILLIAM STRAYER, b. Abt. 1826; d. Abt. 1862, The Union Army of disease..

viii. MARY ANN STRAYER, b. Unknown, Stark County, Ohio; d. Sharon, Noble Co., Ohio.

More About MARY ANN STRAYER:

Note: Died young women, little known.

20. VALENTINE⁵ STRAYER (JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born March 03, 1791, and died May 08, 1859 in Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, Pennsyvania. He married CATHARINE BEALY 1812. She was born May 04, 1792, and died February 1875 in Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, Pennsyvania.

More About VALENTINE STRAYER:

Residence: Lebanon County, PA

Children of VALENTINE STRAYER and CATHARINE BEALY are:

46. i. JOHN⁶ STRAYER, b. July 13, 1818, Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA, on a farm.; d. September 11, 1878, Freeport, Winneshiek Co., Iowa.

47. ii. CATHERINE STRAYER, b. September 10, 1820, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, Pennsyvania; d. January 05, 1880, Freeport, Winneshiek Co., Iowa.

48. iii. GEORGE STRAYER, b. January 31, 1835, Duaphin County, Penn.; d. March 16, 1905, Freeport, Iowa.

21. JOSEPH⁵ STRAYER (JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1797 in PA, and died December 09, 1860 in Cambria Co., PA. He married MAGDALENA STULL Abt. 1816 in Cambria Co., PA. She was born March 20, 1796 in PA, and died January 01, 1865 in Cambria Co., PA.

More About JOSEPH STRAYER:

Residence: Cambria County, PA

Children of JOSEPH STRAYER and MAGDALENA STULL are:

i. BARBARA⁶ STRAYER, b. Abt. 1818.

ii. DANIEL STRAYER, b. Abt. 1821; d. Kansas.

iii. GEORGE STRAYER, b. Abt. 1822, Cambria Co., PA; d. Aft. 1851, Adams Twp., Cambria Co., PA; m. CATHERINE KRING, Abt. 1840, Cambria Co., PA; b. Abt. 1823.

More About GEORGE STRAYER:

Burial: Paul and Stull Cemetery, eichenshuv Farm, Sallix, PA

More About CATHERINE KRING:

Burial: Salisbury Cemetery, Pike Twp., Fulton Co., OH

iv. WILLIAM STRAYER, b. September 14, 1826, Adams Twp., Cambria Co., PA; d. March 16, 1895, Pike Twp., Fulton, Co., OH; m. ELIZABETH KRING, Abt. 1840, Adams Twp., Cambria Co., PA; b. Abt. 1829.

More About WILLIAM STRAYER:

Migrated: To Fulton Co., OH, one year after it was formed.

More About ELIZABETH KRING:

Burial: Ai Cemetery, Fulton Co., Ohio

v. LYDIA STRAYER, b. March 11, 1833, Benshoff Hill, Cambria Co., PA; d. July 28, 1915, Elton, Cambria Co., PA; m. JACOB G. VARNER, June 12, 1851, Richland Twp., Cambria Co., PA, by Rev. J.G. Stull.

vi. LEVINIA STRAYER, b. Abt. 1834, Cambria Co., PA; d. Kansas; m. ELI ENFIELD, Abt. 1854.

vii. CATHERINE SARAH STRAYER, b. Abt. 1837, Cambria Co., PA; m. UNKNOWN BERKEY, Abt. 1857, Cambria Co., PA.

22. JOHN⁵ ILGES-YILGIS (MARIA-MAGDALENA⁴ STRAYER, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹)

Children of JOHN ILGES-YILGIS are:

i. SALOME⁶ ILGES-YILGIS.

ii. GEORGE ILGES-YILGIS.

Generation No. 6

23. MICHAEL⁶ STRAYER (JOHANNES⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born April 07, 1799 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died January 04, 1872 in Circleville, Pickaway Co., OH. He married (1) JUDITH KEFFER December 22, 1825 in Pickaway Co., Oh, daughter of VALENTINE KEFFER and CATHARINA ZIEGLER. She was born January 11, 1807 in Pickaway Co., OH, and died February 17, 1832 in Circleville, Pickaway Co., OH. He married (2) ESTHER UNKNOWN Aft. February 1832. She was born February 04, 1811 in Franklin Co., OH.

Children of MICHAEL STRAYER and JUDITH KEFFER are:

i. JOHN VALENTINE⁷ STRAYER, b. June 11, 1827, Circleville, Pickaway Co., HO; d. August 12, 1827, Circleville, Pickaway Co., OH.

ii. MARY CATHERINE STRAYER, b. May 20, 1829, Circleville, Pickaway Co., HO; d. May 11, 1835, Circleville, Pickaway Co., HO.

Children of MICHAEL STRAYER and ESTHER UNKNOWN are:

iii. SAMUEL HAMILTON⁷ STRAYER, b. December 04, 1836.

iv. THOMAS HANSON STRAYER, b. October 28, 1841.

24. JACOB⁶ STRAYER (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1786 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died October 13, 1826 in Hedgesville, Berkeley Co., VA. He married CATHERINE MARIE SEIBERT March 17, 1810 in Berkeley Co., VA, daughter of JOHN-JACOB SEIBERT and EVA-ELIZABETH BATTORF. She died 1855.

Notes for JACOB STRAYER:

Appraisal of Jacob Strayer, November 08, 1826, Will Book , page 265---17 head hogs at $28, 1 set gears hames $12.30, 3 head horses and 1 cold $82, 8 head cattle $51, 1 old wagon $8, 1 harrow $1, 5 head sheep $5, 3 double trees and 3 single trees and chains $2, old lumber $1, 2 scythes $2.50, 1 saddle $2, 2 mattocks $1.50, 1 shovel plow $0.75, lot iron $.037, 2 barrels $0.37, 1 pot $1, lot potatoes $1, 1 bucking tub $0.75, 1 hogshead $1.50, 254 bu. corn $84.

Cash paid for coffin---$155

Children of JACOB STRAYER and CATHERINE SEIBERT are:

i. GEORGE W.⁷ STRAYER, b. Abt. October 1822, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., VA; d. Aft. 1900, Urbana Twp., Champaign Co., OH; m. SARAH ANN QUINN, November 04, 1844, Martinsburg, Berkely Co., VA; b. Abt. July 1826, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., VA; d. Aft. 1900, Urbana Twp., Champaign Co., OH.

ii. JOHN NICOLAS STRAYER, b. January 23, 1811, Martinsburg, VA; d. 1811, Martinsburg, VA.

49. iii. JACOB-SEIBERT STRAYER, b. February 26, 1812, Berkeley Co., VA; d. October 03, 1894, Berkeley Co., VA.

50. iv. ELIZABETH STRAYER, b. Abt. 1816, Martinsburg, Berkley Co., VA.

51. v. ANNA MARY STRAYER, b. Abt. 1818, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., VA; d. 1885, Hedgesville Twp., Berkeley Co., WV.

52. vi. CATHERINE STRAYER, b. October 01, 1820, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., VA; d. October 08, 1845, Hedgesville, Berkeley Co., VA.

25. ADAM⁶ STRAYER, 2ND (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1788 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died November 09, 1818 in Berkeley Co., VA. He married MARY POISAL August 25, 1812 in Berkely Co., VA, daughter of JOHN POISAL. She was born Abt. 1795 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died April 12, 1827 in Berkeley Co., VA.

More About MARY POISAL:

Nickname: Polly

Children of ADAM STRAYER and MARY POISAL are:

i. ADAM POISAL⁷ STRAYER, b. Abt. 1814, Berkeley Co., VA.

ii. JOHN STRAYER, b. Abt. 1816.

26. NICHOLAS⁶ STRAYER, 3RD (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born April 22, 1792 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died January 20, 1853 in Logan Co., OH. He married (1) REBECCA WHITENECK November 07, 1813 in Martinsburg, Berkely Co., VA, daughter of HENRY WHITENECK and MARGARET BURNS. She was born July 14, 1794 in Frederick Co., MD, and died January 15, 1827 in Hancock, Frederick Co., MD. He married (2) EMMALINE SNYDER Abt. 1827 in Hancock, Frederick Co., MD. She was born Abt. 1808 in Indian Springs, MD, and died October 29, 1833 in Logan Co., OH. He married (3) ESTHER KINNAN 1834 in Olive Chapel, Logan Co., OH, daughter of JOSEPH KINNAN and MARY SANDERS. She was born August 03, 1813 in NY, and died Abt. 1889 in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.

More About NICHOLAS STRAYER, 3RD:

Military service: Second enlistment as Captain ended Feb 1865.

Residence: Livingston, MT

Children of NICHOLAS STRAYER and REBECCA WHITENECK are:

i. CATHERINE⁷ STRAYER, b. August 04, 1814, Berkeley Co., VA; d. Champaign Co., OH; m. AMOS CHESTER, September 03, 1833, Champaign Co., OH.

ii. SARAH ANN STRAYER, b. January 11, 1818, Berkeley Co., VA; d. Abt. 1895, Champaign Co., OH; m. FREDERICK NEWTON BARGER, November 10, 1840, Logan Co., OH.

iii. MARGARET STRAYER, b. February 20, 1821, Berkeley Co., VA; d. Logan Co., OH, east of West Liberty; m. CHARLES C. COOKSTON, March 18, 1845, Logan Co., OH; b. March 16, 1822, Franklin Co., PA; d. March 24, 1871, Bellefontaine Co., OH.

iv. SAMUEL DAVIES STRAYER, b. November 18, 1824, Berkeley Co., VA; d. November 1824, VA.

More About SAMUEL DAVIES STRAYER:

Note: Twin to Joseph Whitney Strayer

v. JOSEPH WHITNEY STRAYER, b. November 18, 1824, Berkeley Co., VA; d. March 20, 1911, Hurst Cemetery, Champaign Co., OH; m. (1) DELILAH ANNA LEE, Abt. 1844; b. Abt. 1829; d. Abt. 1859; m. (2) EMELINE CHARLOTTE FIDLER, July 05, 1860, Logan Co., OH; b. Abt. 1838; d. Abt. 1870.

More About DELILAH ANNA LEE:

Burial: Hurst Cemetery, Champaign Co., OH

More About EMELINE CHARLOTTE FIDLER:

Burial: Hurst Cemetery, Champaign Co., OH

Children of NICHOLAS STRAYER and EMMALINE SNYDER are:

vi. SAMUEL DAVID⁷ STRAYER, b. March 30, 1828, Indian Springs, Frederick Co., MD; d. August 19, 1896, Springfield, MO; m. NANCY WILSON, December 03, 1849, Springfield, Champaign Co., OH; b. Abt. 1834; d. Aft. April 08, 1903, St. James, Phelps Co., MO.

More About SAMUEL DAVID STRAYER:

Military service: 1890, Applied for Civil War pension

Occupation: 1890, Carpenter

Residence: 1890, Glenwood Twp., Wills Co., IA

More About NANCY WILSON:

Note: 1908, Applied for Civil War widows penson

vii. ELEANOR STRAYER, b. August 15, 1829, Indian Springs, Frederick Co., MD; d. December 22, 1911, Logan Co., OH; m. CONRAD MOOTS, Abt. 1845, Spring Hills, Logan Co., OH; b. December 18, 1820; d. January 26, 1901.

More About ELEANOR STRAYER:

Burial: De Graff Cemetery, Logan Co., OH

viii. REBECCA STRAYER, b. December 15, 1830, Indian Springs, Frederick Co., MD; m. MALEY FORD, Abt. 1850, Champaign Co., OH.

More About REBECCA STRAYER:

Burial: Conrad Cemetery, Champaign Co., OH

ix. EMMA STRAYER, b. November 10, 1832, Indian Springs, Frederick Co., MD; d. Urbana Twp., Champaign Co., OH; m. BARTON O'NEAL, Abt. 1852, Champaign Co., OH; d. Urbana Twp., Champaign Co., OH.

Children of NICHOLAS STRAYER and ESTHER KINNAN are:

x. ROSANNA⁷ STRAYER, b. December 18, 1834, De Graff Cemetery, Logan Co., OH; d. April 1858, Champaign Co., OH; m. WILLIAM T. CURL, December 12, 1851, Logan Co., OH; b. April 05, 1829, Clark Co., OH; d. August 05, 1911, Champaign Co., OH.

xi. MORINUS WILLETT STRAYER, b. June 22, 1835, West Liberty, Logan Co., OH; d. October 01, 1870, Lexington, McLean Co., IL; m. SARAH FRANCES SMITH, September 04, 1862; b. March 23, 1842; d. May 1932, Lexington, McLean Co., IL.

More About MORINUS WILLETT STRAYER:

Burial: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Lexington, McLean Co., IL

xii. MATILDA STRAYER, b. October 22, 1837, Logan Co., OH; d. July 11, 1929, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL; m. (1) GEORGE G. HUMPHRIES, September 23, 1858, McLean Co., IL; b. Abt. 1825, Champaign Co., OH; d. August 22, 1902, Belle Plains, Sumner Co., KS; m. (2) JAMES PROUD, December 04, 1867, Lexington, McLean Co., IL; d. Bef. 1880; m. (3) JAMES J. OWEN, October 08, 1881, Glenwood Mills, IA; b. Abt. 1840; d. Abt. 1925, Glenwood MIlls, IA.

xiii. MARY J. STRAYER, b. March 15, 1838, De Graff, Logan Co., OH; d. April 15, 1904, McLean Co., IL; m. THOMAS FOSTER TIPTON, October 23, 1856; b. August 29, 1833, Franklin Co., OH; d. February 07, 1904, McLean Co., IL.

More About THOMAS FOSTER TIPTON:

Note: Judge in McLean Co., IL

xiv. JOHN W. STRAYER, b. April 16, 1840, Logan Co., OH; d. March 14, 1916, Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS; m. MAGGIE HILL, March 17, 1868, Logan Co., OH; b. Abt. 1850, Logan Co., OH; d. Abt. 1882, Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS.

xv. ISAAC PUTNAM STRAYER, b. July 1841, Logan Co., OH; d. September 02, 1903, Spokane, WA; m. MARY R. ROSS, September 05, 1866; d. October 16, 1917.

xvi. JAMES B. STRAYER, b. Abt. 1842, Logan Co., OH; d. September 21, 1882, Fort Scott, KS; m. SARAH CHATTERSON, May 27, 1868, McLean Co., IL; b. Abt. 1846; d. October 18, 1912, Fort Scott, KS.

xvii. CHARLES STALEY STRAYER, b. February 18, 1845, Logan Co., OH; d. April 05, 1917, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL; m. ALICE M. WOODWARD, June 12, 1872; b. October 05, 1850, Nicholsville, KY; d. March 18, 1920, Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.

More About CHARLES STALEY STRAYER:

Burial: evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington, IL

xviii. THOMAS BEATTY STRAYER, b. March 08, 1848, Logan Co., OH; d. March 23, 1930, Reese, MI; m. ELIZA-JANE ARBOGAST, August 20, 1874, McLean Co., IL; b. August 21, 1851, McLean Co., IL; d. January 25, 1893, Milo, Vernon Co., MO.

More About THOMAS BEATTY STRAYER:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Arrowsmith, IL

More About ELIZA-JANE ARBOGAST:

Burial: Greenwood Cemetery, Arrowsmith, IL

xix. ZACHARY TAYLOR STRAYER, b. January 22, 1850, Logan Co., OH; d. March 24, 1927, Dawson Twp., Mclean Co., IL; m. ADELAIDE DICKERSON, March 17, 1875, McLean Co., IL; b. McLean Co., IL.

More About ZACHARY TAYLOR STRAYER:

Note: Twin to Elizabeth S. Strayer

xx. ELIZABETH S. STRAYER, b. January 22, 1850, Logan Co., OH; d. December 23, 1929, Pomona, Los Angeles Co., CA; m. NOAH WEBSTER BRITTON, April 08, 1886, Miles Co., IA; b. October 22, 1850, OH; d. June 30, 1932, Pomona, Los Angeles Co., CA.

More About ELIZABETH S. STRAYER:

Note: Twin to Zachary Taylor Strayer

27. JOHN P.⁶ STRAYER (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born July 05, 1796 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died September 25, 1877 in Rum Creek area, Logan Co., OH. He married (1) RACHEL STEWART October 06, 1819 in Berkeley Co., VA. She was born Abt. 1799 in VA or MD, and died October 10, 1863 in Rum Creek area, Logan Co., OH. He married (2) JEMIMA GUERIN April 08, 1865 in Shelby Co., OH. She was born Abt. 1808 in NJ, and died March 25, 1874 in Rum Creek area, Logan Co., OH.

More About JOHN P. STRAYER:

Baptism: August 07, 1796, St. Peter's Ev. Lutheran Church, Sheperdstown, VA

Burial: Hodge Cemetery, near Rumcreek Church, now in Logan Co., OH

Migrated: Bef. 1830, Clark Co., OH

Note: 1820 census shows his mother, Marie Catherine was living in the household.

More About RACHEL STEWART:

Burial: Hodge Cemetery, near Rumcreek Church, now in Logan Co., OH

More About JEMIMA GUERIN:

Burial: Hodge Cemetery, near Rumcreek Church, now in Logan Co., OH

Children of JOHN STRAYER and RACHEL STEWART are:

i. GRACE⁷ STRAYER, b. July 04, 1820, Berkelye co., VA; d. August 18, 1890, Logan Co., OH.

More About GRACE STRAYER:

Note: Never married.

ii. FINLEY WASHINGTON STRAYER, b. September 25, 1821, Berkeley Co., VA; d. October 26, 1896, Logan Co., OH; m. (1) MARY ANN SMITH, December 24, 1846, Logan Co., OH; b. July 26, 1826, Logan Co., OH; d. February 10, 1863, Logan Co., OH; m. (2) HANNAH E. LOFFER, December 20, 1863, Logan Co., OH; b. August 02, 1838, Logan Co., OH; d. August 12, 1932, Logan Co., OH.

iii. WILSON STRAYER, b. October 06, 1823, Berkeley Co., VA; d. March 07, 1907, Logan Co., OH; m. SARAH J.; b. July 20, 1832; d. April 17, 1901, Logan Co., OH.

iv. ANN REBECCA STRAYER, b. August 25, 1826, Berkeley Co., VA; d. October 15, 1888, Logan Co., OH; m. (1) ABSOLOM STOCKWELL, October 15, 1846, Logan Co., OH; m. (2) JOSEPH LONGBRAKE, 1856, Logan Co., OH; b. August 31, 1817, Jefferson Co., VA; d. Abt. 1879, Logan Co., OH.

v. WILLIAM HAMILTON STRAYER, b. September 28, 1828, Berkeley Co., VA; d. May 20, 1902, Logan Co., OH; m. PRICILLA N. RAY, September 04, 1860, Logan Co., OH; b. September 20, 1836; d. February 01, 1876, Logan Co., OH.

More About WILLIAM HAMILTON STRAYER:

Note: Abt. 1858, Went to Iowa but returned to Ohio.

vi. DANIEL NICHOLAS STRAYER, b. February 07, 1831, Clark Co., OH; d. May 20, 1902, Logan Co., OH; m. SARAH F. LOFFER, October 26, 1854, Logan Co., OH; b. April 13, 1837, Pickaway Co., OH; d. May 06, 1911, Logan Co., OH.

More About DANIEL NICHOLAS STRAYER:

Burial: De Graff Cemetery, Logan Co., OH

More About SARAH F. LOFFER:

Burial: De Graff Cemetery, Logan Co., OH

vii. MARY ELIZABETH STRAYER, b. January 27, 1836, Logan Co., OH; d. November 16, 1897, Logan Co., OH; m. GEORGE W. SHULTZ; b. August 20, 1836, Franklin Co., OH; d. November 25, 1905, Logan Co., OH.

More About MARY ELIZABETH STRAYER:

Burial: Plum Cemetery, Logan Co., OH

More About GEORGE W. SHULTZ:

Burial: Plum Cemetery, Logan Co., OH

viii. CATHERINE J. STRAYER, b. March 15, 1840, Bloomfield Twp., Logan Co., OH; d. August 1899, Logan Co., OH; m. ANTHON W. SCHULTZ, June 07, 1864, Logan Co., OH; b. Abt. 1839, `; d. Abt. 1872, Logan Co., OH.

More About CATHERINE J. STRAYER:

Burial: Rea Cemetery, Logan Co., OH

More About ANTHON W. SCHULTZ:

Burial: Rea Cemetery, Logan Co., OH

28. MICHAEL⁶ STRAYER (JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born September 29, 1800 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died May 06, 1855 in Wolcottville, Johnson Twp., Lagrange Co., IN. He married MALINDA NICHOLS December 25, 1833 in Logan Co., OH. She was born July 23, 1811 in Sinking Creek, Clark Co., OH, and died February 16, 1894 in So. Milford, Milford Twp., LaGrange Co., IN.

Notes for MICHAEL STRAYER:

Census Index, 1850, LaGrange Co., IN, Sec 16, Johnson Twp., p. 24, dwelling 306, family 307---Michael Strayer, age 51, farmer, property value $200, b. Virginia; Melinda, age 45, b. Ohio; James, age 13, b. Ohio; Mary J., age 11, b. Ohio; William, age 6, b. Ohio; Daniel, age 4, b. Ohio; Elizabeth P., age 7m, b. Indiana.

More About MICHAEL STRAYER:

Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Wolcottville, Johnson Twp., La Grange Co., IN

Residence: Bef. 1840, Miami Twp., Logan Co., OH

Notes for MALINDA NICHOLS:

The Wolcottville/South Milford area of LaGrange Co., in northeast Indiana is the center of author Jean Stratton Porter's famous series of books written about he Limberlost forest and swamp. Until the early 1900's this area was undrained and contained first growth timber and other valuable natural resources. South Milford is near the Ohio/Indiana state line and on the Ohio side was the Great Black Swamp remnant form the last ice age. The area was not drained out for intensive farming until the development of heavy ditching in the late 1800's.

Census of 1860 , Johnson Twp., La Grange Co., IN, p. 41, dwelling 304, family 295---Melinda Strayer, age 48, widow, property value $800, personal property value $1100, b. Ohio; John, age 25, clerk, b. Ohio; James, age 23, b. Ohio/ William, age 16, b. Ohio; Daniel, age 13, b. Ohio; Sarah Ann, age 8, b. Indiana; Margarett, age 8, b. Indiana.

Children of MICHAEL STRAYER and MALINDA NICHOLS are:

i. JOHN N.⁷ STRAYER, b. November 08, 1834, Logan Co., OH; d. May 02, 1917, Lakeside Hosp., Kendallville, IN.

More About JOHN N. STRAYER:

Burial: Hurst Cemetery, Champaign Co., OH

Migrated: 1849, Sec 16, Johnson Twp., La Grange Co., IN

Military service: September 1861, Army, enlisted at Chicago, served with Gen. McClellan.

Note: Aft. 1883, Continued the business, built elegan residence in South Milford.

Occupation: 1866, Merchantile business, Wolcottville, with Johnathon Low.

ii. JAMES STRAYER, b. September 13, 1836, Logan Co., OH; m. MARY J. TRINDLE, Abt. 1868; b. March 09, 1848, Ashland Co., OH.

iii. MARY JANE STRAYER, b. Abt. 1838, Logan Co., OH; d. Aft. 1917, Iowa; m. DAVID H. BARNES, June 1856, LaGrange Co., IN; b. Abt. 1835.

More About DAVID H. BARNES:

Note: Possibly younger brother of Michael Barnes.

iv. MAYBEONE STRAYER, b. Abt. 1840, Logan Co., OH; d. Bef. 1849, Logan Co., OH.

v. MAYBETWO STRAYER, b. Abt. 1842, Logan Co., OH; d. Bef. 1849, Logan Co., OH.

vi. WILLIAM M. STRAYER, b. April 24, 1844, Logan Co., OH; d. Abt. 1921; m. SARAH ANN WITMER, Bet. 1864 - 1865, LaGrange Co., IN; b. October 09, 1850, Johnson Twp., Lagrange Co., IN.

More About WILLIAM M. STRAYER:

Note: June 02, 1902, Devorced Sarah Witmer

Occupation: Merchant at Benton, Elkart co., IN

Residence: Claypool, IN

vii. NINIAN STRAYER, b. Abt. 1845, Logan Co., OH; d. Abt. 1849, Johnson Twp., Lagrange Co., IN.

More About NINIAN STRAYER:

Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Wolcottville, LaGrange Co., IN

viii. DANIEL STRAYER, b. May 04, 1847, Bellefontaine, Logan Co., OH; d. May 27, 1931, LaGrange Co., IN; m. ALMEDA DELIAH PRATT, December 02, 1870, LaGrange Co., IN; b. April 03, 1847, Milford Twp., LaGrange Co., IN; d. April 14, 1935, LaGrange Co., IN.

More About DANIEL STRAYER:

Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Wolcottville, LaGrange Co., IN

Military service: 1863, Enlisted, 12th Indiana Infantry, age 16, fought in front line at Nashville, TN.

More About ALMEDA DELIAH PRATT:

Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Wolcottville, LaGrange Co., IN

ix. EMILY STRAYER, b. Abt. 1848; d. Abt. 1849.

More About EMILY STRAYER:

Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Wolcottville, LaGrange Co., IN

x. ELIZABETH P. STRAYER, b. Abt. 1850, Section 16, Johnson Twp., LaGrange Co., IN; d. Abt. 1851, Section 16, Johnson Twp., LaGrange Co., IN.

More About ELIZABETH P. STRAYER:

Burial: Woodland Cemetery, Wolcottville, LaGrange Co., IN

xi. MARGARETT STRAYER, b. December 25, 1851, Sec 16, Johnson Twp., La Grange Co., IN; d. Abt. 1917; m. ALBERT W. AUSTIN, June 10, 1877, LaGrange Co., IN.

xii. SARAH A. STRAYER, b. December 25, 1851, Sec 16, Johnson Twp., La Grange Co., IN; d. September 27, 1911, S. Milford, Milford Twp., LaGrange Co., IN.

More About SARAH A. STRAYER:

Note: Never married.

29. DANIEL EVEN⁶ STRAYER (ADAM⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born January 23, 1790 in Virginia, and died March 27, 1869 in Logan Co., OH. He married VIRGINIA ELIZABETH SMALL March 08, 1815 in Berkeley Co., VA, daughter of JACOB SMALL and BARBARA COUCHMAN. She was born February 09, 1788, and died May 17, 1864 in Logan Co., OH.

More About DANIEL EVEN STRAYER:

Note: A very physically strong man.

Occupation: Blacksmith

Religion: Minister for Methodist Episcopal Church

Children of DANIEL STRAYER and VIRGINIA SMALL are:

i. MARY ANN⁷ STRAYER, b. June 21, 1813, Virgina; d. June 14, 1876, Logan Co., OH; m. JEREMIAH SPELLMAN, April 18, 1836, Logan Co., OH; b. October 16, 1813; d. May 08, 1877, Logan Co., OH.

ii. ELEANOR BARBARA STRAYER, b. October 07, 1823, Middletown, Berkeley Co., VA; d. January 07, 1874, De Graff, Logan Co., OH; m. WILLIAM R. POOL, February 19, 1843, Logan Co., OH; b. November 20, 1819, Shelby Co., OH; d. April 01, 1902, DeGraff, Logan Co., OH.

iii. EMILY JANE STRAYER, b. April 30, 1826, Middletown, Berkeley Co., VA; d. February 07, 1905, Logan Co., OH; m. ADDISON HARRISON, May 22, 1851, Logan Co., OH; b. October 29, 1822, Loudon Co., VA; d. March 18, 1911, DeGraff, Logan Co., OH.

More About ADDISON HARRISON:

Military service: Civil War, 1861-1864

Occupation: Farmer

iv. WILLIAM M. STRAYER, b. April 21, 1831, DeGraff, Logan Co., OH; d. Abt. 1884, Logan Co., OH; m. MARY JANE HENDERSON, February 14, 1854, Logan Co., OH; b. March 21, 1828, Loudon Co., VA; d. Abt. 1906, Logan Co., OH.

30. MARY C.⁶ COUCHMAN (SUSANNAH⁵ STRAYER, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born August 06, 1800, and died November 23, 1863. She married WILLIAM SMALL May 23, 1825 in Berkeley Co., VA.

Children of MARY COUCHMAN and WILLIAM SMALL are:

i. SUSANNAH ELLEN⁷ SMALL, b. April 23, 1826, Berkeley Co., VA; d. August 08, 1901, Spencer, Owen Co., IN.

ii. HENRY ST. GEORGE SMALL, b. October 31, 1827; d. January 19, 1902.

iii. ELIZABETH JANE SMALL, b. August 16, 1829.

iv. LOUISA CATHERINE SMALL, b. 1832; d. 1880.

v. MARY ANN SMALL, b. October 20, 1834; d. November 22, 1911.

vi. HARRIETT SMALL, b. 1836; d. Aft. 1837.

vii. JOHN LUTHER SMALL, b. May 03, 1837; d. Aft. 1884.

viii. WILLIAM C. SMALL, b. May 03, 1837; d. March 17, 1892.

31. JOHN G.⁶ COUCHMAN (SUSANNAH⁵ STRAYER, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born February 18, 1804 in Virginia, and died June 10, 1878. He married ELIZABETH MYERS November 24, 1831 in Berkeley Co., VA, daughter of HENRY MYERS.

Children of JOHN COUCHMAN and ELIZABETH MYERS are:

i. EMILY CATHERINE⁷ COUCHMAN, b. October 09, 1832, Berkeley Co., VA; d. December 08, 1894, Berkeley Co., WV.

ii. WILLIAM HENRY COUCHMAN, b. November 08, 1833; d. December 09, 1834; m. BARBARA GORDON.

iii. DAVID CALVIN COUCHMAN, b. May 27, 1835; d. May 22, 1884.

iv. MARY SUSAN COUCHMAN, b. September 06, 1836; d. August 19, 1847.

v. ANN ELIZABETH COUCHMAN, b. August 24, 1838; d. August 16, 1843.

vi. GEORGE HARVEY COUCHMAN, b. October 12, 1840; d. May 06, 1843.

vii. JOHN COUCHMAN, b. September 05, 1842; d. May 06, 1843.

viii. SARAH ELLEN COUCHMAN, b. November 16, 1844; d. June 20, 1913.

ix. FANNIE MYERS COUCHMAN, b. April 27, 1848; d. December 20, 1914.

32. MICHAEL⁶ COUCHMAN (SUSANNAH⁵ STRAYER, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1805, and died November 22, 1844 in Berkeley Co., VA. He married (1) VIRGINIA HARRIET BOWERS May 23, 1825 in Berkeley Co., VA. She was born in erkeley Co., VA. He married (2) MARY SMALL December 13, 1828 in Berkeley Co., VA, daughter of HENRY SMALL.

Children of MICHAEL COUCHMAN and MARY SMALL are:

i. ANN ELIZABETH⁷ COUCHMAN, b. December 21, 1829.

ii. HENRY M. COUCHMAN, b. December 11, 1831; d. December 28, 1905.

iii. GEORGE H. COUCHMAN, b. 1833; d. March 13, 1922, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV.

iv. SUSAN ELLEN COUCHMAN, b. May 03, 1837; d. May 25, 1863; m. JOSIAH GRUBER, November 11, 1858, Martinsburg, Berkely Co., VA.

33. GEORGE J.⁶ COUCHMAN (SUSANNAH⁵ STRAYER, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born October 31, 1806 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died December 26, 1856 in Berkeley Co., VA. He married SUSANNAH RUSH May 10, 1832 in Berkeley Co., VA, daughter of JACOB RUSH and MARY. She was born Abt. 1811, and died January 06, 1879 in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV.

More About SUSANNAH RUSH:

Burial: Greenhill Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV

Children of GEORGE COUCHMAN and SUSANNAH RUSH are:

i. MARY E. R.⁷ COUCHMAN, b. March 26, 1833, Berkeley Co., VA; d. February 19, 1909, Berkeley Co., VA; m. GEORGE MCWILLIAMS; b. Abt. 1850.

Notes for MARY E. R. COUCHMAN:

Deserted by her husband who took the horse and buggy and headed to town and was never seen again. This line evolves to Don Wood, of Swan Pond.

More About MARY E. R. COUCHMAN:

Burial: Greenhill Cemetery, Martinsburg, WV

ii. WILLIAM COUCHMAN, b. February 14, 1837.

iii. JACOB RUSH COUCHMAN, b. January 18, 1837, Martinsburg, Berkeley Co, WV.

34. HENRY J.⁶ COUCHMAN (SUSANNAH⁵ STRAYER, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born March 28, 1809, and died July 25, 1851. He married SARAH M. MYERS May 25, 1840 in Berkeley Co., VA.

Children of HENRY COUCHMAN and SARAH MYERS are:

i. GEORGE W.⁷ COUCHMAN, b. January 14, 1841; d. November 16, 1862, Battle of Monocacy, near Monocacy, VA.

ii. CATHERINE COUCHMAN, b. Bef. 1843; d. July 30, 1843.

iii. SUSAN MYERS COUCHMAN, b. April 04, 1844, Opequon District, Berkeley Co., VA; d. January 19, 1899, Jefferson Co., WV; m. JOHN W. HOLLIDA, November 20, 1866, Berkeley Co., VA; b. October 14, 1836, Hardscrabble, Berkeley, Co., VA.

iv. HENRY SCOTT COUCHMAN, b. January 09, 1846; d. July 15, 1903.

v. SARAH COUCHMAN, b. December 22, 1850, Berkeley Co., VA; d. July 07, 1930, Berkeley Co., WV.

35. ELIZABETH⁶ COUCHMAN (SUSANNAH⁵ STRAYER, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born March 01, 1811 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died May 06, 1861. She married HENRY RINER April 19, 1836 in Berkeley Co., VA.

Children of ELIZABETH COUCHMAN and HENRY RINER are:

i. MARY SUSAN⁷ RINER, b. May 10, 1839; d. January 22, 1908.

ii. GEORGE PETER RINER, b. March 22, 1841; d. April 05, 1908.

iii. MARTHA JANE RINER, b. December 17, 1841; d. December 22, 1841.

iv. CATHERINE ELVIRA RINER, b. November 30, 1842; d. February 18, 1921.

v. JOHN H. RINER, b. December 07, 1844; d. October 12, 1855.

36. BENJAMIN S.⁶ COUCHMAN (SUSANNAH⁵ STRAYER, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born March 14, 1821 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died June 11, 1879 in Martnsburg, Berkeley Co., WV. He married MARY ELLEN SMALL December 22, 1847 in Berkeley Co., VA, daughter of JOHN SMALL and SARAH MONG. She was born Bet. 1828 - 1848.

Children of BENJAMIN COUCHMAN and MARY SMALL are:

i. HESTER JANE⁷ COUCHMAN, b. April 04, 1849; d. January 27, 1936.

ii. HARMON L. COUCHMAN, b. October 1851; d. January 09, 1937; m. IDA P. LEMON, October 20, 1899, Berkeley Co., VW.

iii. IDA F. COUCHMAN, b. 1855; d. Aft. 1917; m. JAMES S. LEMASTER, December 16, 1914, Berkeley Co., V.

37. JOHN⁶ STRAYER (NICHOLAS GEORGE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) died 1867 in Bedford Co., PA.

Children of JOHN STRAYER are:

i. JOHN⁷ STRAYER, b. October 18, 1812; m. MARTHA BENSHOFF; b. September 06, 1820.

ii. DAVID STRAYER.

iii. JOSEPH STRAYER.

38. SUSAN⁶ STRAYER (PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born September 02, 1818 in Cambria Co., PA, and died March 06, 1885 in St. Joe, concord Twp., DeKalb co., IN. She married GEORGE BYROAD Abt. 1837 in Cambria Co., PA. He was born November 15, 1815 in Cambria Co., PA, and died Abt. 1897 in St.Joe, Concord Twp., Dekalb Co., IN.

More About SUSAN STRAYER:

Burial: Spencerville Cemetery, DeKalb Co., IN

More About GEORGE BYROAD:

Burial: Spncerville Cemetery, DeKalb Co., IN

Children of SUSAN STRAYER and GEORGE BYROAD are:

i. GEORGE W.⁷ BYROAD, b. Bet. 1835 - 1855, Indiana; d. January 07, 1901, Wellington PO, Sumner, KS.

ii. CATHERINE BYROAD, b. Bet. 1840 - 1860; d. February 1885, St. Joe, Concord Twp., DeKalb co., IN.

39. JOSHUA⁶ STRAYER (PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1824 in Cambria Co., PA, and died Aft. 1884 in Mansfield, Richland Co., OH. He married ELIZABETH MCELHANEY Abt. 1845 in Cambria Co., PA. She was born Abt. 1831 in PA, and died in Mansifeld, Richland Co., OH.

More About JOSHUA STRAYER:

Occupation: 1852, Farmer, Cambria Co., PA

Child of JOSHUA STRAYER and ELIZABETH MCELHANEY is:

i. FRANKLIN JOSEPH⁷ STRAYER, b. 1852, Richland Twp., Cambria Co., PA.

40. JOHN JR.⁶ STRAYER (JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1812 in Cambria County, PA, and died 1884. He married MARTHA BENSCHOFF 1837. She was born 1820, and died 1907.

Notes for JOHN JR. STRAYER:

The ten children who lived to adulthood married and had children. Lucinda, Susan, Lewis, and Jacob stayed in Pennsylvania. William, Elizabeth, Paul, Solomon, John E., and George moved to Iowa at different times. George moved from the Freeport/Decorah area of Iowa to Canada and later retired to Florida, where he died.

Children of JOHN STRAYER and MARTHA BENSCHOFF are:

i. WILLIAM⁷ STRAYER, b. 1838; d. 1921.

ii. BARBARA ANN STRAYER, b. 1839; d. 1841.

iii. ELIZABETH STRAYER, b. 1841; d. 1917.

iv. LUCINDA STRAYER, b. 1843; d. 1926.

v. PAUL STRAYER, b. 1845; d. 1933.

vi. SOLOMAN STRAYER, b. 1847; d. 1910.

vii. SUSAN STRAYER, b. 1849, 1921.

viii. LEWIS STRAYER, b. 1851; d. 1932.

ix. JOHN ELI STRAYER, b. 1853; d. 1929.

x. BENJAMIN STRAYER, b. 1856; d. 1858.

xi. CATHARINE JANE STRAYER, b. 1858; d. 1859.

xii. JACOB STRAYER, b. 1861; d. 1934.

xiii. GEORGE STRAYER, b. 1864, Cambria County, PA; d. 1945, Forida.

More About GEORGE STRAYER:

Residence: Freeport, Iowa

41. DAVID⁶ STRAYER (JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1815 in Cambria County, PA, and died 1873. He married ELIZABETH MILTENBERGER. She was born 1819, and died 1887.

Notes for DAVID STRAYER:

While living in Elkart County, Indiana, David and Elizabeth had some dealings with the family of Mathias Strayer (1821-1868), son of Peter, who had married a Miltenberger. Some of their descendants are probably still in Indiana.

More About DAVID STRAYER:

Migrated: 1850, Elkart County, Indiana

Note: Elizabeth's family had moved to Cambria County.

Children of DAVID STRAYER and ELIZABETH MILTENBERGER are:

i. JOHN JERMEIAH⁷ STRAYER, b. 1841; d. 1889.

ii. FRANKLIN STRAYER, b. 1844; d. 1927.

iii. CHARLOTTE A. STRAYER, b. 1847.

iv. ALFRED STRAYER, b. 1850; d. 1916.

v. CHARLES J. STRAYER, b. 1858.

42. JOSEPH⁶ STRAYER (JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1817 in Cambria County, PA, and died 1875. He married SUSANNA KNAVEL. She was born 1822, and died 1904.

Notes for JOSEPH STRAYER:

Joseph and his family kept his father, who died in 1868, shortly after, Joseph and family moved to Black Hawk County, Iowa, where most of his children lived out their lives. Some of their descendants are living there today. Some, like Dick Strayer ad his father Glayde, have moved to California.

Children of JOSEPH STRAYER and SUSANNA KNAVEL are:

i. GEORGE W.⁷ STRAYER, b. 1840; d. 1897.

ii. JOHN STRAYER, b. 1842; d. 1918.

53. iii. LEVI STRAYER, b. 1844; d. 1926.

iv. ELIZABETH STRAYER, b. 1849.

v. JACOB STRAYER, b. 1854.

vi. SUSANNAH STRAYER, b. 1856.

vii. WILLIAM STRAYER, b. 1859.

43. VALENTINE⁶ STRAYER (JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1818 in Johnstown, Cambria County, PA, and died December 24, 1891 in Eldon, Walpello Co., Iowa. He married SARAH MARY FORDYCE. She was born 1833, and died 1909 in Des Moines, Polk Co., Iowa.

More About VALENTINE STRAYER:

Migrated: Wabash County, Indiana

Note: Went with mother to Stark County, Ohio.

Occupation: Carpenter

Children of VALENTINE STRAYER and SARAH FORDYCE are:

i. MARY ELIZABETH⁷ STRAYER, b. 1854; d. 1859.

ii. JONATHAN H. STRAYER, b. 1855; d. 1859.

iii. SARAH MARY STRAYER, b. 1857.

iv. MAHALA STRAYER, b. 1859.

v. GEORGE L. STRAYER, b. 1861.

vi. EMMA STRAYER, b. 1863.

vii. CHARLES BENJAMIN STRAYER, b. 1866; d. 1941.

viii. VINCENT STRAYER, b. 1867.

44. ANDREW⁶ STRAYER (JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1822 in Cambria County, PA, and died Abt. 1916. He married (1) SARAH CATHERINE HUMRUKHOUSE in Ohio. She was born 1820, and died 1877. He married (2) CLARA SHETLER in Indiana. She was born 1852, and died 1917.

More About ANDREW STRAYER:

Note: Went with mother to Stark County, Ohio.

Occupation: Carpenter

Notes for CLARA SHETLER:

Some children born in Indiana, some in Michigan.

Children of ANDREW STRAYER and SARAH HUMRUKHOUSE are:

i. WILLIAM⁷ STRAYER, b. 1845, Ohio; d. 1937.

ii. BELINDA STRAYER, b. 1848, Ohio.

iii. FANCYET STRAYER, b. 1850, Ohil; d. 1859.

iv. GEORGE STRAYER, b. 1853, Ohio; d. 1859.

v. JONATHAN W. STRAYER, b. 1856, Ohio; d. 1859.

vi. LEVI STRAYER, b. 1858, Indiana; d. 1859.

vii. MARY ELLEN STRAYER, b. 1860, Indiana; d. 1950.

viii. ALBERT STRAYER, b. 1862, Indiana.

ix. SHARAH CATHERINE STRAYER, b. 1865, Indiana.

Children of ANDREW STRAYER and CLARA SHETLER are:

x. CARJENETIE⁷ STRAYER, b. 1879.

xi. ADA B. STRAYER, b. 1880.

xii. BERT STRAYER, b. 1882.

xiii. FLOSSIE STRAYER, b. 1883; d. 1947.

45. LEWIS WILLIAM⁶ STRAYER (JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1826, and died Abt. 1862 in The Union Army of disease.. He married (1) MARY ANN BROWN Abt. 1846. She was born 1829, and died 1846. He married (2) PHEBE FISH 1847. She died Bef. 1860.

More About LEWIS WILLIAM STRAYER:

Note: Went with mother to Stark County, Ohio.

Occupation: Carpenter

Residence: New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio

Children of LEWIS STRAYER and MARY BROWN are:

i. JOHN W.⁷ STRAYER, b. 1844; d. 1908.

ii. MARY ANN STRAYER, b. 1846.

Children of LEWIS STRAYER and PHEBE FISH are:

iii. MARY ELIZABETH⁷ STRAYER, b. 1848.

iv. SUSAN STRAYER, b. 1850.

v. CLARINDA STRAYER, b. 1852.

vi. JOSEPH STRAYER, b. 1854; d. 1878.

vii. FLORENCE EMMA STRAYER, b. 1857.

viii. ANDREW EMMET STRAYER, b. 1859.

ix. LEWIS FRANKLIN STRAYER, b. 1862; d. 1871.

46. JOHN⁶ STRAYER (VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born July 13, 1818 in Lykens, Dauphin Co., PA, on a farm., and died September 11, 1878 in Freeport, Winneshiek Co., Iowa. He married ELIZABETH HECKART December 24, 1840 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Missouri, daughter of JOHN HECKART and MAGDALENA SNYDER. She was born March 12, 1821 in Northumberland Co., PA, and died March 03, 1888 in Freeport, Winneshiek Co. Iowa.

Notes for JOHN STRAYER:

Elizabeth Heckart, age 19, married John Strayer in 1840, at Shelbyville, Missouri. John was 22 and born in 1818.

John Strayer had migrated west in about 1836 at age 18, probably to join the Heckart's in the mill business. He may have known the family back east. He was involved in the running of mills with the Heckart's during his stay in Shelbyville.

The Strayer Family, Source Dr. Richard L. Strayer, 7901 Mary Ellen Ave, North Hollywood, CA 91605 (1/24/1981)---Five large separate groups of Strayer's immigrated from Europe to America. Most were from Germany, some Swiss as apparently the Strayer's migrated back and forth across the borders. One group was from Holland, and this group may be connected in Europe as apparently the lived on and crossed the border between Holland and Germany. One immigrant Russian family adopted the Strayer name as their's was too long and Jewish at an inappropriate time. Source book: "History of John Peter Strayer of York County, Penn, Published 1968.

Notes on the Walkersville Mill---Adam Heckart and John Strayer operated the grist mill at Walkersville, Missouri, before they both took their families north to Freeport, Iowa. In 1838 David O. Walker built a mill on the bank of the Salt River some four miles northwest of Shelbina and about five miles southwest of Shelbyville. At that time there was no Shelbina and people of this area took their grain to Walker mill for grinding. Big stone burrs were used in grinding the grain in the old mill at Walkersville and during the mid 1900 some were dug out of the sand near the river and brought to the library lawn in Shelbina.

In 1853, John and Elizabeth pioneered in the newly opened territory of northeastern Iowa. There is an indication that John Strayer and a Heckart brother of Elizabeth moved their families three hundred miles north to construct and operate a mill at the area which would become Freeport on the Upper Iowa River. The Upper Iowa was a big fast running white water river at that time which offered excellent mill sites and the area was being flooded by white settlers when it was taken from the Native Americans of the area and opened to whites. Freeport was platted in 1854. In 2000 Freeport sits in the east end of the valley which is now dominated by Decorah, Iowa. Freeport is about gone except for a few houses, and now a super wally.

The Strayer's apparently ended up with a major amount of the land in the Freeport river bottoms around the mill and plotted much of Freeport along with farming the rich river valley. They would raise their family and die here.

Elizabet died peacefully at home in Freeport, Iowa, on Sat., March 3, 1888, at age 67. Her health was poor for two years and failed rapidly in the last two weeks. Her last words were, "Don't feel bad, dear children, we will soon meet again. The Lord has come to take me home." She was unselfish in life, religious, comforting, helped needy folks, and had many friends. The land the Old Freeport Methodist Church and cemetery sits on was donated and supported by the Strayer's. They are buried in the far rear of the cemetery in a raised family plot.

Probate of John Strayer (written on Sept. 11, 1878, at age 60, the year of his death)---Heirs: Elizabeth, wife Freeport, age 58; Kate B. Snyder 36 Freeport, Edith L. Manchester 32 Calmar, Valantine E. Strayer 29 Calmar, John and Ida (or Ino) A. Little 28 Decorah, Ruth D. Boyd (1851-1897) 27 Hagar's Grove, Missouri. Real estate: NE 1/4, Sec 10, Twp 77, R 38, 160 acres in Clay County, Iowa. To Mattie McIntosh 25 Decorah, W !/2 NE 1/4 Sec 28, Twp 95, R 35, 80 acres in Clay Co. IA. To Lucinda Homan 23 Freeport, Lots 15 & 16, Block 3, South Decorah, 1/2 acre. To Eber C. Strayer 20 Calmar, Lot 1, SE SW S13, Twp 98, R8, 4 acres. To Eva D. Strayer 18 Freeport, Lot 2, NW SE, Sec 13, Twp98, R8, 28 acres Decorah. Cora D. Strayer 14 Freeport, John A. Little, adopted son 28 got 1/2 share. Total estate $5255, 240 acres in Clay Co, Iowa, Lots 15 and 16 Block 3 in South Decorah with house, Lot and house in Freeport and 34 acres. Until Jan 1880 paid total of $1734, Sworn Jan 4, 1883 by V. E. Strayer.

Info Note: One of the Heckart sisters married an Adams. Thier child was adopted by John and Elizabeth Heckart Strayer, and born John Adams. He was an engineer at Mason City, Iowa and is buried there.

Land Transaction from Shelbyville, Missouri Courthouse records (6/1990/Z)---

---June 6, ????; Adam Heckart bought lot 6, block 23, in book D#17.

---Jan 3, 1842; to John Strayer from Adam Heckard and wife, block B # 482, and E 1/2, NE 1/4, sec 4, T57, R11, 67 acres.

---May 30, 1844; Sold with Adam Heckart to Peter Roff to pay taxes or debt?--E 1/2, N.E., Sec 4, 88-11, $185.

---June 6, 1844; to John Strayer from Shelby County, lot 7, block 23, in book D#22.

---June 7, 1844; to John Strayer from Peter Roff and wife, E 1/2, W 1/4, T58, R11, Sec 4, $90.75, in book D#15.

---June 7, 1844; to John Strayer from Peter Roff and wife, E 1/2, NE 1/4, R58, T11, in book D#5.

---June 25, 1844; to John Strayer from Zadock J. Griffen, N1/2, SW 1/4 Sec 3, T57, R11, in book D#23.

---June 20, 1844; to John Strayer from Parick J. Thomas, TB, lot 21, block D, land W 1/2, SW 1/3, T57, R11.

---Jan 7, 1845; to John Strayer from Thomas J. Parrick, 40 acres of N side, SW 1/4, Sec 13,T58, R11.

---Ap 30, 1847; Sold to Michael Heckart, NE 1/2, NE 1/4, Sec 4, T57, R11, and S 1/2, E 1/2, SW 1/3, Sec 4, T57, R11, 40 acres and the house.

---Aug 9, 1850; J. Heckart bought, W 1/2 WW and W 1/2, Sec 12, ??, in book E, page 531.

---Ap 21, 1851; From Jacob O. Fulton by the Sheriff to John Strayer, land for debt, S.D., B.E. 629, S 1/2 Sec 3, NE 1/4, SW 1/4, Sec 4, SW, SE, Sect 4, T57, R11.

---Dec 27, 1851; flora Heckart sold to William Heckart, land??, inn book F/3.

---Ap 26, 1852; John Strayer sold to Lori Duncan, lot 133, bk F, SE 1/3, SE 1/3, T57, R11.

---Aug 3, 1852; Adam Heckart sold BF/173, lot 6, B23.

---Feb 15, 1853; Floraion (?) Heckart sold, lot 310, block F, and land.

---June 22, 1856; John Heckart sold land

---Ap 21, 1857; John Heckart sold land, in book G, pages 752,768,777,772.

Land Transactions from Winneshiek County, Iowa Courthouse records (6/1990/Z)---

---April 12, 1855-May 30, 1855, Adam Heckart to John Strayer , US Deed, Book B, page 259---NE SE 15, W 1/2 NW 23, All of the NE 22, E and N of Iowa River (Upper Iowa River), 98-8.

---Oct 4, 1853-Mar 15, 1856, Henry L. Morse to Strayer and Heckart, book C, p 192, sec 11, twp 98 range 8, SW NE 11-98-8.

---Sept 15, 1854-Feb 6, 1855, Adam Heckart and John Strayer to John Lannon, book B, p12o, sec 14, twp 98, range 8, a piece of land on 14-98-8.

---Sept 15, 1854- May 14, 1855, Heckart and Strayer to John J. Mountain, book B, p215, sect 14-98-8, a parcel of land on 14-98-8, 100 feet by 240.

--- April 11, 1855-May 30, 1855, Adam Heckart to John Strayer, US Deed, Book B, page 261, com. NE cenn OE SE, SE, 14-98-8.

---April 12, 1855 and Oct 12, 1858, John Strayer to Kneed Tollifson, US Deed, Book E, p 446, Parcel of land on Sec 13, 98-8.

---April 12, 1855-May 30, 1855, Adam Heckart to John Strayer, book B, p. 259, sec 15, NE SE 15, W 1/2 NW 23, and other land.

---Oct 15, 1855-Apr 7, 1856, Andrew Anderson to Strayer and Heckart, book C, p206, sec 24, twp 98, range 8, W 1/2 W 1/2 NE 24-98-8.

---Aug 2, 1856-Apr 4, 1856, John Strayer etal, to John L. Gally, book C, p 484, W 1/2 SE 11-98-8.

---Aug 4, 1856-Apr 10, 1856, Acles H. Fannon to Strayer and Heckart, book C, p 486-7, NW SE SE 14-98-8.

---Aug 25, 1856-Apr 4, 1856, John Strayer etal. to Thomas Babbs, book C, p 525-6, NE NE 13-98-8.

---Dec 6, 1858-Feb 3, 1859, John Strayer and Adam Heckart to Daniel Howly, US Deed, Book E, pages 557-558, that part of W 1/2 W 1/2 NE 1/4, 98-8, lying S of Co. Rd., 20 acres, excepting Beckoe(?/z).

---Jan 27, 1855---May 30, 1855, R. G. Newland to John Strayer, book B, p260, land near Freeport.

---March 10, 1859-Oct 25, 1859, US Deed Book F, pages 216 and 217, SW NE 11, W 1/2 SE and 32a. of W and N ends of NE SE, SW NE 2a. off SE corner of NE and 13a. in NW corner of SE SE 14, 98-8.

---July 27, 1859-Oct. 25, 1859, John Strayer to Aaron Snyder, W 1/2 NW and 20a. of W side of E 1/2 NW except 20 ft side on (?) in Sec 23 at 59 S, N and E of channel of Iowa River of the E 1/2, NE 22 and NE SE 15, S 1/2 SW SW wide 28rod and E and 32 rod wide in Sec 14, 98-8.

---Feb 24, 1860-Mar 8, 1860, Elizabeth Strayer and E. Heckart to John Bennett, 2C Deed, Book F, page 409, Land in Sec 14 and c(?), 98-8.

---Mar. 10, 1859-Nov. 26, 1860, John Stayer and Adam Heckart to Knurd Collifson, Deed, Com. inceritive, highway 30, ch 77lks., N SE corner sec 14, 98-8, thence N11R, thence NW1ch98.

---Feb 21, 1870-Mar. 29, 1870, Ben Headington to John Strayer, Deed J, page 401, 13acres off of N end of NE SW 11,98-8.

---April 11, 1870-April 19, 1870, Winneshiek Paper Co. to John Stayer, Deed, book U, p 36, land at sec corners of Sec's. 11, 12, 13, 14, 98-8.

---Jan. 11, 1872-Jan. 11, 1872, Domerrick Curran to Aaron A. Snydor and John A. Strayer, Deed V, p330, corner at a point 40rds, S of SE corner of Sec 6, 98-7, W 80 rds. S, 74 rds. E. 80rds. at 74 rds to begin 37 acres.

---Nov. 19, 1872-1873, Deed, William H. Fannon to John A. Strayer, undivided 1/2 E 1/4 SE NW 11, 98-8.

John Strayer--Probate, written on September 11, 1878, at the age of 60. To Heirs: wife Elizabeth Heckart Strayer (58, Freeport, IA), Kate, M. Strayer Snyder (36, Freeport, IA), Edith. L. Strayer Manchester (32, Calmar, IA), Valentine E. Strayer (29, Calmar)

John A. Little (28, Decorah), Ruth D. Strayer Boyd (27, Hagar's Grove, Missouri). Real Estate: NE 1/4 S10, Twp. 77, R38, 160 acres, Clay Co., IA. To Heir: Mattie Strayer McIntosh (25, Decorah). Real Estate: W 1/2, NE 1/4, 28.95.35, 80 acres in Clay Co., IA. To Heir Eber C. Strayer (20, Calmar). Real Estate: Lot 1, SE SW, S13, Twp. 98, R8, 4 acres. To Heir: Lucinda Strayer Homan (23, Freeport, IA). Real Estate: lots 15 and 16, Bk 3, S. Decorah, 1/2 acre. To Heir: Eva D. Strayer (18, Freeport. Real Estate: Lot 2, NW SE, 13.98.8. 28 acres Decorah.

More About JOHN STRAYER:

Age at Death (Facts Pg): 1878, 60

Burial: 1878, Freeport, Iowa, Cem., lot #1.

Note: Died at home.

Notes for ELIZABETH HECKART:

Moved from Penn. to Shelbyville, Missouri when that area was first settled, around 1836.

Joined the Methodist Church in Shelbyville, 1839.

Married John Strayer in 1840, at age 19. John was 22 and born in 1818.

Elizabeth died peacefully at home in Freeport, Iowa, on Sat., March 3, 1888, at age 67. Her health was poor for two years and failed rapidly in the last two weeks. Her last words were, "Don't feel bad, dear children, we will soon meet again. The Lord has come to take me home." She was unselfish in life, religious, comforting, helped needy folks, and had many friends. The land the Old Freeport Methodist Church and cemetery sits on was donated and supported by the Strayer's. They are buried in the far rear of the cemetery in a raised family plot.

Shirley Smith's notes indicate: birth 1823, death Feb. 15, 1892?

More About ELIZABETH HECKART:

Age at Death (Facts Pg): 67

Burial: 1888, Freeport, Iowa, Cem., lot #1.

Children of JOHN STRAYER and ELIZABETH HECKART are:

54. i. CATHERINE MAGDALINA⁷ STRAYER, b. October 19, 1841, Shelbyville, Missouri; d. August 17, 1917, Plainsview, Minnesota.

55. ii. ELIZABETH LYDIA STRAYER, b. 1846, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Missouri; d. April 12, 1904, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

iii. MARGARET STRAYER, b. 1847.

56. iv. VALENTINE E. STRAYER, b. November 12, 1848, Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Missouri; d. 1937, Fayette, IA.

57. v. JOHN ADAM LITTLE STRAYER, b. 1850; d. 1936, St. Petersburg, Florida.

58. vi. RUTH D. STRAYER, b. 1852; d. January 24, 1897, Idaho Springs, Colardo.

vii. MARTHA STRAYER, b. 1853, Freeport, Winneshiek Co. Iowa; d. June 20, 1933, Independence, IA; m. ALEXANDER M. MCINTOSH, November 09, 1873.

59. viii. LUCINDA STRAYER, b. August 16, 1855, Freeport, Iowa; d. January 20, 1922, Freeport, Iowa.

60. ix. EBER.C. STRAYER, b. 1858; d. September 1912, Cresco, Iowa.

x. EVA D. STRAYER, b. July 29, 1860, Freeport, Winneshiek Co. Iowa; d. October 24, 1879, Calmer, Iowa.

Notes for EVA D. STRAYER:

Note: Highly mourned in death by a husband (or boyfriend).

More About EVA D. STRAYER:

Age at Death (Facts Pg): 1879, 21

Burial: 1879, Freeport Cemetery, Freeport, Iowa, lot #1.

Degree: 1880

xi. CORA ADELLE STRAYER, b. December 01, 1863; d. December 20, 1938; m. AARON KNIGHT, March 06, 1881.

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Residence: 1897, Denver, Colorado

47. CATHERINE⁶ STRAYER (VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born September 10, 1820 in Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, Pennsyvania, and died January 05, 1880 in Freeport, Winneshiek Co., Iowa. She married ANDREW SHEETZ 1838 in Dauphin Co, Pennsyvania, son of GEORGE SHEETZ and POLLY. He died in Freeport, Iowa.

Notes for CATHERINE STRAYER:

Lived on land in Section 12, north of Freeport. Put up buildings and added four children after the move to Iowa.

More About CATHERINE STRAYER:

Burial: Freeport Cemetery, Freeport, Iowa, lot #2.

Migrated: 1852, Freeport, Iowa

More About ANDREW SHEETZ:

Burial: Freeport Cemetery, Freeport, Iowa, lot #2.

Children of CATHERINE STRAYER and ANDREW SHEETZ are:

i. MARY⁷ SHEETZ, b. February 10, 1839, Powells Valley, Dauphin Co, PA; d. May 26, 1922; m. (1) ANDREW RUFFAGE, 1853; m. (2) DARWIN ERATUS KNIGHT, 1855.

ii. AARON MONROE SHEETZ, b. March 02, 1842, Powells Valley, Duaphin Co, PA; d. May 14, 1926, Freeport, Winneshiek Co., Iowa; m. NANCY LORRAINE NORTHRUP, February 22, 1866, Decorah, Iowa.

iii. ELIZABETH SHEETZ, b. August 11, 1843, Powells Valley, Duaphin Co, PA; d. March 15, 1864; m. ELLIS RALLYA.

iv. LUCY CATHERINE SHEETZ, b. August 16, 1855, Decorah, Iowa; d. July 28, 1914, Mason City, Iowa; m. JOHN ADAM STRAYER, 1875.

More About LUCY CATHERINE SHEETZ:

Burial: Elmwood Cemetery in Mason City, Iowa

v. ELLA SHEETZ, b. May 02, 1858, Decorah, Iowa; d. July 15, 1881; m. WESLEY SKINNER.

vi. NETTIE SHEETZ, b. June 14, 1861, Decorah, Iowa.

vii. MELINDA D. SHEETZ, b. 1865, Decorah, Iowa; d. 1886; m. FERNINAND SIMMONS, 1883.

48. GEORGE⁶ STRAYER (VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born January 31, 1835 in Duaphin County, Penn., and died March 16, 1905 in Freeport, Iowa. He married MARY JANE KIRKLAND September 05, 1860 in Freeport, Iowa. She was born July 03, 1836 in Cattaraugus Co., New York, and died March 29, 1916 in Decorah.

Notes for GEORGE STRAYER:

Information Notes: Born Dauphin County, Penn, in 1835. Moved to Ohio about 1856?, and on to Freeport, Iowa. He joined a part of prospectors en route to the California gold fields. Returned two years later to Freeport. Married Mary J. Kirkland in 9/5/1860, and had six children, five sons and one daughter. Died at his resident at Freeport on 3/16/1905, of "organic heart disease," at the age of 70 yrs, 1 mo. 17 days. One of Winneshiek County's early pioneers, a long term resident, untarnished reputation for honesty and integrity.

Obit: March 22, 1905--- Another of the pioneer residents of this county, Mr. George Strayer, passed away last week, his death occurring at his home in Freeport, Iowa, on Thursday, after an illness lasting several weeks, being about seventy years of age. He is survived by his wife and four sons: James of Calmar, Aaron of Chicago, William of Oregon and Frnak of Wisconsin. The only Daughter, Mrs. Dr. F. W. Daubney, passed away in the city several years ago. Mr. Stayer was a staunch friend, a man of uprightness and integrity, and a good neighbor. The funeral services were held from the home on Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Dr. M. Willett of this city. A complete obituary will be published next week.

Obit in Decorah Republican, March 23, 1905.

Probate: George Strayer, brother of John Strayer, Freeport, IA. To: W.H. Strayer, F.G. Strayer, A.C. Strayer, Morris W. Daubney, September 1906, S 1/4, E 1/2, lot 69, Oakwood Cemetery, Decorah.

Land Transactions:

---Apr 9, 1867-Apr 10, 1867, Almiron Graves, Etex. to George Strayer, book S, p 406, SE SE 11 and all of the NW 1/4.13.19.8, west of the Iowa River and 8 acres in sec 13, 98.8, contg. 105 and more or less.

More About GEORGE STRAYER:

Age at Death (Facts Pg): 1905, 70y1m17d

Burial: 1905, Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa, in family plot.

Notes for MARY JANE KIRKLAND:

Obit---Last Wednesday, March 29, 1916, death came to Mrs. Mary J. Kirkland Strayer, after she had suffered for several months with an abdominal tumor. Mary J. Kirkland was born July 3, 1836, in Cattaraugus county, New York. When about twenty years of age, she came to this county with here parents, and settled at Freeport, Iowa, where she was married to George Strayer, in September, 1860. They were the parents of six children, three of them, Edith, Aaron, and Chalres, now deceased; Will, of Baker, Oregon; Frank, of Spencer, Wisconsin, and James, of Decorah, surviving, George Kirkland, a brother of Mrs. Strayer also survives. Mr. Strayer passed away several years ago. In 1912, Mrs. Strayer and her son James, left Freeport and came to Decorah, which has since been their home. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon, Rev. M. Willett officiating. From the Decorah Journal.

Obit---Decorah Journal, Freeport, April 3, 1916---Friends here were deeply grieved on hearing of the death of Mrs. Mary J. Strayer at her home in Decorah last Wednesday, after an illness which has lasted several months. Mrs. Strayer was one of the pioneer settlers of our village coming here with her parents in 1856. From that time until 1912, when she moved to Decorah, she lived in and near Freeport. The many friends of the family in this vicinity extend sympathy to the bereaved sons in their bereavement. The following attended the funeral which was held from the home in Decorah Sunday: B. W. Kirkland and Dager Harriet, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Leach and sons, Mr. and Mrs., A.M. Sheetz, Mr. and Mrs. D.C. Leach, Mrs. L. Coughlin, Mrs. S. Warn, Mrs., Hallman, Mrs, J. Hallman, Mrs. P. C. and S. B. Hallman, Mrs. G. H. Kirkland. F. M. Sheetz. V. C. Sheets, Mrs. W. Delaney and son James, Mrs., W. Dickinson and Daughter Cora. She enjoyed an extensive friendship and was possessed of a beautiful character with endeared her to all.

Note: Senator Will Strayer and children of Baker, Oregon, who were called to Decorah to attend the funeral of his mother, Mrs. M.J. Stayer, were calling on fiends here Monday. James Strayer of Decorah, accompanied them.

More About MARY JANE KIRKLAND:

Burial: Phelphs Cemetery in Decorah, Iowa

Migrated: 1856, To Freeport, IA, with parents.

Children of GEORGE STRAYER and MARY KIRKLAND are:

i. CHARLES E.⁷ STRAYER.

More About CHARLES E. STRAYER:

Nickname: 1905, Deceased at this date.

61. ii. EDITH L. STRAYER, b. October 27, 1861, Freeport, Iowa; d. June 28, 1901, Freeport, Iowa.

iii. WILLIAM H. STRAYER, b. 1863.

More About WILLIAM H. STRAYER:

Note: 1916, Was a state senator in Oregon.

Residence: 1905, Baker City, Oregon

iv. JAMES V. STRAYER, b. 1865.

More About JAMES V. STRAYER:

Residence: 1905, Calmer

v. FRANCIS G. STRAYER, b. 1870.

More About FRANCIS G. STRAYER:

Residence: 1905, Spencer, Wisconsin

62. vi. AARON C. STRAYER, b. August 13, 1872; d. January 1916, Hospital in Evanston, Ill.

Generation No. 7

49. JACOB-SEIBERT⁷ STRAYER (JACOB⁶, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born February 26, 1812 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died October 03, 1894 in Berkeley Co., VA. He married SARAH ANN O'BRIEN December 17, 1834 in Berkeley Co., VA. She was born Abt. 1813 in Berkeley Co., VA, and died May 03, 1903 in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., WV of Diarrhea.

Notes for JACOB-SEIBERT STRAYER:

After 1863, the family temporarily relocated to Bolivar Twp. ares of Jefferson Co., WV, near Harper's Fery and Charlestown, remaining there through the census of 1870.

The 1850 Census of VA, for Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., shows a free man, dwelling number 182, family 183, shows: Jacob S. Strayers, age 37, constable, property worth $400; Sarah A., age 38, keeping house; Webster M., age 14; Amanda, age 12; Daniel, age 10; Margaret, age 8; Sarah D., age 6; Catherine, age 4; and Otho, age 2.

The 1870 Census of WV, for Bolivar Twp., Harper's Ferry, Jefferson Co., shows: Jacob S. Strayer, age 57, retired dry goods merchant, born VA; Sarha A., age 58, keeping house, born VA/ Sarah D., age 27, Cahterine W., age 21; and shelter being given to a Protestant Methodist minister, Webster Eichelberger, age 35, born PA. Their next door neighbor was James, E. Thomas, who married their daughter Margaret S., in 1869, in Bolivar Twp., Jefferson Co., WV.

1880 Census of WV, for Berkeley Co.: Jacob S., age 67, farmer; Sarah A., age 68, keeping house; Maryetta, age 27, Charles S., age 4, grandson. Maryetta and Charles being the widow and child of their fourth son, Israel Robert Strayer.

By the time of Jacob's death, in about 1893, Jacob and Sarah Ann, were living on a tiny farm near Hedgeville. Latrh, Sarah Ann sold this farm to her daughter, Sarah D. Strayer, with the provision that Maryetta had the right to live there until she died, and that on Sarah D's death, the farm would go to Charles Sumner Strayer, Sarha Ann's grandson. Sarha Ann died in 1903, on the farm,

More About JACOB-SEIBERT STRAYER:

Note: 1858, Sons will become ministers.

Residence: 1850, Martinsburg, as a constable.

Notes for SARAH ANN O'BRIEN:

Tax Appraisal, 1893, for Sarah A. Strayer: 15 1/2 acres, 4 miles out of town on the M and P pike, values at $18 an acres plus $250 for buildings. In 1894, Sarah A. Strayer sold to Sarah D. Strayer for the sum of $100 the 15 1/2 acres above.

More About SARAH ANN O'BRIEN:

Burial: May 06, 1903

Children of JACOB-SEIBERT STRAYER and SARAH O'BRIEN are:

i. WEBSTER MATHEW⁸ STRAYER, b. 1838.

ii. DANIEL JACOB REESE STRAYER, b. 1840.

More About DANIEL JACOB REESE STRAYER:

Military service: April 1861, Company B, First Virginia Calvary, JEB Steart's Black Horse Calvary.

iii. MARGARET STRAYER, b. 1842; m. JAMES E. THOMAS, 1869, Bolivar Twp., Jefferson Co., WV.

iv. SARAH D. STRAYER, b. 1844.

v. CATHERINE STRAYER, b. 1846.

vi. OTHO STRAYER, b. 1848.

Notes for OTHO STRAYER:

Originally associated with the Protestant Methodists, but later became licensed to preach in the Centre Baptist Association of PA. Otha was listed on the 1880 census of Red Stone Near Brownsville, in Fayette Co., PA.

63. vii. ISRAEL R. STRAYER.

50. ELIZABETH⁷ STRAYER (JACOB⁶, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1816 in Martinsburg, Berkley Co., VA. She married VALENTINE RONK June 17, 1837 in Berkely Co., VA. He was born Abt. 1815 in PA.

More About VALENTINE RONK:

Occupation: Cooper

Residence: VA

Children of ELIZABETH STRAYER and VALENTINE RONK are:

i. MARY⁸ RONK, b. 1838.

ii. MICHAEL RONK, b. 1844.

iii. VALENTINE RONK, b. 1846.

iv. WILLIAM RONK, b. 1849.

51. ANNA MARY⁷ STRAYER (JACOB⁶, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born Abt. 1818 in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., VA, and died 1885 in Hedgesville Twp., Berkeley Co., WV. She married ADAM ABRAHAM KREGLOW February 10, 1838 in Berkeley Co., VA. He was born Abt. 1815 in Hedgesville Twp., Berkeley Co., WV, and died Bef. 1870 in Hedgesville Twp., Berkeley Co., WV.

Child of ANNA STRAYER and ADAM KREGLOW is:

i. GEORGE T.⁸ KREGLOW, b. 1839.

52. CATHERINE⁷ STRAYER (JACOB⁶, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born October 01, 1820 in Martinsburg, Berkeley Co., VA, and died October 08, 1845 in Hedgesville, Berkeley Co., VA. She married MICHAEL BARNES April 01, 1844. He was born April 15, 1815 in Hedgesville Twp., Berkeley Co., WV, and died November 25, 1893 in Carysville, Champaign Co., OH.

Notes for MICHAEL BARNES:

In 1849 Michael Barnes with his young son John and second wife Margaret Seibert Barnes (first cousin to Catherine Strayer Barnes, his first wife) to Champaign Co., OH, by the old National Road, a trip of 420 miles, and taking about one month. This is the area where his first wife, Catherine Strayer's brother George W. Strayer and his wife had settled.

More About MICHAEL BARNES:

Burial: Rosedale Cemetery

Children of CATHERINE STRAYER and MICHAEL BARNES are:

i. JOHN H.⁸ BARNES.

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Residence: Sidney, OH

ii. MARY E. BARNES, m. UNKNOWN OFFENBACKER.

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Residence: Quincy, OH

53. LEVI⁷ STRAYER (JOSEPH⁶, JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1844, and died 1926.

Child of LEVI STRAYER is:

64. i. CYRUS⁸ STRAYER.

54. CATHERINE MAGDALINA⁷ STRAYER (JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born October 19, 1841 in Shelbyville, Missouri, and died August 17, 1917 in Plainsview, Minnesota. She married AARON A. SNYDER 1879 in Freeport, Iowa. He was born September 03, 1835 in Waynesboro, Indiana, and died December 02, 1903 in Trout Run, near Freeport, Iowa.

Notes for CATHERINE MAGDALINA STRAYER:

Obit Information: Married Aaron Syndor in 1879. One Daughter, Mrs. Della S. Hedgeson of Plainsview, Minnesota. Was on of the pioneer residents of Freeport and lived their her entire live. Attended UIU the first term it was open in 1857. Taught school. Later two other sisters would attend UIU. Died 1917 at her daughter's house in Plainsview where she had live since 1904, for 13 years after her husbands death. The funeral was attended by Mr. and Mrs. John Strayer, a step brother from Mason City, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Strayer, and a sister Ruth Strayer.

More About CATHERINE MAGDALINA STRAYER:

Education: 1857, UIU

Residence: Freeport, Iowa, entire life.

Notes for AARON A. SNYDER:

Information Notes: Husband of Catherine Stayer, married 1879, born 9/3/1835, in Waynesboro, Indiana, died 12/2/1903 at Trout Run near Freeport, Iowa. Was ill for three months. Had one daughter, Mrs. Della S. Hedgeson, of Plainsview, Minn., he came to the Freeport area in 1879.

More About AARON A. SNYDER:

Residence: 1879, Came to Freeport, Iowa

Child of CATHERINE STRAYER and AARON SNYDER is:

i. DELLA S.⁸ SNYDER, m. NAME HEDGESON.

55. ELIZABETH LYDIA⁷ STRAYER (JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1846 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Missouri, and died April 12, 1904 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She married ALBERT E. MANCHESTER October 19, 1871 in Freeport, Winneshiek Co., Iowa.

Notes for ELIZABETH LYDIA STRAYER:

Obit Information:

Born in Shelbyville, Missouri in 1846, of John and Elizabeth Heckert Strayer. Moved to Freeport, Iowa in 1852, with the family as John and a Heckert brother of Elizabeth laid claim to a large amount of the Upper Iowa River bottom in what would become Freeport, Iowa. They set up a mill, as they had been mill wrights in Shelbyville. In 1871 Elizabeth Strayer married Albert E. Manchester originally from Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He was a railroad man and they resided in Mason city and Dubuque, Iowa until 1893, when Albert was called to Milwaukee as Superintendent of Motive Power (locomotives) of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Railway System. The couple would live the rest of their lives in Milwaukee. Elizabeth died April 12, 1904 at the age of 58, at her home, 2619 Wells St. Milwaukee, Wisc. She left a husband, Daughter, two sons, two brothers, and three sisters. Elizabeth was an exemplary woman, a model in the home, active in church, with many friends. Her daughter Alice Elizabeth Mooney lived in the Milwaukee area.

Paper Article, March 1887---We have had some first class teachers in Fayette, whom we are always glad to welcome when returning after years of absence in home duties and as teachers of children of Thier own. One of these gave us a call the others day, known to us twenty-four years ago as Miss Libbie Strayer, now Mrs. Manchester, of Mason City. She was one of the few teachers who then persisted in her calling term after term, and made an enviable record in a profession not then, as now, crowded with applicants for place at any price.

More About ELIZABETH LYDIA STRAYER:

Occupation: 1887, Teacher/principal

Residence: 1878, Clamar

Children of ELIZABETH STRAYER and ALBERT MANCHESTER are:

i. ALICE ELIZABETH⁸ MANCHESTER, m. NAME MOONEY.

ii. SONA MANCHESTER.

iii. SONB MANCHESTER.

56. VALENTINE E.⁷ STRAYER (JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born November 12, 1848 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Missouri, and died 1937 in Fayette, IA. He married MARY ELIZABETH PARSONS December 11, 1873 in West Union, IA, daughter of DAVID PARSONS and ADELIA BUTLER. She was born January 10, 1852 in Elgin, IL, and died June 26, 1944.

Notes for VALENTINE E. STRAYER:

Notes: Valentine was born in Shelbyville, Missouri, November 12, 1848, of Elizabeth Heckart and John Strayer. His father and wife's brother Adam were running a grist mill about 5 miles SW of Shelbyville on a branch of the Salt River. The Heckart's were mill wrights and John apparently came into the Shelbyville area because of family connections back in PA. when Valentine was six, John Strayer and Adam Heckart migrated to the Freeport, Iowa area and set up a mill on the Upper Iowa River (then called the Iowa River). Valentine grew up in Freeport, and then at age 18+ went to UIU at Fayette to attend college from 1867-1869, which was quite unusual for the day. Very few men even went on to a "higher school" at this time. Valentine roomed on the 3rd floor of the College Hall, the only building on campus at the time. There were no stairs so ladders were used. He range the bell and did janitor work for tuition. While at UIU Valentine was well known for many cleaver and undetected pranks. He Graduated from UIU, July 1, 1869, in the 11th commencement of the college. At graduation he gave a presentation on "Chance", while his sister Ruth Strayer spoke on, "To seem and to be". While at UIU he was very involved with literary societies like "Zethegathean", and gave many well spoken production. Valentine took a teaching postilion in Calmar, Iowa, apparently in the fall of 1869. In 1871-1874, he became the Principal of Schools at Calmar. While going to UIU he must have met Mary Elizabeth Parsons, the daughter of an early Fayette pioneer family who came from Elgin, IL to Fayette in 1856. Valentine and Mary Parson were married at West Union, December 11, 1873. He was 25, she 21. During the summer of 1874, Valentine went into the Hardware Business in Calmar until 1893. The business also sold coal brought in on the train which came in from the Marion, Iowa area. Valentine was well known for his interest in civic and educational affairs, serving on the school board for 17 years, the city council for 12 years and as Mayor of Calmar for 3 years. In 1894, the family sold their Calmar interests and bought a farm just north of Fayette. They move shortly after that to Cresco for one year, then came back to Fayette, and about 1896 bought the Col. Aaron Brown Farm, about 4 miles SW of Fayette (just one mile south and the next section west of Eagle's Point). In 1918, the family moved into Fayette. Valentine died at his home in Fayette, Iowa, on November 14, 1937, at the age of 89 years, after a brief illness. Service was at Belles Funeral Home, with burial at Grandview Cemetery in Fayette. He left his wife Mary Parsons, three daughters, two sons, and 11 great-grandchildren. In 1937, his children were located at: Genevieve Belknapp in McIntosh, SD; Robert in Marion, Iowa; Katherine Dennis, Cleveland, OH; Reuben, Chamberlain, SD; Winnifred Hunt, Fayette. Valentine was known as well educated, a community participant and leader, friendly and kind. He like to camp, hunt and fish, often making long trips to the Dakotas or north to the Great Lakes.

Note from the Calmar correspondent for the Decorah Republican, May 6, 1902: Vol. Strayer was up from his Fayette county farm several days last week looking after the repairs of his store building damaged by the recent fire. A plate glass front is now one of the many impartments which make the building one of the most attractive hardware stores in the county. (apparently Valentine retained the Hardware Store in Calmar as property, even after buying the Col. Brown farm at Fayette)

More About VALENTINE E. STRAYER:

Burial: 1937, Grandview Cemetery, Fayette, Iowa

Education: Bet. 1867 - 1869, Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa

Migrated: 1854, Freeport, IA, with family.

Residence: Bet. 1871 - 1874, Principal of Calmar Schools

Notes for MARY ELIZABETH PARSONS:

Moved to Fayette, IA, with her family in 1857, therefore an early pioneer of the area. Mary Parsons attended the Fayette schools and Upper Iowa University. She taught several terms, and married Valentine E. Strayer of Calmar in West Union, in 1873. Mary probably met Valentine while both were UIU students.

Mary joined the Fayette Methodist church August 26, 1896 and was very active in church activities until here hearing failed. In later years she wrote very remarkable letters to her children, kept her own home and had a keen mind. She like to garden and had many flowers, was artistic and continued to make hooked rugs until 91 years old. All of her brothers and sisters preceded her in death. Mary was healthy to the day before her death. Services were at the Belles funeral Home and interment was at Grandview Cemetery in Fayette.

Obit; Mary E. Parsons Strayer, was born in Elgin, Illinois, January 10, 1852. Her parents were David and Adalia Parsons, who came to Fayette Iowa, in 1857. She was married at West Union, at the residence of her sister, to Valentine E. Strayer of Calmar, in 1873, and honeymooned in Howard and Winneshiek counties. She was the mother of five children, Genevieve Belknapp who resided in McIntosh, South Dakota. Robert E. Strayer in Marion, Iowa. Catherine Dennis in Cleveland Ohio. Reuben A. of Fayette and Winnifred Hunt of Fayette. She had one brother Wallace who resided in California and two sisters Julia Waterbury of West Union and Lucretia Forde's of Topeka, Kansas.

Paper articles regarding death:

---June 29, 1944. Mrs. V. E. Strayer found dead at home. Fatal heart attack Tuesday morning caused the death of 92 year old resident in Fayette. Mary Parsons Strayer, was found dead on the stairs of her home Tuesday morning about 9 am. She had come down stairs and unlocked the outside door, and was returning when she passed away of a heart attack. Apparently she had been as well as usual on Monday and had done her washing and worked in her garden. Her daughter Winnifred Strayer Hunt, came to the house and went on out to work in the garden. After a few minutes she returned to the house and found her mother, as related. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Genevieve Belknap, McIntosh, SD; Mrs. Kate Dennis of Cleveland, OH; Mrs.. W. R. Hunt of Fayette, Robert of Marion, and Reuben A. of Chamberlain, SD. Funeral services will probably be held Friday afternoon, but final arrangements are awaiting the arrival of Mrs. Belknap and Rube Strayer who were expected last night.

More About MARY ELIZABETH PARSONS:

Age at Death (Facts Pg): 1944, 92yrs5mo16days

Migrated: 1857, Fayette, IA, with parents, from Elgin, IL

Children of VALENTINE STRAYER and MARY PARSONS are:

65. i. GENEVIEVE⁸ STRAYER.

66. ii. ROBERT E. STRAYER, b. August 21, 1877, Near Calmar, Iowa; d. March 03, 1953, Hosipital in Des Moines, Iowa.

67. iii. REUBEN A. STRAYER, b. 1888; d. August 1964, Seattle, WA.

iv. KATHERINE STRAYER, b. February 20, 1889, Calmar, IA; d. 1949, Cleveland, OH; m. EDWARD WALTER DENNIS; d. August 08, 1949.

Notes for KATHERINE STRAYER:

Notes: Married Edward Walter Dennis, son of T. G. Dennis of 817 Tyler Street, (city?). Married at the residence of Kates uncle and aunt, W. M. Forbes, where she has been living in Potwin Place, since resigning a position of Directress of nurses at Stormont Hospital (probably Cleveland, Ohio).

Pager Article: Winnifred Strayer Hunt has received word of the death of her sister, Mrs. E. W. Dennis, the former Katherine Strayer, daughter of Mary Parsons and Valentine E. Strayer, who was born February 20, 1889, in Calmar and who lived in Fayette until her marriage to Mr. Dennis. She was living in Cleveland, Ohio, died there December 11, at the home of her son following a three week illness. Her husband died August 6, 1949, and following this, Mrs. Dennis spent several weeks with her sister, Mrs. Hung in Fayette, returning to Cleveland about three weeks before she was taken ill.

68. v. WINIFRED STRAYER, b. January 1893.

57. JOHN ADAM LITTLE⁷ STRAYER (JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1850, and died 1936 in St. Petersburg, Florida. He married LUCY CATHARINE SHEETZ.

Notes for JOHN ADAM LITTLE STRAYER:

Information Notes: Was the adopted son of John and Elizabeth Heckart Strayer of Freeport, Iowa. John was a locomotive engineer in Mason City, Iowa, for 46 years, for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul Railroad. He died at age 76 in St. Petersburg, Florida and is buried at Mason City, Iowa. He was survived by his wife Alice Strayer, son Aurther J. Strayer, and daughter G. W. Hill (Stilla Strayer) and son George Strayer.

More About JOHN ADAM LITTLE STRAYER:

Adoption: To John and Elizabeth Heckart Strayer.

Burial: 1936, Mason City, Iowa

Note: Must be sone of Mary Heckart Little

Occupation: Locomotive Engineer

Residence: Mason City, Iowa

Notes for LUCY CATHARINE SHEETZ:

Obit---Mrs. John Strayer died on Tuesday of last week, July 28, at her home in Mason City after an illness of eighteen months from pernicious anaemia. Mrs. Strayer's maiden name was Lucy Catherine Sheetz and she was a sister of Aaron Sheetz and Mrs. Mary Ruffridge of Freeport. She was born in Decorah in 1855. In 1875 she married to John A. Strayer. Thirty-five years ago they moved to Mason City where the family home has since been. The Mason City Globe-Gazette, from which we glean the above facts, speaks in glowing terms of the many excellent qualities of Mrs. Strayer and refer to her as one of Mason City's dearest and bet beloved women. Besides giving a full measure of devotion to her family she found time to be active in the work of the Congregational church of which she was a member, as well as the Easter Star. Beside her husband she is survived by her daughter, Mrs. George W. Hill of Mason city, and her son Arther J. Strayer of el Paso, her brother and sister in Freeport, and another sister, Mrs., Ella Skinner of Forest city. The funeral was held Thursday last and interment was made in Elmwood cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.

Children of JOHN STRAYER and LUCY SHEETZ are:

69. i. STILLA⁸ STRAYER.

ii. ARTHUR J. STRAYER.

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Residence: El Paso, TX

58. RUTH D.⁷ STRAYER (JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1852, and died January 24, 1897 in Idaho Springs, Colardo. She married JACOB L. BOYD 1877 in Freeport, Iowa.

More About RUTH D. STRAYER:

Cause of Death: pneumonia

Note: Married first cousin.

Residence: 1878, Hagars Grove, Missouri

Children of RUTH STRAYER and JACOB BOYD are:

i. SONA⁸ BOYD.

ii. SONB BOYD.

iii. SONC BOYD.

iv. SOND BOYD.

v. DAUGHTERA BOYD.

59. LUCINDA⁷ STRAYER (JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born August 16, 1855 in Freeport, Iowa, and died January 20, 1922 in Freeport, Iowa. She married SAMUEL B.HALLMAN February 10, 1876 in Freeport, Iowa.

More About LUCINDA STRAYER:

Burial: January 20, 1922, Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa, in family plot.

Note: Died of a Carcinoma of abdomin

Residence: Freeport, Iowa, entire life.

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Residence: 1897, Freeport, Iowa

Children of LUCINDA STRAYER and SAMUEL B.HALLMAN are:

i. HARRIET⁸ HALLMAN.

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Residence: 1911, Freeport, Iowa

ii. WALTER H. HALLMAN.

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Residence: 1911, Freeport, Iowa

iii. JAMES HALLMAN.

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Residence: 1911, Freeport, Iowa

iv. CHARLES HALLMAN.

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Residence: 1911, Minneapolis

v. JOHN EDGAR HALLMAN, b. September 16, 1879; d. May 07, 1902, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Notes for JOHN EDGAR HALLMAN:

Obit: Made home in Winneshiek County, Iowa, Exceptional in physique, mental capacity, moral standard. died at resident of Aunt A. E. Manchester, in Milwaukee.

More About JOHN EDGAR HALLMAN:

Residence: Winneshiek County, Iowa

60. EBER.C.⁷ STRAYER (JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1858, and died September 1912 in Cresco, Iowa. He married KATIE I. GREENE. She was born 1858.

Notes for EBER.C. STRAYER:

From the Cresco Plain Dealer--- on September 11, 1912---Death by Suicide---E.C. Strayer committed suicide at about 5:30am yesterday morning, in a fit of despondency. He rose early and without doing or saying anything to arouse suspicion of his intention, retired to the alley back of his house and shot himself in the head with a shotgun which he borrowed from a neighbor a few days before. Death was practically instantaneous, as he was just breathing when his son reached him. The funeral will be held probably Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Strayer was a brother of Mrs. Sam Hallman of Freeport and was quite well know here.

More About EBER.C. STRAYER:

Occupation: Sheet metal shop in Cresco, IA

Residence: 1897, Cresco, Iowa

Child of EBER.C. STRAYER and KATIE GREENE is:

i. LYNN VALENTINE⁸ STRAYER, b. December 02, 1883, Calmar, IA; m. CLARA PETERSON, September 22, 1908, Decorah, IA; b. 1878, Freeport, IA.

61. EDITH L.⁷ STRAYER (GEORGE⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born October 27, 1861 in Freeport, Iowa, and died June 28, 1901 in Freeport, Iowa. She married F. W. DAUBNEY February 09, 1881.

Notes for EDITH L. STRAYER:

Information Notes: Edith was the only daughter of George Strayer of Freeport, Iowa. She was born near Freeport, 10/27/1861 and lived here entire life in the Freeport area. On 2/9/1881, she married Mayor and Doctor F. W. Daubney. They moved to Decorah in 1887, after the Doctor practiced awhile in Frankville. Edith died Friday AM, 6/28/1901, at home after a lingering illness with eight years of suffering. She had been confined to bed for months. Edith was a devoted wife, mother, friend and helpful neighbor. She survived by her husband, only son Maurice, 17, parent's and four brothers, plus two cousins Valentine E. Strayer of Fayette, and Charles Palmer of Britt. Services were at the residence with a very large procession. Burial is in the family plot at Phelps Cemetery in Decorah.

More About EDITH L. STRAYER:

Burial: 1901, Phelps Cemetery, Decorah, Iowa, in family plot.

Occupation: 1905, Deceased at this date.

Child of EDITH STRAYER and F. DAUBNEY is:

i. MORRIS W.⁸ DAUBNEY, b. 1884.

Notes for MORRIS W. DAUBNEY:

Spelling may be Maurice Daubney.

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Residence: 1916, Sentralia, Washinton

62. AARON C.⁷ STRAYER (GEORGE⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born August 13, 1872, and died January 1916 in Hospital in Evanston, Ill.

Notes for AARON C. STRAYER:

Obit: Jan 19, 1916---Word came to Mrs. George Strayer and her son James yesterday that their son and brother Aaron C. Strayer, of Glenview, a suburb of Chicago, had died that morning in a hospital at Evanston, after a short illness, the nature of which was not stated. Mr. Strayer was the youngest of four sons. He was born in Glenwood township, in Winneshiek Co, Iowa, August 13, 1872, and in 1890, went to Chicago where he engaged in teaching for a time. He completed is education with a law course and has since been practicing in the city of Chicago. He was married in 1894 and besides his mother and his brothers, James of Decorah, Frnak of Spencer, Wis., and Will, of Baker, Oregon, is survived by his wife and seven children. James Strayer went to Chicago last evening to attend the funeral. Mr. Strayer was well known in our village, having grown to young manhood in this vicinity. He attended the village school as a boy and later became teacher in the upper grade. Them any friends, extend sympathy to the bereaved family.

More About AARON C. STRAYER:

Occupation: Teacher and lawyer.

Residence: 1890, Chicago area.

Children of AARON C. STRAYER are:

i. HAROLD⁸ STRAYER, b. 1895.

ii. GEORGE STRAYER, b. 1898.

iii. EDITH STRAYER, b. 1900.

iv. ALICE STRAYER, b. 1903.

v. JOHN STRAYER, b. 1905.

vi. VIRGINIA STRAYER, b. 1908.

vii. GRACE STRAYER, b. 1910.

viii. HOWARD STRAYER, b. 1905.

Generation No. 8

63. ISRAEL R.⁸ STRAYER (JACOB-SEIBERT⁷, JACOB⁶, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁵, JOHN-NICHOLAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) He married MARYETTA. She was born 1853 in VA.

Child of ISRAEL STRAYER and MARYETTA is:

i. CHARLES S.⁹ STRAYER, b. 1876.

64. CYRUS⁸ STRAYER (LEVI⁷, JOSEPH⁶, JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹)

Child of CYRUS STRAYER is:

70. i. GLAYDE⁹ STRAYER.

65. GENEVIEVE⁸ STRAYER (VALENTINE E.⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) She married CLARK H. BELKNAPP.

Notes for GENEVIEVE STRAYER:

Information Notes: Died in a rest home in Sumner, Iowa at age 96. Buried in Grandview Cemetery, Fayette, Iowa. Two sons Hugh of North Hollywood, California, and Jamie of Madison, Wisconsin. Gen graduated from UIU in 1989. Taught school in Calmar and north of Fayette several years.

More About GENEVIEVE STRAYER:

Residence: Abt. 1910, McIntosh, SD

Children of GENEVIEVE STRAYER and CLARK BELKNAPP are:

i. HUGH⁹ BELKNAPP.

More About HUGH BELKNAPP:

Residence: 1979, North Hollywood, California

ii. JAMIE BELKNAPP.

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Residence: 1955, Madison, Wisconsin

66. ROBERT E.⁸ STRAYER (VALENTINE E.⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born August 21, 1877 in Near Calmar, Iowa, and died March 03, 1953 in Hosipital in Des Moines, Iowa. He married ALICE FRANCES MYRTLE FINCH November 09, 1899 in Fayette. She was born June 18, 1877 in Illyra Twp., Fayette Co, IA, and died March 1939.

Notes for ROBERT E. STRAYER:

Was a train engineer who lived in Marion and ran the route from Marion, through Arlington and Fayette to Calmar and back. He was scalded very badly when the boiler of engine 1020 blew up when the engine tipped over, but he returned to be an engineer on the old steamers through the 1940's.

The family was living in Savannah, IL until about 1912. Then moved to Oxford Junction, Iowa. Bob Strayer was a railroad fireman for 2 years and became an engineers on the old steamers for 50 years. Bob would move to Marion, IA and had the train run from Marion to Calmar, coming through Arlington and Fayette, for many years. He would take the train to Calmar and return to Marion the next day.

Obit: Winnifred Strayer Hunt of Fayette, Iowa, received work of the death of her brother, Robert Strayer, whose death occurred Tuesday, March 3, 1953, in a Des Moines, Iowa hospital following a long illness. Bob Strayer was born August 21, 1877, on a farm near Calmar, Iowa, the son of Mary Parsons and Valentine E. Strayer. The family came to Fayette in 1896 to make their home. Shortly after, Bob Strayer started to work for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway and for many years was the engineer on the Calmar branch operating between Marion and Calmar. He retired a few years ago. In 1899 he was married to Myrtle finch of Fayette, and the family lived for many years in Marion, Iowa. They had two children a daughter, who died several years ago and a son Raoul Robert Strayer of Des Moines. Bob Strayer went to Des Moines about 3 weeks ago to be with his son, but was taken worse and taken to the hospital where he died with cancer of the mouth and throat. His wife preceded him in death. Funeral services were held Friday, March 6th at Marion with burial in Cedar Memorial Cemetery beside his wife and daughter. He is also survived besides by his son Raoul, by two sisters, Winnifred Mary Strayer Hunt of Fayette, Genevieve Strayer Belknapp of Chatsworth, California and one brother Rueben Strayer of Seattle. Winnifred Hunt of Fayette and her son Donald of Oelwein attended the funeral services and burial at Marion on Friday.

Note: From a visit with Marc, 1992, bz. Raoul's father Bob died of cancer of mouth and throat. He had a cigarette in his mouth all the time. He suffered a horrible death and could not swallow. He would not go to the hospital and wanted to die at home (at Raoul's in Des Moines).

More About ROBERT E. STRAYER:

Occupation: Railroad engineer

Residence: 1877, Calmar, IA

Notes for ALICE FRANCES MYRTLE FINCH:

Paper article, November 15, 1899---Thursday morning November 9, 1899, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Finch, occurred the marriage of Thier daughter Myrtle, to Robert E. Strayer of Calmar, Iowa. They were untied by the Rev. Gammons, of the Methodist church of Fayette, Iowa, in the presence of the immediate family and a few of the most intimate fiends of the bride and groom. The pretty blond bride was beautifully attired in a gown of white silk with chiffon trimmings and carried white bridal Roses; the groom wore the usual black. The happy couple left on the evening train, Friday, for Kansas City and Topeka, Kansas, where they will visit with relative for a short time, after which they return to their home in Calmar.

Alice Frances Myrtle find was born June 18, 1877, in Illyria Twp., of Fayette Co., Iowa, and spent her early life in Fayette and vicinity.

More About ALICE FRANCES MYRTLE FINCH:

Residence: Fayette, IA

Children of ROBERT STRAYER and ALICE FINCH are:

71. i. RAOUL ROBERT⁹ STRAYER, b. April 17, 1903, Savannah, IL; d. Des Moines, IA.

ii. BLANCHE STRAYER, b. June 17, 1906, Savannah, IL; d. December 07, 1939, Marion, IA.

Notes for BLANCHE STRAYER:

Note from a visit with Marc, 1992, bz---Blance became ill about the time she graduated from Coe College of Erocyphylis. She had become very sick for several years in the late 1930's and apparently died of the effects of arthritis. Blanch had a small butterfly red birthmark just under her nose.

More About BLANCHE STRAYER:

Education: Graduated form Coe College in Cedar Rapids.

67. REUBEN A.⁸ STRAYER (VALENTINE E.⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1888, and died August 1964 in Seattle, WA. He married SNAME MAUDE BAILEY in Cresco, Iowa, daughter of H. M. BAILEY.

Notes for REUBEN A. STRAYER:

Marriage Notes:

Was the son of Valentine Strayer of Calmar and Fayette. Reuben farmed with his father. Married S. Maude Bailey in Cresco, Iowa. They had been childhood sweethearts and both highly thought of. She was the daughter of H. M. Bailey, carefully read, graduated with honors from high school, taught in the county schools. They were married in the brides home and honeymooned in Minneapolis. They made their home in Cresco, entering business with a cousin L. A. Strayer, in a prosperous manufacturing establishment.

Paper Article August 27, 1964: Winnifred Strayer Hunt received work last week of the death of her brother, Reuben Strayer, 78, at his home in Seattle, Wash. Burial was at Seattle. The Strayers were former residents of Freeport, Calmar, Fayette.

More About REUBEN A. STRAYER:

Age at Death (Facts Pg): 78

Burial: Seattle, WA

Children of REUBEN STRAYER and SNAME BAILEY are:

i. VIRGINA⁹ STRAYER.

ii. GENE STRAYER.

More About GENE STRAYER:

Note: Diabetic, died about age 40.

68. WINIFRED⁸ STRAYER (VALENTINE E.⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born January 1893. She married WALTER REUBEN HUNT.

Notes for WINIFRED STRAYER:

Taught Mapel Grove School District #1, Center TWP, Fayette, Iowa, 1909.

More About WINIFRED STRAYER:

Occupation: 1909, Teaching Maple Grove School District #1, in Center TWP., Fayette, Iowa

Children of WINIFRED STRAYER and WALTER HUNT are:

72. i. DONALD RUEBEN⁹ HUNT, b. 1916.

73. ii. ELEANOR WINNIFRED HUNT, b. 1919, Fayette, Iowa; d. 1965, Fayette, Iowa.

69. STILLA⁸ STRAYER (JOHN ADAM LITTLE⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) She married G. W. HILL.

More About STILLA STRAYER:

Residence: Mason City, Iowa

Child of STILLA STRAYER and G. HILL is:

i. GEORGE⁹ HILL.

Generation No. 9

70. GLAYDE⁹ STRAYER (CYRUS⁸, LEVI⁷, JOSEPH⁶, JOHN PETER⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹)

Child of GLAYDE STRAYER is:

i. RICHARD L.¹⁰ STRAYER.

71. RAOUL ROBERT⁹ STRAYER (ROBERT E.⁸, VALENTINE E.⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born April 17, 1903 in Savannah, IL, and died in Des Moines, IA. He married MARCELLITTE EDITH February 13, 1932 in Chicao, IL. She was born June 20, 1909 in Wisconsin, and died July 1999 in Laramie, WY, residence of son Robert..

Notes for RAOUL ROBERT STRAYER:

An interview by BZ with wife Marc in 1995: Raoul graduated from Marion High School in 1921, worked a year during the days in a grocery store and in the evenings at an oil station. He saved, borrowed and got a little help from "dad" and went to Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, in 1922, but ran out of money after two years. He took a job with the Lynn County engineer's office and went back to school. He graduated in 1927 with a B. S. in general engineering. Raoul lined up a job with the Link Belt Co., making elevators on 300 West Pershing Road, Chicago, IL, near the stock yards. He would have to sit and draw, and in hot weather the smell of the yards was oppressive. He worked there for four years. In 1930, Raoul suffered a ruptured appendix. While in the hospital he met an admitting nurse by the name of Marce, who would become his wife for life. Raoul worked another 1 1/2 years at Link. He wanted out of Chicago badly. One of his friends said that General Motors needed adjustors for their Insurance Company, so he went to Omaha and got the job. The couple would marry February 13, 1932. He was working in Sioux City, Iowa at the time and she still working at her joy in Chicago. Raoul borrowed $75 to go to Chicago, they got married and rode the train back to Sioux City. Raoul was making $149 per month at the time and apartments cost $75 per month. The couple had $300 between them. They lived in Sioux City from February 1932 to November 1932. Raoul's job moved them to Omaha, and after three months they transferred to Des Moines until 1936, then to Minneapolis from 1936-1942. During the war years he was located in Cleveland for the war effort and into the Fisher Body Plant of General Motors which was making B-29's by the end of the war. Raoul worked as an inspector in the plant until late 1945 when his job moved them back to Des Moines for the rest of their lives. He had developed multiple sclerosis in the 1940's while working for G.M., but kept working with the company for 22 years. He was retired by the company and did not work again until 1963 when he went to work for Preferred Risk for three years. He had some operations including a prostate. He went to the State House looking for a job in the Insurance Department, but ended up with a job in the Tax department for 11 years and was involved with starting the state withholding tax. He retired again in 1973.

More About RAOUL ROBERT STRAYER:

Burial: Marion, Iowa

Notes for MARCELLITTE EDITH:

Marc was working as the admittance nurse at the West Suburban Hospital in Oak Bark, IL, when Raoul was admitted for a burst appendix. After the couple moved to Des Moines, she started working at Iowa Luth. Hospital in 1949 during the polio epidemic, part time for the next five years. She then went to Armstrong Tire and Rubber Co., as a nurse for 15 1/2 years, retiring in July of 1970, but then went back to work part time October, 1970 to 1977 as a nurse with Wilson's Pack.

More About MARCELLITTE EDITH:

Burial: Marion, Iowa

Children of RAOUL STRAYER and MARCELLITTE EDITH are:

i. PHYLLIS DIANE¹⁰ STRAYER, m. UNKNOWN BROWN.

ii. ROBERT CONRAD STRAYER.

74. iii. ELIZABETH JEANNE STRAYER, b. May 20, 1941, Minneapolis, MN.

iv. MARIANNE ALICE STRAYER, m. UNKNOWN SEIBERT.

72. DONALD RUEBEN⁹ HUNT (WINIFRED⁸ STRAYER, VALENTINE E.⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1916. He married RUTH PFIEFFER.

Children of DONALD HUNT and RUTH PFIEFFER are:

i. DONNA RUTH¹⁰ HUNT.

ii. HENRY DONALD HUNT.

73. ELEANOR WINNIFRED⁹ HUNT (WINIFRED⁸ STRAYER, VALENTINE E.⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born 1919 in Fayette, Iowa, and died 1965 in Fayette, Iowa. She married THEO MARCUS ZBORNIK. He was born 1919 in Fayette, Iowa, and died 1985 in Waterloo, Iowa.

Children of ELEANOR HUNT and THEO ZBORNIK are:

i. BARRY MARCUS¹⁰ ZBORNIK, b. 1942.

ii. WINNIE MAE ZBORNIK, b. 1945.

Generation No. 10

74. ELIZABETH JEANNE¹⁰ STRAYER (RAOUL ROBERT⁹, ROBERT E.⁸, VALENTINE E.⁷, JOHN⁶, VALENTINE⁵, JOHANES-MATHIAS⁴, JOHANES-MATTES³ STROEHER, JOANNIS² STROH, JOANNIS¹) was born May 20, 1941 in Minneapolis, MN. She married (1) WILLIAM LOWELL TURK 1962. She married (2) LAWRENCE EUGENE GROVE 1972.

Notes for ELIZABETH JEANNE STRAYER:

Elizabeth notes in 2000: I retired in Sept. of 1999 and am now doing substitute teaching which love. I work in all areas and grades in the school from which I retired. I have more time for my family, friends, gardening, traveling, reading, exploring nature and life, and working on home projects. I am enjoying myself.

More About ELIZABETH JEANNE STRAYER:

Education: Drake U. in Des Moines, Iowa, degrees in English and Elementary Ed.

Nickname: Betty

Note: 1970, Divorced from William Turk.

Occupation: Teacher, Arlington, VA

More About WILLIAM LOWELL TURK:

Education: BS and MS from Iowa State U.

More About LAWRENCE EUGENE GROVE:

Occupation: Teacher, Arlington, VA

Children of ELIZABETH STRAYER and WILLIAM TURK are:

i. WILLIAM LOWELL TURK¹¹ GROVE, b. November 02, 1965, Des Moines, Iowa, Iowa Methodis Hosp.; m. CLAUDIA SPAIN, June 1987.

Notes for WILLIAM LOWELL TURK GROVE:

William's mother reports, 2000: The family loves the out of doors, camping, roller b lading, street hockey. Their boys are in Cub Scouts, and Nickolas plays soccer, and Alex plays baseball.

More About WILLIAM LOWELL TURK GROVE:

Education: Graduated from West Point.

Residence: 2000, 4500 N. 35th St., Arlington, VA 22207, 703-525-0315.

More About CLAUDIA SPAIN:

Education: Boston U, in Communications.

ii. KRISTYN ELIZABETH TURK GROVE, b. April 09, 1967; m. WILLIAM ANTHONY ABOAT, August 1998, Denver, CO.

Notes for KRISTYN ELIZABETH TURK GROVE:

Kristyn's mother, 2000, reports the family enjoys camping, hiking, snowshoeing, skiing, fishing.

More About KRISTYN ELIZABETH TURK GROVE:

Education: James Madison U. in Harrisonburg, VA

Occupation: 2000, Health One, representing two hospitals.

Residence: 2000, 766 S. Owens Ct., Lakewood, CO 80226, 303-806-8304.

More About WILLIAM ANTHONY ABOAT:

Education: James Madison U. in Harrisonburg, VA

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