Lawrence Stroup and Clara Louise Askey

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Husband Lawrence Stroup ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Oct 1853 - Tionesta, Forest Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1918 2
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Stephen Field Stroup (1830-      ) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth McMillen (1834-1920) 4

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       Marriage: 5 Dec 1878

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Wife Clara Louise Askey ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Apr 1856 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jan 1929 - Ingomar, Allegheny Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: James Harrison Askey (1828-1908) 2 6
         Mother: Mary Jane Smith (1835-1913) 2 6

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Children

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1 F Mary Belle Stroup ²

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           Born: 20 Sep 1879 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Roger T. Ward (1874-      ) 2
           Marr: 24 Oct 1900 2

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2 M Earl Stroup ²

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           Born: 10 Mar 1883 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1972 - ? Florida
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jessie Montgomery (1883-      ) 2
           Marr: 18 Dec 1905 2

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3 F Jessie Winnifred Stroup ⁷

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           Born: 26 Nov 1885 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Mar 1948 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John North Hess (1886-      ) 7 8
           Marr: 22 Aug 1911 - Kennerdell, Venango Co, PA 9

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4 F Clara Eliza Stroup ^{7 10}

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           Born: 25 Jul 1895 7 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Mar 1981 - Henrietta, Clay Co, TX 10
         Buried:  - Nocona, Montague Co, TX

         Spouse: Howard McKinley Flowers (1897-1950) 7 10
           Marr: 11 Jun 1918

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General Notes: Husband - Lawrence Stroup

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The Venango Citizen-Press, Franklin, PA
Jan 20, 1910
Well-Known Citizens of the County
LAWRENCE STROUP, Rockland Township.
Lawrence Stroup was born Oct 1853, at Tionesta, Forest county, where he resided until his parents, Stephen and Eliza Stroup, moved to Venango county, which was in 1864. At an early age Mr. Stroup engaged in the oil business, which he followed until two years ago, when he settled down to farm life, at which he has been quite successful.
On Dec. 5, 1878, Mr. Stroup was wedded to Miss Clara Askey, daughter of Harrison and Mary Jane Askey, of Rockland township. Seven children were born to them, four of whom are living, as follows: Mrs. Belle Ward, Sistersville, W. Va.; Earl, Hoboken, Pa.; Jessie, Sistersville, W. Va., and Clara, at home.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1127.

2 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 2.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 82.

4 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 207.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 31.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1121.

7 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 3.

8 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 127.

9 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #9606.

10 Helen M. Snyder, Snyder - Bump History (Franklin, PA: Self-published, 1983), Pg 15.