Harrison Straw and Emeline Read

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Husband Harrison Straw ¹

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           Born: 15 Apr 1861 - Ferguson Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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         Father: John T. Straw (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Young (      -      ) 2 3

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       Marriage: 9 Apr 1885 4

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Wife Emeline Read ⁵

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         Father: David R. Read (1837-      ) 6
         Mother: Clara "Sis" Owens (1843-      ) 7 8

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1 F Clara Straw ⁴

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         Spouse: Harvey Smith (      -      ) 4

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2 M Russell Straw ⁴

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3 F Eunice Straw ⁴

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4 U Bertie Straw ⁴

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5 F Harriet Straw ⁴

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6 M David Straw ⁴

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7 M Howard Straw ⁴

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8 M Clayton Straw ⁴

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9 M William Straw ⁴

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10 M Donald Straw ⁴

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11 F Sarah Straw ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Harrison Straw

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He was reared in Ferguson township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and attended school there and spent one year at the Indiana State Normal School, after which he taught four terms of school, one in Jordan Township, two in Lawrence Township and one in Ferguson Township. After marriage he engaged in farming in Lawrence Township and moved from there to Ferguson Township., where he spent fourteen years and then settled in Goshen township, in January, 1907, purchasing what was known as the Thompson Read farm. He did a large amount of improving in the way of building and rebuilding and even extended his improvements outside of his own property, practically making a new road to approach it. Mr. Straw had an income from a coal bank on his land.
He and his family attended the Methodist Episcopal church. In his political views he was a Democrat and he served as school director and also on the election board at different times.

1 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 441, 708.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 441.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 971.

4 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 442.

5 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 442, 708.

6 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 442, 707.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 943.

8 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 708.