Chapman A. Stranahan and Martha Jane Webb

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Husband Chapman A. Stranahan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Oct 1849 - Concord Twp, Erie Co, PA 2
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         Father: Franklin B. Stranahan (1823-      ) 1 3
         Mother: Eveline Fuller (      -1867) 1

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Wife Martha Jane Webb ^{1 2}

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         Father: Francis Webb (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Nancy [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 M Dorr D. Stranahan ²

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           Born: 24 May 1874 2
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2 F Gladys Stranahan ²

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           Born: 8 Dec 1877 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Harrison F. Stranahan ²

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           Born: 10 Jan 1880 2
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General Notes: Husband - Chapman A. Stranahan

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His education was obtained in the common schools, and during his boyhood he mastered the varied details of agriculture and became a practical, thorough farmer. For two years after leaving school he worked for neighboring farmers, and for a similar length of time he was in the employ of the Philadelphia & Erie Railroad. In the fall of 1873 he purchased a farm owned by Francis Webb in Sparta township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and two years afterward he sold this property to his father, and removed to another homestead. This place, formerly known as the Erastus Lewis farm, was situated in the same township, and was one of the most productive and best cultivated farms in the county. He carried on general farming, and made a specialty of raising poultry. In his business enterprises he was almost invariably successful, and among others he was interested in the Keystone Co-operative Association (a farmers' organization), of Corry, Pennsylvania, and the Patrons' Mutual Fire Insurance Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania. Of the first-named he was elected president in 1895, and in the other concern he held a similar position. In January, 1874, the Sparta Grange was organized, with Mr. Stranahan as one of its charter members, and several times he was elected as its presiding officer. In religious belief he was a Spiritualist.
He was elected to the Pennsylvania legislature in 1896, and when his term expired he was re-elected to the same position in 1898.

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1008.

2 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 767.

3 Editor, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 180.