Husband Perry G. Stranahan 1
Born: 12 Jul 1820 - Herkimer Co, NY 2
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Father: Gibson J. Stranahan (1786-1869) 2
Mother: Dolly Devendorf (Abt 1789-Abt 1861/1863) 2
Marriage: 1843 2
Wife Louisa Webber 2
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Father: P. K. Webber (Abt 1803-Aft 1884) 2
Mother: Annie [Unk] (Abt 1805-Aft 1884) 2
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1 F Sarah M. Stranahan 2
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Spouse: Levi Smith Clough (1848- ) 3
Marr: Jul 1876 3
2 F Ellen Stranahan 2
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Spouse: E. G. Stranahan ( - ) 2
3 F Margaret L. "Maggie" Stranahan 2 4
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Spouse: Andrew F. Bole ( - ) 4
4 F Belle L. Stranahan 2
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5 M William P. Stranahan 2
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Status: Adopted
General Notes: Husband - Perry G. Stranahan
He devoted his early life to work on the farm and in teaching school, winters. He studied law with Horace Hawes, of Erie, who was afterward appointed U. S. Consul to the Society Islands. On account of failing health, Mr. Stranahan was compelled to abandon the law. He then came to Le Boeuf, Erie County, Pennsylvania, bought a farm on French Creek, built and kept the Moravian Hotel for a number of years. In 1859, when the P. & E. and A. & G. W. Railways were being built, Mr. Stranahan saw the opportunity for advancement and purchased nearly all of the old Miles estate, consisting of several hundred acres of land, upon which a large part of the borough of Union City came to be built. He immediately laid it out in village lots, established a real estate agency, and in connection with farming and stock-raising amassed considerable means, and became one of the enterprising and solid men of Union City. He was always foremost in any enterprise which promised the advancement of Union City. He was liberal with his means, and assisted the worthy in building up industries of the place. However, he lost large sums of money in the stave and barrel works of Union City, and as one of the projectors of the Union & Titusville Railroad he lost thousands of dollars. His name was a tower of financial strength, but the great losses sustained in these calamities almost over-whelmed him. In 1871, he, with others, started the Casement Savings Bank, which did a successful business until 1878, when it succumbed to the general depression of business. A large credit had been loaned the bank, and the obligations could not be met. It may be said to the credit of Mr. Stranahan that he turned over his individual property, and the bank matters were honorably and satisfactorily settled, and without a law suit. He was the only man in the community that helped in the erection of the A. & G. W. R. R.; and with this corporation he was largely and prominently identified. Mr. Stranahan held town and county offices, and in the autumn years of his life, occupied his time in farming and stock-raising, his attention being mostly directed to Percheron horse-breeding, in which he was very successful. In his social intercourse he is pleasing, benevolent and cheerful, and made friends without attempting so to do; was bold and outspoken in his likes and dislikes, and never had a malicious feeling toward an enemy. [HEC 1884, Bios 180]