Joseph Straw and Nancy Ann Thompson

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Husband Joseph Straw ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1805 - Pike Twp, Clearfield Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1877 - Ferguson Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Baptist Cemetery, Jordan Twp, Clearfield Co, PA

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         Father: Christian Straw (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 4

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Wife Nancy Ann Thompson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1809 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1858
         Buried:  - Baptist Cemetery, Jordan Twp, Clearfield Co, PA

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         Father: Ignatius Thompson (1784-1861) 5 6
         Mother: Mary Norris (1787-1872) 5 6

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Children

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1 F Margaret Straw ²

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2 F Maria Straw ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: while young
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M John T. Straw ^{7 8}

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           Born: 7 Oct 1833 - Pike Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 2
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           Died: Aft 1911
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         Spouse: Sarah Young (1837-1866) 7 9

         Spouse: Mary Ellen Barrett (1843-1874) 9

         Spouse: Priscilla Barrett (1856-      ) 9
           Marr: 12 Jul 1874 4

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4 M Isaac Straw ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: when sixteen years old
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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M Enoch Straw ²

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         Status: Twin

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6 F Martha Amanda Straw ¹⁰

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1898
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         Spouse: Alexander Ferguson (1831-Aft 1898) 10
           Marr: 28 Jun 1860 1

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7 F Mary E. Straw ²

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8 F Esther A. Straw ²

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9 F Harriet Straw ²

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10 M Joseph N. Straw ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1911
 Cause of Death: Logging accident
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Straw

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He and his wife were pioneers of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.

He obtained his education in what was called the McClure Cemetery schoolhouse. After his marriage he continued to live for a short time in Pike Township and then moved on a farm of 100 acres, in Ferguson Township, where he remained until the end of his life, dying at the age of seventy-one years and six months. He was buried by the side of his first wife. After the Civil War he was a Republican. He had served as road supervisor and as assessor of Ferguson Township. To his 100 acres was joined 100 owned by his wife.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1010.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 704.

3 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 15.

4 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 705.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 660.

6 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 11.

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

8 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 441, 704.

9 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 441, 705.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 904, 1009.