Frederick Straw
b. June 9, 1811 · Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. February 12, 1893 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married August 22, 1833 · Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Catharina Wagner
b. July 27, 1814 · Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. June 17, 1871 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Frederick Straw is a native of Dauphin County, Pa., born June 9, 1811, son of a George and Elizabeth (Gearhart) Straw. But two of a family of ten children are living — Frederick and Susannah, wife of John Hoover, of Pennsylvania.
In the spring of 1856 Mr. Straw moved with his wife and children to Steuben County, Ind., and bought land just west of the present site of the depot in Fremont. There were thirty acres cleared and the rest was heavily timbered. He now has 180 acres of the best land in the township, well improved with good comfortable buildings. At that time there was but one store and a blacksmith shop where now is the thriving village of Fremont.
In early life Mr. Straw was a Jackson Democrat, but since, its organization has affiliated with the republican party. He was married in August 1832, to Catherine Wagner, a native of Cumberland County, Pa., born in 1813. To them were born eight children — Elias; Anna, wife of Rev. Benj. Wade of Cass City, Mich.; Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Isenhower; George W.; Frederick, of Muscatine, Iowa; Amanda; Benjamin, of Osage County, Kas., and Phillip A.
Mrs. Straw died June 17, 1871. She had been a member of the Evangelical Association since 1842 and was one of its most earnest and consistent workers. She was a noble Christian, a devoted wife and mother, a kind friend and neighbor, and her death was a sad blow to many friends and acquaintances, with whom she had labored since her settlement in the county.
Mr. Straw is now reaping the reward of years of toil and hardship. He has a pleasant home, kind children, and scores of friends to cheer his pathway. His youngest son, Phillip A., is a lecturer of wide repute, at present traveling in Africa. He has had a fine education, and being a fluent speaker and of natural talent he charms his audiences, and his services are in constant demand.
From “1885 History of Steuben County, Indiana,” p. 577-578
Children of Frederick and Catharine Straw
Elias Straw
b. November 9, 1834 · Middle Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. November 21 1892 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married 1855 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Catherine Baker
b. May 27, 1838 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. October 22, 1925 · Pleasant Lake, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Anna Straw
b. November 27, 1836 · Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. October 5, 1902 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
married October 15, 1854 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
Benjamin F Wade
b. March 6, 1830 · Middle Paxton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. February 11, 1902 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
Clara Jane Wade
b. March 24, 1856 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. May 25, 1924 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
married November 28, 1894 · Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA
Joseph Darling
b. circa 1848 · Ontario, Canada
d.
married
William Hefflebower
b. circa 1852 · Ohio, USA
d.
Benjamine Hefflebower
b. circa 1877 · Michigan, USA
d.
Edward Hefflebower
b. circa 1879 · Michigan, USA
d.
Willie Hefflebower
b. circa 1880 · Michigan, USA
d.
Amos Melchoir Wade
b. September 28, 1857 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. December 14, 1857 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Mary Elizabeth Wade
b. January 10, 1859 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. April 24, 1859 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Jerome Granville Wade
b. May 22, 1860 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. November 11, 1938 · Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Luella Martha (Mattie L.) Wade
b. circa 1863 · Indiana, USA
d. November 15, 1929 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
married
John F Winger
b. circa 1859 · Indiana, USA
d.
Lorna Winger
b. circa 1883 · Michigan, USA
d.
Melvin Winger
b. circa 1886 · Kansas, USA
d.
Ida Catherine Wade
b. April 1, 1865 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. August 15, 1866 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Frederick Austin Wade
b. October 7, 1866 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. January 31, 1936 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
married December 19, 1888 · Caro, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA
Flora Evaline Folsom
b. July 8, 1871 · Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA
d. May 21, 1922 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
Melvin Ora Wade
b. June 15, 1891 · Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA
d. February 10, 1965 · Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
married
Margaret Dingle
b. March 16, 1893 · Armstrong, Howard County, Missouri, USA
d. April 5, 1986 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
Edna M Wade
b. March 11, 1893 · Cass City, Tuscola County, Michigan, USA
d.
married December 31, 1914
Murray Guy Schanbacher
b. March 20, 1882 · Pennsylvania, USA
d. January 22, 1958 · Michigan, USA
Anna G Wade
b. July 8, 1898 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
d. November 26, 1957 · Tarshey Lakes, Oakgrove County, Missouri, USA
married
Rex Revere Black
b. January 16, 1898 · Kansas, USA
d. November 21, 1964 · San Francisco, California, USA
Laura Amanda Wade
b. December 16, 1868 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. May 8, 1949 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
married April 15, 1890 · Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA
Philander Augustine Harrison
b. January 4, 1859 · near Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
d. May 2, 1919 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
Stanley Roy Harrison
b. September 22, 1896 · Michigan, USA
d. January 10, 1949 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
Maggie Belle Wade
b. August 21, 1871 · Ohio, USA
d. May 27, 1946 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
married 1893
William F Behm
b. November 4, 1868 · Imlay City, Lapeer County, Michigan, USA
d. June 19, 1927 · Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, USA
Florence Pearl Behm
b. August 9, 1896 · Michigan, USA
d. March 5, 1990 · Kansas, USA
married
Harry Hugh Bruner
b. July 18 1892 · Galesburg, Knox County, Illinois, USA
d. January 1, 1982 · Newton, Harvey County, Kansas, USA
Efie G Behm
b. August 1899 · Kansas, USA
d.
Elizabeth Behm
b. circa 1910 · Kansas, USA
d.
Willie Benjamin Wade
b. October 19, 1873 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. September 3, 1874, · Whitehouse, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
Effa M. Wade
b. January 1, 1876 · Sturgis, St Joseph County, Michigan, USA
d. October 21, 1880 · Marshall, Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
Elizabeth M Straw
b. Novemeber 10, 1839 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. December 14, 1893 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married January 2, 1861
Jacob Peter Isenhower
b. April 19, 1837 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. November 26, 1909 · Branch County, Michigan, USA
Lamora Isenhower
b. July 26, 1862 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. 1947 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married 1883 · Kane County, Illinois, USA
Howard Powers
b. February 1858 · Indiana, USA
d. before 1920
Hallie Rozelle Powers
b. March 4, 1884 · York, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. May 18, 1932 · Cambria, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
married June 4, 1907 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Clyde Alexander Douglas
b. October 9, 1883 · Ray, Branch County, Indiana, USA
d. January 4, 1946 · LaGrange County, Michigan, USA
Clark Jacob Powers
b. May 20, 1887 · York, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. October 26, 1961 · DeKalb County, Indiana, USA
married September 18, 1909 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Gladys Deller
b. April 9, 1892 · Salem, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d.
Ross I Powers
b. April 3, (1890) 1889 · Indiana, USA
d. January 20, 1968 · Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married October 12, 1949 · Indiana, USA
Ruby Landis
b. March 2, 1893 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. October 21, 1985 · Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Scott Powers
b. October 23, 1891 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. May 30, 1960 · Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
married September 13, 1919 · Indiana, USA
Esther Louise Clayton
b. March 10, 1896 · Roann, Wabash County, Indiana, USA
d. July 12, 1960 · Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
Sarah Amanda Isenhower
b. February 17, 1865 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana
d. November 23, 1930 · Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, USA
married May 27, 1885 · California, Branch County, Michigan, USA
Samuel Geedy
b. April 20, 1863 · Pennsylvania, USA
d. May 25, 1923 · Elkart, Elkart County, Indiana, USA
Leo Geedy
b. July 1885 · Indiana, USA
d. 1956
married February 22, 1910 · Montgomery, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
Louisa Mae St John
b. December 3, 1886 · Madison Township, Williams County, Ohio, USA
d. 1954
Ilah Bernice Geedy
b. February 5, 1887 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d.
married (1) December 13, 1910 · Indiana, USA
Harley J Rife
b. March 11, 1883 · LaGrange, Indiana, USA
d. November 29, 1952 · Westville, LaPorte County, Indiana, USA
married (2) March 4 1925 · Berrien County, Michigan, USA
Phon B Osborn
b. September 11, 1883 · Bridgewater Center, Williams County, Ohio, USA
d. July 21, 1956 · Indiana, USA
Ida Isenhower
b. October 9, 1867 · Indiana, USA
d. November 3, 1897
married July 1, 1888 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Henry Curwin
b.
d.
Eva Azalia Isenhower
b. February 18, 1876 · Indiana
d. March 8, 1955 · Branch County, Michigan, USA
married December 18, 1907 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Raymond W Grove
b. November 27, 1876 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d.December 13, 1945 · Detroit, Wayne County, Indiana, USA
divorced September 13, 1923 · Calhoun County, Michigan, USA
George W Straw
b. November 10, 1841 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. November 7, 1915 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married December 22, 1872 · Kinderhook, Branch County, Michigan, USA
Maria A. Shank
b. June 5, 1848
d. January 28, 1874 · Indiana
married July 28, 1878 · California, Branch County, Michigan, USA
divorced per 1880 census
Eva S. Abbott
b. circa 1861 · New York
d.
married July 29, 1892
Laura Estella Stauffer
b. February 14, 1873 · Attowa, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA
d. July 6, 1948 · Quincy, Branch County, Michigan, USA
Beulah Mae Straw
b. November 29, 1898 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. September 19, 1988 · Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA married (1) August 13, 1919 · Indiana, USA
George Wesley Fulton
b. December 5, 1894 · Ray, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. 1937
Victor Lee Fulton
b. June 19, 1923 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. April 28, 1999 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married
Nina L Whitcomb
b. April 25, 1927 · Manatee County, Florida, USA
d. April 11, 2016 · Allen County, Indiana, USA
Mary Eileen Fulton
b. July 1, 1925 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d.
married (1) June 27, 1947 · Indiana, USA
Robert L Bryant
b. November 20, 1923 · Butler, Indiana, USA
d.
married (2)
___ Lancaster
b.
d.
divorced 1984
married (3) April 25, 2003 · Allen County, Indiana, USA
Arden F Lancaster
b.
d.
married (2) February 29, 1940 · Indiana, USA
Arthur J Boore
b. August 18 (19), 1883 · LaGrange County, Indiana, USA
d. May 6, 1954 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married (3)
Roy J Stirk
b. September 7, 1886 · Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
d. September 8, 1966 · Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
married (4) April 15, 1975 · Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
Robert Ivory Rousseau
b. August 28, 1893
d. May 15, 1978 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
Rosa Lucile Straw
b. April 13, 1908 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. September 22, 1954 · Angola, Steuben County, Indiana, USA married (1) May 14, 1926
Edward Anthony Button
b. August 24, 1908 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. May 16, 1978 · Cook County, Illinois, USA
married (2) September 7, 1933 · Indiana, USA
Edward Anthony Button
married (3) February 2, 1938 · Indiana, USA
Erwill A Teague
b. May 24, 1916 · Cullman, Alabama
d. February 15, 1993 · Polk County, Florida, USA
married (4) February 17, 1946 · Quincy, Branch County, Michigan, USA
Howard Koon
b. July 18, 1909 · Wisconsin, USA
d. September 16, 1991 · Multnomah, Oregon, USA
Frederick B. Straw
b. October 13, 1847 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. October 11, 1897 · Perris, Riverside, California, USA
married July 11, 1870 · Kinderhook, Branch County, Michigan, USA
divorced between 1880 and 1883
Margaret Ann Zull
b. October 9, 1851 · Ohio, USA
d. October 27, 1943 · Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA
Roy J Straw
b. April 5, 1873 · Indiana, USA
d. October 16, 1946 · Florida, USA
married January 18, 1894 · Algansee, Branch County, Michigan, USA
Ina L Tift
b. June 6, 1872
d. April 10, 1958
married September 30, 1883/4 · Louisa County, Iowa, USA
Manerva Jane Carey
b. July 7, 1865 · Iowa, USA
d. April 29, 1949 · Muscatine, Iowa, USA
Dallas Frederick Stroh
b. March 21, 1886 · Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
d. September 16, 1939 · Muscatine, Muscatine County, Iowa, USA
Frank C Stroh
b. September 9, 1889 · Columbus Junction, Louisa County, Iowa, USA
d. January 1979 · Stuart, Guthrie County, Iowa, USA
Amanda Straw
b. October 6, 1848 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. January 22, 1917 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
married March 14, 1893 · Steuben County, Indiana, USA
William Bricker
b. April 29, 1840 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. April 15, 1928 · Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, USA
Benjamin E Straw
b. November 14, 1854 · Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
d. January 19, 1931 · Bronson, Branch County, Michigan, USA
married April 15, 1879 · Reading, Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
Mary Ellen Shupp
b. November 24, 1856 · Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
d. August 31,1933 · Bronson, Branch County, Indiana, USA
Lillian E Straw
b. November 18, 1889
d. August 18, 1970 · Bronson, Branch County, Michigan, USA
married March 31, 1926
Howard Burl Harris
b. March 30, 1893 · Bronson, Branch County, Michigan, USA
d. May 29, 1978 · Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan, USA
Philip Adam Straw
b. November 12, 1858 · Fremont, Steuben County, Indiana, USA
d. February 19, 1933 · Indiana, USA