Willis Straw

   Cause of his death was Not noted.

  General Notes:

He was a Methodist Episcopal preacher who lived in several different communties including Unity as shown by the births of his children.

cemetery records of Sept 2008 visit to grave site [JOFoster]

Per History of Unity, NH by Kathy Beals, he is s/o Samuel Straw

Research of Clark Straw (Oct 2006) who sent a copy of Willis' death certificate as follows:
Name: Willis Straw
Place of Death: Pittsburg NH
~~Reported for year ending Mar. 31 1870(?) *** date difficult to interpret ***
Age: Years: 58 Months: (blank) Days: 6
Place of birth: Grantham, NH.
Sex: Male Color: White Married
Occupation: Farmer
Cause of Death: (blank)
Place of Burial: (blank)
Name of Father: Samuel Straw
Name of Mother: (blank)
Birthplace of Father: Grantham, NH. (I had this as Unity, NH from previous data)
Birthplace of Mother: Acworth, NH.
Name and Address of Physician (or other person) reporting said Death: Selectmen *
Reported From: Pittsburgh, NH
/s/ Irving A. Watson, Registrar of Vital Statistics
* Pkg 1869-1870
* Sidney P. Luther
Richmond P. Tabor

www.familysearch.com - pilot search: dau's death records give his POB as Antrim, NH

John Woodbury - married Hannah Davis (see Davis family), 1817 - children,
1. Mary - married Willis Straw, removed to Dalton - children,
(1) Amelia M. (2) Angelia L. (3) Alice A.
(4) John W. (5) Grace A. - died young
(6) Luke E. - died Young (7) Lydia W.

Other sources: IGI files; census; History of Acworth, NH and NHVR

Was a resident of Dalton, NH in 1849 (History of Coös County, New Hampshire by George Drew Merrill; Syracuse N.Y.: W.A. Fergusson & Co., 1888)

1850 census Dalton, Coos County, NH
Willis Straw age 38; M E preacher; born Grantham, NH
Mary D. (wife) age 31; born Acworth, NH
Amelia M. age 8 ; born Unity, NH
Louisa A. age 6; born Unity, NH
Alice A. age 3; born Dalton, NH
John W. age 1; born Dalton, NH
Gratia age 5 days; born Dalton, NH
Hannah Woodbury (mother in law) age 55 ; born Acworth, NH

census 1860 Pittsburg, Coos County, NH
Willis Straw born c1812 NH
Mary D. c1812 NH
Amelia Bowman c1842 NH
Wm Bowman c1836 Canada E.
Angelia L. c1844 NH
Alice A. c1847 NH
John W. c1849 NH
Lydia c1855 NH
Henry M. Woodbury c1836 NH

1870 Pittsburg, Coos NH
[no listing for Willis]
Mary D. 1819
John W. 1848
Lydia W. 1855

Find A Grave Memorial# 29660364

  Events

• Alt. Birth: Alt. Birth, 1816, Grantham, Sullivan County, New Hampshire.

Willis married Mary Davis Woodbury, daughter of John Woodbury and Hannah Davis, on 30 Nov 1840 in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire. (Mary Davis Woodbury was born on 30 Nov 1818 in Acworth, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, died on 29 Nov 1892 in Pittsburg, Coos County, New Hampshire and was buried in Hollow Cemetery in Pittsburg, Coos County, New Hampshire.). The cause of her death was general debility.