Mary M. Straw

  General Notes:

census 1850 Waterbury, Washington County, VT
(house #) 1814(family #) 1824
Straw Alvin D 46 Male (value)400 (born)Vt REMARKS: Insane
Straw Abigail 50 Female born Vt
Straw Eveline 24 F Vt
Straw Heman 20 M Laborer Vt
Straw William 18 M Laborer Vt
Straw Hull 16 M Laborer Vt
Straw Calvin 13 M Vt
Straw Mary 11 F Vt [c1839]
Straw Martha 9 F Vt


census 1860 Washington County VT - courtesy of Anna-Marie Erdman
(Dwelling # 1380)
(Family # 1471)A.T. Straw34MPAINTERVERMONT
Emeline "28FVERMONT
Burton "5MVERMONT
Charles "2MVERMONT
(Family # 1472)Abigail Straw59FMAINE
Herman "30MDAY LABORERVERMONT
Calvin "22MDAY LABORERVERMONT
Mary "20F
(Dwelling # 1223)
(Family # 1297)Russell Straw56MVERMONTDUMB
Russell Straw was somehow separated from his wife Abigail. He was living in the household of Luke and Eliza Joslin in 1860. I cannot figure out why in the 1850 census he went by the name of Alvin D. yet. Even in a typed out family tree that my grandmother did, his name was listed as Russell.

1871 Mary married Wm. M. Curtis. She was his 2nd wife and he had 2 young sons by his first wife [who may have been Louise Weed but I can't find a marriage record] On son Frank's death records he lists his father as Wm. Curtis and mother as Louise Weed. born VT. Frank Roscoe Curtis was born 16 Nov 1867 in PA and died in 1915 in Minnesota. Wm M. Curtis also died in MN. I believe Wm's marriage to Mary Straw was brief and she married again sometime between 1871 and 1800 to Cobb and remained with him, dying between 1910 and 1919 [as Cobb claims he was widowed at the time of death in 1919]
Addenda: Reports of Deaths in Gray [Cumberland County, Maine] from the annual reports of the town of Gray 1897 to 1947 [US GENWEB archives]
Mary M. Cobb died 19 Mar 1914 at age 76y 9m 10d; born Waterboro, Maine [probably s/b Waterbury [VT] It does not appear she ever had children.

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Charles E. Straw (s/o Drew Straw) in his Last Will and Testament (dated Oct 1912) named the following as cousins and heirs:
Alonzo W. Straw (son of Nathaniel Straw)
Jennie Wyckoff (daughter of Nathaniel Straw)
Amelia Seaman (daughter of Nathaniel Straw)
Sara Sears (daughter of David Harpster/Rachel Hall)
Ivy Harpster Bones (daughter of David Harpster/Rachel Hall)
Stafford M. Bay (s/o Amos Bay/Aurelia West [sister of his mother Rosina West])
Sallie Bay Vance (s/o Amos Bay/Aurelia West [sister of his mother Rosina West])
Artemus straw (S/o Charles Straw/Maria Hastings)
Mrs. S. B. Cobb (Mary Straw d/o Alvin Straw)
Bert Straw (s/o Alvinzy T. Straw)

Mary married Sylvester B. Cobb, son of Reuben Sawyer Cobb and Louisa B. Libby, before 1880 in Grey, Cumberland County, Maine. (Sylvester B. Cobb was born on 3 Oct 1844 in Gray, Cumberland County, Maine, died on 30 Apr 1919 in Gray, Cumberland County, Maine and was buried in Gray, Cumberland County, Maine.). The cause of his death was lobar pneumonia.

  Marriage Notes:

census

Mary next married William M. Curtis, son of Lucious Curtis and Lydia Noble, on 10 Aug 1871 in Lawrence, Middlesex CountyMassachusetts. (William M. Curtis was born on 7 May 1836 in Maine, died on 28 Mar 1906 in Middleville, Wright County, Minnesota and was buried in Howard Lake Cemetery in Wright County, Minnesota.)

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