Sarah Straw

   Another name for Sarah was Sally Straw.

  General Notes:

IGI files

There were 4 Straws married in Franklin County, OH but since Sarah's family did not relocate to OH until 1831 [and no New England Straws lived in Franklin County] I am eliminating the possibility of her marriage to Samuel Logue. Other Franklin County, OH Straw marriages included:
Daniel Straw 1822 to Martha (Patsy) Bennett
George Straw 1818 to Sally Floyd
Ann Straw 1824 to Wm McParland
[Sally Straw 1822 to Samuel Logue]
I believe these Straws are all children of John David Stroh and of the PA lines

"We have recently come across this marriage registration for James Smith of Chatham, Quebec and Sarah Straw of Vermont. They married in Jan.1820 in Waterbury, VT."
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Waterbury, Washington County, VT Town Proceedings,
Vol. 2 page 275
(found in Waterbury & copied 16 June 2010 by Nancy Smith)
State of Vermont, Washington County Be it Remembered that at Waterbury in the County of Washington aforesaid on the 17^th day of January AD. 1820 James Smith of Chatham in the Province of Lower Canada & Sarah Straw of said Waterbury were duly joined in marriage by me
Sylvester Henry Justice [of the] Peace Rec'd March 31^st 1821 & Recorded by David Auston [?] Town Clk
If this is the correct Sarh Straw [about 15 yrs of age] she may have not received consent from her father who was a Methodist minister and chose to be married in a civil ceremony? In any event the couple appears to have "removed to Canada."

See husband Edmund Towne's notes that describe her as the widow of James Smith and d/o David Straw of Waterbury, VT

www.findagrave.com
Wife of Edmund Town.
Also shares stone with Mrs. Lidia Carter.
1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah Town
Age in 1860: 56
Birth Year: abt 1804
Birthplace: Massachusetts
Home in 1860: Shabbona, DeKalb, Illinois
Gender: Female
Post Office: Shabbona
Household Members:
Name Age
Edmund Town 60
Sarah Town 56
Cynthia Town 20
Daniel Town 19
Russel Town 17
Mary Hare 12

Sarah married James Smith on 17 Jan 1820 in Waterbury, Washington County, Vermont. (James Smith was born before 1804 and died before 1830.)

Sarah next married Edmund Town circa 1830. (Edmund Town was born on 4 Sep 1794 in Deerfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts, died on 18 May 1881 in Floyd County, Iowa and was buried in Hillside Cemetery in Marble Rock, Iowa.)