NameMary Ellen BARRETT 4192,4193
Birth Date6 Nov 1844
Birth PlaceFerguson Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date12 May 1874 Age: 29
Burial PlaceZion Baptist Church Cemetery, Ansonville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceJordan Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA1788
Burial Memop. 705
ReligionBaptist
Misc. Notes
See a complete listing of their children at this source.762
Spouses
Birth Date7 Oct 1833
Birth PlacePike Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Date5 Nov 1917 Age: 84
Burial PlaceZion Baptist Church Cemetery, Ansonville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
OccupationFarmer
FatherJoseph STRAW (ca1806-1877)
Misc. Notes
The Straw family is one of the most numerous in Clearfield County, and is largely connected with many other families by marriage. It is claimed by observers that there are but few natives of Clearfield County who are not related to the Straws, Blooms, or McCracken's, and they were largely interrelated by marriages. The Straw’s have mostly been an industrious people, having assisted very materially in the development of the resources of the County. They were among the very earliest of the white settlers who came into what is now Clearfield County. The progenitor of the Straw family in Clearfield County was John T. Straw.4189
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John T. Straw, a retired farmer whose life has been spent in Clearfield County, Pa., and whose large ownership of land and prominence in public affairs have made him well known in different sections, still resides on his farm of 200 acres in Ferguson Township.

John T. Straw attended schools in Lawrence, Ferguson and Jordan Townships and afterward taught school for some time. He was satisfied to become a farmer and after looking over the county found no place that suited him better than his present farm, which he subsequently bought. He has about 60 acres cleared and thus still retains some valuable woodland. Mr. Straw also owns 100 acres of fine coal land in Greenwood Township, has a house and lot at Kerrmoor and an improved lot at Marron, Pa., and is a stockholder in the Ferguson and La Jose Telephone Company, of Ferguson Township, and is a charter stockholder in the Farmers and Traders Bank at Clearfield.

Mr. Straw's first purchase of land was of 100 acres and later he bought the second 100 acres, on which he lived for three years and then returned to his first farm. He has always been an ardent Democrat and has long been influential in party affairs in this section. He was elected county commissioner of Clearfield County in 1882 and served until 1885. With his wife and family he belongs to Zion Baptist church. He has always been interested in the Patrons of Husbandry. For fourteen years he served as school director in Ferguson township. Mr. Straw has always been a very robust and vigorous man and has easily attended to his numerous business affairs, never being willing to give himself a needed rest, until some two years ago, when an attack of rheumatism caused him to relieve himself of many of his responsibilities, turning them over to his very capable sons.4187
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A former [Clearfield] county commissioner. 4190
Family ID7977
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