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Samuel H. STRAUB
Sarah Ann MAINS
Sophia LAHR
Susan __?__
Husband:  Samuel H. STRAUB / STROUB
Birth:  Sep 1840, Chapman Twp., Snyder Co., PA
Death:  1900-1910, presumably in Snyder Co., PA
Occupation:  farmer, landlord
Military Service:  Civil War:  Pvt., Co. H, 199th Pennsylvania Infantry 
Father:  David STRAUB
Mother:  Anna Maria __?__
Marriage-1:
Wife-1:  Sarah Ann MAINS
Birth:  5 Jan 1838, PA
Death (æ 24y 6m 5d):  10 Jul 1862
Disposition:  buried Old Lutheran Cemetery, Washington Twp., Snyder Co., PA
Occupation:  homemaker
Marriage-2:
Wife-2:  Sophia LAHR
Birth:  1833, PA
Death:  12 Jan 1893
Disposition:  buried Evangelical Cemetery, Center Twp., Snyder Co., PA
Occupation:  homemaker
Parents:  born in PA
Marriage-3:  1894/5
Wife-3:  Susan __?__
Birth:  May 1859, PA
Death:  aft. 1900
Occupation:  homemaker
Children with Sarah Ann MAINS — born in Snyder Co., PA:
1.  Sopharus H. "Pharus/Pharos/Phares/Ferris" STRAUB, b. 13 Sep 1858 
2.  Ammon Willis STRAUB, b. May 1862
Child with Sophia LAHR — born in Snyder Co., PA:
3.  Edward Samuel STRAUB, b. 12 Mar 1864
Children with Susan:
none
Others in household:
.  Alice STRAUB, b. 1858/9, PA
.  Rebecca BOWERSOX, b. 1877/8, PA
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Sources (n.b., Center Twp. was formed in 1805 from Penn and Beaver Twps; Washington Twp. was formed in 1818 from Penn, Mohantango, and Center Twps.; Chapman Twp., was formed in 1820 from Penn and Washington Twps.):

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #328 of 384 — indexed "Stgraub"):  Freeburg P.O., Washington Twp., Snyder Co., PA, p. 622, PH 146, 1042/1074, enumerated 6 Jul 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
Samuel Straub 21 M   Day Laborer   60 Pennsylvania
Sarah    " 22 F         "
Pharos   "  1 M         "

3.  1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #6 of 24):  Centerville P.O., Center Twp., Snyder Co., PA, Roll 1451 (Book 1), p. 26B, PN 6, 41/41, enumerated 21 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
Stroub Samuel 29 M W Farmer 2250 800 Pa
   "   Sophia 28 F W       Pa
   "   Phares 11 M W       Pa
   "   Willis  8 M W       Pa
   "   Edward  6 M W       Pa

4a.  1880 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #14 of 22):  Center Twp., Snyder Co., PA, p. 110B, PN 14, SC 7, ED 157, enumerated 9 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 14 24 25 26
124 136 Straub Samuel H W M 41     / Farmer   Pa Pa Pa
    ______ Sophia W F 45 Wife   / keeping house   Pa Pa Pa
    ______ Edward W M 16 Son /   works on farm   Pa Pa Pa
    ______ Alice W F 21 Uncle Aunt /   keeping house   Pa Pa Pa
    Bowersox Rebecca W F  2 granddaughter /     / Pa Pa Pa
The enumerator had written "Uncle" in the Relationship column for Alice.  Then someone — in a different hand and with a different pen — has crossed it out and written "aunt" on top of it.  The problem here is that Alice is of an age to be Samuel's niece, not his aunt, and that may be what the enumerator meant originally, that is, that Samuel was her uncle.  I have not yet "done" the genealogy of his brothers, so I don't know which one might have had a daughter, Alice.  Rebecca could only be Samuel's granddaughter if he had a daughter who married a BOWERSOX, but Samuel doesn't appear to have had a daughter, at all, and he is barely old enough to be a grandfather.  Just as the enumerator (and his critic) both erred with regard to Alice's relationship, I suspect Rebecca's relationship is also incorrect, but that she, too, is somehow related.  Note that Samuel's son, Ammon, later married a BOWERSOX.

4b.  1880 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #24 of 36 — grouped with images labeled "Middleburg Borough"):  Franklin Twp., Snyder Co., PA, p. 128A, PN 25, SD 7, ED 152, enumerated 14 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).¤•
1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26
134 139 Walter, Isaiah W M 29     / Farmer   PA PA PA
    [Walter's wife and child, et al.]
    Stroub, Sophares W M 21 Servant /   Farm hand   PA PA PA

4c.  1880 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #25 of 36 — grouped with images labeled "Middleburg Borough"):  Franklin Twp., Snyder Co., PA, p. 128A, PN 25, SD 7, ED 152, enumerated 16 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen).¤• 
1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 21 24 25 26
141 146 Schambacher, Michael W M 33     / Farmer   PA PA PA
    [Michael's wife and children]
Stouby, Ammon, Willis W M (17) Servant /   Farm hand   PA PA PA
    Smith, Minerva W F (15) Servant /   Domestic Servant / PA PA PA

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com; Image #6 of 21):  Centerville Village, Center Twp., Snyder Co., PA, p. 100B, SN 3, SD 10, ED 172, enumerated 4 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•
1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 22 23 24 25 26 27
84 86 Stroub Samuel H Head W M Sep 1840 59 M 5     PA PA PA Landlord Y Y Y O F H
    ______ Susan Wife W F May 1859 41 M 5 0 0 PA PA PA   Y Y Y      

7.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found.

9.  George W. Wagenseller.  1904.  Tombstone Inscriptions of Snyder County, Penna.  Wagenseller Publ., Middleburgh, PA (facsimile hard copies available from HigginsonBooks.com; online at the Snyder County PAGenWeb site):
p. 52 Centre Township...
EVANGELICAL CEMETERY...
p. 53 Stroub, Sophia, w of S. H., b. 1833; d. Jan 12, 1893, aged 60 y.
p. 275 WASHINGTON TWP., OLD LUTHERAN CEMETERY...
p. 276 Stroub, Sarah Ann, w of Samuel H., b Jan. 5, 1838, d July 10, 1862, a 24 y 6 m 5d.
Reading for Sarah Ann confirmed by Finsterbush (2003).

10.  Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.
Name Deathdate Age at Death Result
Sarah Ann STROUB 10 Jul 1862 5d 6m 24y 5 Jan 1838
(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

11.  Archives of the STRAUB-L mailing list (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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