Andrew STROUP & Sophia STROUP & Louise HARDIN

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Andrew STROUP
Sophia STROUP
Louise HARDIN

Husband: Andrew "Andy" STROUP
Birth: 1828, Wythe Co., VA
Occupation: laborer
Father: John STROUP
Mother: Sarah KETTENRING

Marriage: ca. 1850/1; divorce filed Nov 1877; divorce granted Dec 1877

Wife: Sophia STROUP
Birth: 1826/7, VA
Death apparently: 1900-1910, Wythe Co., VA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Relationships: p1. Mr. UNKNOWN; m2. George W. STROUP
Stepfather: William WILLIAMS
Father: George STROUP
Mother: Elizabeth LANTER

Liaison: 1870-1877

Partner: Louise / Louisa HARDIN / HARDEN
Birth: 1849/50, VA
Death: May 1877
Occupation: homemaker

Children with Sophia STROUP — born in Wythe Co., VA:

1. George W. STROUP, b. 1851/2; m. Emily M. WRIGHT
2. William STROUP, b. 1853/4
3. Charles H. STROUP, b. Jan 1856
4. Jane STROUP, b. 1857/8
5. James K. Polk STROUP, b. 1860 or 25 Jul 1859
6. Sarah Jane STROUP, b. 1861/2

Either the first Jane died young or her age in the 1870 census is wrong.
Their stay in Hawkins Co., TN, must have been brief because none of the children appear to have been born there.

Children with Louise HARDIN:

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Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. Kentucky Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229): not found.

2. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): Andrew and his brother, George, are living with their widowed father, John STROUP. Sophia is living alone with her daughter, Elizabeth.

3. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 21): Lyons Store P.O., District No. 7, Hawkins Co., TN, Roll M653_1255, p. 63B, PN 115, 809/756, enumerated 12 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Andrew Strop 31 M Farm Laborer 30 Virginia

Sophia    " 33 F "

Elizabeth " 12 F "

George W " 8 M "

William   " 6 M "

Charles   " 4 M "

Jane      " 2 F "

Geo W     " 23 M Farm Laborer "

John      " 26 M Do "

Nancy     " 28 F "

Elizabeth is Sophia's daughter from a prior relationship. The older George is Andrew's brother, but John is his first cousin and Nancy is John's wife.

4a. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #64 of 88): Wytheville P.O., Blacklick Twp., Wythe Co., VA, Roll M593_1682, pp. 408A-408B, PN 63-64, 460/456, enumerated 1 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroup Andrew 42 M W Day laborer Virginia

" Louise 20 F W Keeping house "

4b. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #63-64 of 88): Wytheville P.O., Blacklick Twp., Wythe Co., VA, Roll M593_1682, pp. 408A-408B, PN 63-64, 459/455, enumerated 1 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroup George 31 M W Day laborer Virginia

   "   Sophia 44 F W Keeping house "

   "   Elizabeth 17 F W "

   "   William 15 M W "

   "   Charles 14 M W "

   "   James K P 10 M W "

   "   Jane 8 F W "

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Stroup Alis 7/12 F W Virginia Dec

George is Andrew's brother. Either Jane's age is wrong, or the Jane in the 1860 census died and this is another one.

5a. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31 of 62): Black Lick Dist., Wythe Co., VA, Roll T9_1394, p. 366C, PN 31, SD 5, ED 106, enumerated 17 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).

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281 299 Stroup Charles W M 24 / Laborer Va Va Va

______ Pauline W F 15 Wife / Keeping House Va Va Va

______ Andrew W M 51 Father D Boarder Va Va Va

5b. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #30 of 62): Black Lick District, Wythe Co., VA, Roll T9_1394, p. 365B, PN 30, SD 5, ED 106, 275/291, enumerated 17 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).

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275 291 Stroup Wm W M 25 / Laborer Va Va Va

______ Lucy W F 23 Wife / Keeping House Va Va Va

______ Martha V W F 3 Dau / Va Va Va

______ Darcus L C W F 1 Dau / Va Va Va

______ Sarah J W F 18 S-in-law / Boarder Va Va Va

6. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7. Mary B. Kegley, compiler. 2004. [Abstracts of the] Divorces of Wythe County, Virginia, 1816-1866. Kegley Books, Wytheville, VA (courtesy of Glenn Stroupe):

Sophia Stroup vs. Andrew Stroup
Chancery 1877-17-CC; case filed November 1877.
Sophia married Andrew Stroup of Grayson County and lived in Wythe County twenty-four years. In 1870 he deserted her and eloped with Louisa Harden, a woman of ill fame and lived with her for years.
Deposition of Elizabeth Hardin, December 3, 1877, stated that she knew both parties seven years. Andrew lived with her sister Louisa about seven years until she died about two years ago next May.
Deposition of George W. Stroupe, son of Sophy and Andrew, stated his father went to live with another woman in a one room house with one bed and never provided for his mother.
Divorce granted December 1877.
Note Chancery Order Book, Volume 4, 1874-1878, p. 459 shows that the divorce was granted on December 5, 1877.

8. Erica Otey. Descendants of Andrew Stroupe. (user pages at FamilyTreeMaker.genealogy.com).

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