1.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

John STROUP Spouse: Christiana WOOD Marriage: 05 May 1850, Medina, Ohio Source: Marriage Records, 1818-1965. Ohio. Probate Court (Medina County)

Abel A. WOOD Birth: 09 Oct 1802, New Jersey; Death: 01 Nov 1881 Father: Frances WOOD; Mother: Rachel DODD Marriage(1): 09 Jan 1823, Richland, Ohio Spouse: Catherine ROWLAND Birth: 06 Aug 1800; Death: 07 Apr 1838 Marriage(2): aft. 1838, Ohio Spouse: Sophia GRAVES Birth: 19 Sep 1810 Le Roy, Genesee, New York; Death: 01 Jul 1899 Sources: patron submissions

2.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #11-12 of 33):  Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH, Roll M432_709, pp. 428A-428B, 1685/1691, enumerated 11 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Lorenzo D Reynolds	30	M		Grocer		C E
Betsey A	24	F				N Y
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Albert S	6	M				O
Jane A	4	F				Do
Harriot A	3	F				Do
Elizbeth	4/12	F				Do
John Strope	28	M		Grocery		Penn
Christina	19	F				O

3.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #2 of 27):  Centerville P.O., Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH, Roll M653_1007, p. 91A, PN 137, 1039/1029, enumerated 23 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

John Stroup	39	M		Farmer	3100	884	Pa
Christiana	28	F					O
Wm H	9	M					"
Edith C	4	F					"
Lawrence B	1	M					"

4.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 24):  Lodi P.O., Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH, Roll M593_1241, p. 416B, PN 18, 159/169, enumerated 9 Aug 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroup John	50	M	W	Farmer	7000	1034	Pennsylvania
______ Christena	38	F	W	Keeping House			Ohio
______ William H	18	M	W				Ohio
______ Edith K	14	F	W				Ohio
______ Florance B	11	F	W				Ohio
______ Estella M	3	F	W				Ohio

5.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 20):  Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH, Roll T9_1047, p. 405D, PN 16, SD 6, ED 198, enumerated 12 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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Stroup John

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Farmer

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______ Christina

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Wife

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Keeping house

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NJ

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______ Florence

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at home

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______ Estella

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at School

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Listed next to Christina's father, Abel WOOD.

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

7.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 20):  Spencer Twp., Medina Co., OH, Roll T623_1302, p. 164A, SN 1, SD 16, Ed 51, enumerated 1 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).

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Stroup John

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Sep 1821

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Farmer

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______ Estella M

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Deapker William

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John and Christiana had three daughters, Edith, Estella, and Florence.  Edith married a WEST, and Estella married William DEAPKER, so the granddaughters must be the orphans of their daughter, Florence, who must have married a MARSH and died before the 1900 census (though there are other, less likely scenarios that could explain the data).

8a.  Archives of the STROUP-L Mailing List (online at RootsWeb.com), including these tombstone readings from Medina Co., OH:

Stroup John S. - (September) 1821 1904

Stroup Christiana R. Wood / wife (d/o Rev. Able & Catherine Wood) (Aug. 31) 1831 (Ashland Co.) (Sept. 8) 1903

8b.  Find-a-Grave (online at findagrave.com):

Name:	-	Stroup, Christina R. Wood
Birth:	-	1831
Death:	-	1903
Age:	-	-
Note:	-	Wife of John Stroup
Cemetery:	-	-
Location:	-	Spencer, Medina Co., OH
Contributor:	-	Margaret Gunn