William Delos STROUP & Mary Elizabeth WILSON

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William Delos STROUP
Mary Elizabeth WILSON

Husband: William Delos STROUP
Birth: 5 Dec 1842, Mahoning Co., OH
Death: 18 May 1913, Pilot Knob, Harper Co., KS
Occupation: farmer

Parents said to be:
Father: (Johann) Andrew STROUP
Mother: Susanna CARL
But our subject is too young to be their son.

Other secondary sources show him as the son of Samuel and either of his wives:
Father: Samuel STROUP
Mother: Hanna LECHLEITNER
Mother: [Mary "Polly" (sic)] Sarah "Sally" SMITH
but Samuel has no such son in any census (q.v.).

Marriage: 6 Feb 1868, Iroquois Co., IL
Migration: 1883, to Pilot Knob, Harper Co., KS

Wife: Mary Elizabeth WILSON
Birth: 1840/1, IA
Occupation: homemaker
Father: Lewis WILSON
Mother: Sarah McCONNELL

Children — born in Fountain Creek, Iroquois Co., IL:

1. Flora Emily STROUP, b. 31 Dec 1868; m. Mr. BUTCHER
2. Sarah Eleanora Benton STROUP, b. 1 Oct 1872
3. Hamer Austin STROUP, b. 1 Aug 1874
4. Myrtle Ann STROUP, b. 15 Jun 1876
5. Alexander Roscoe STROUP, b. 13 Apr 1879

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Sources:

1. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763–1900 (online at the Illinois State Archives web site):

STROUP, WILLIAM D WILSON, MARY E 1868-02-06 Vol. A / p. 16 Lic. No. 307 Iroquois Co.

2. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31 of 49): Oakalla P.O., The Town of Loda, Iroquois Co., IL, Roll M593_231, p. 353A, PN 31, 251/239, enumerated 19 Aug 1870 official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Troupe Wm 29 M W Farmer 5000 1000 Ohio

______ Mary 29 F W Keeps house Iowa

______ Flora 1 F W Ill

3. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 17): Fountain Creek Twp., Iroquois Co., IL, Roll 214, p. 194D, PN 16, SD _, ED 130, 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 11 13 21 24 25 26

33 24 Stroup William W M 38 / Farmer OH PA PA

______ Mary E W F 39 Wife / Keeping house IA VA OH

______ Flora E W F 10 Dau / at home / IL OH IA

______ Sarah E W F 8 Dau / / IL OH IA

______ Andrew B W M 7 Son / / IL OH IA

______ Hamer A W M 5 Son / / IL OH IA

______ Myrtle W F 4 Dau / IL OH IA

______ Alaxander W M 1 Son / IL OH IA

Brown Sarah W F 66 M-in-Law / OH OH VA

Kelly Harris W M 19 / Farm laborer NY KY ??

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

. Emails from "Sue" (Nov 2001).

. Public Member Trees (online at Ancestry.com): files here have our subject as the son of Samuel STROUP with wife Hannah LEHLEITNER (sic) or Mary "Polly" (sic) SMITH.

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