Neff's first given name has to be "Benjamin."  Doesn't anyone have a record proving it?!  As an educator, he must have left an abundant paper trail.

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 6):  East Main Street, Strasburg Borough (Ward 1), Lancaster Co., PA, Roll T624_1355 (Part 2), p. 208B, SN 3B, SD 4, ED 142, enumerated 19 Apr 1910, official enumeration date 15 Apr 1910 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1910:  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	12	13	14	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
74	75	Stroup F Neff	Boarder	M	W	24	S	PA	PA	PA	Eng	Principle	Schools	W	N	0	Y	Y

Living in hotel.

3.  1920 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #18 of 50):  16 Charlotte Ave., Palmyra Village, Palmyra Town[ship], Wayne Co., NY, Roll T625_1274 (Book 1), p. 53B, SN 9B, SD 17, ED 156, enumerated 13 Jan 1920, official enumeration date 1 Jan 1920 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1920:  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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3

4

5

6

7

9

10

11

12

17

18

19

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25

26

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28

*

16

267

276

Stroup F Neff

Head

R

M

W

35

M

Y

Y

PA

PA

PA

Y

Principal

High school

W

______ Irma G

Wife

F

W

29

M

Y

Y

NY

NY

NY

Y

None

______ Margaret G?

Dau

F

W

2 7/12

S

NY

PA

NY

None

*Charlotte Ave

4.  1930 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #17 of 26):  242 Prospect Street, Newark Village, Arcadia Town[ship], Wayne Co., NY, Roll 1657 (Book 2), p. 248A, SN 9A, ED 59-4, SD 10, enumerated 12 Apr 1930, official enumeration date 1 Apr 1930 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1930:  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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9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

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20

24

25

26

27

28

30

*

242

226

251

Stroup F Neff

Head

O

7000

R

N

M

W

45

M

31

N

Y

PA

PA

PA

Y

Schools Superintendant

Public School

W

Y

N

______ Irma

Wife

F

W

39

M

29

N

Y

NY

NY

NY

Y

None

______ Margaret

Dau

F

W

12

S

Y

Y

NY

PA

NY

Y

None

______ Mary L

Dau

F

W

9

S

Y

NY

PA

NY

None

*Prospect Street

5.  SSDI:  Social Security Death Index (online at RootsWeb.com; missing columns contained no data):

Name	Birth	Death	Last Residence	SSN	Issued	Post-em
Irma STROUP	11 Oct 1890	Jun 1968	14513 (Newark, Wayne, NY)	064-30-6113	NY	Yes

Irma is the only STROUP in the database at this zip code (as of 11/05).

6.  Harry Harrison Hain.  1929.  History of Perry County, Pennsylvania.  Hain-Moore Co., Harrisburg, PA (online at HeritageQuest at Genealogy.com):

p. 849

STROUP, F. NEFF.  F. Neff Stroup was born near Blain, in 1884, the son of George M. and Mary Ellen (Martin) Stroup.  He attended the public schools of Jackson Township and graduated from the Millersville State Normal School in 1908, and at Dickinson College in 1913.  In 1918 he graduated from Columbia University with the M.A. degree.  He taught four years in Jackson Township, was principal of the Strasurg (Pa.) High School for two years, and assistant in mathematics at the Millersville State Normal School one year.  For three years he was supervising principal of the schools of Spencerport, N.Y., and then became superintendent of schools at Palmyra, N.Y., where he served five years.  He is now superintendent of public schools at Newark, N.Y.

7.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).