George STROUP & Elizabeth LANTER & Betsey __?_

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George STROUP
Elizabeth LANTER
Betsey __?__
Nancy PARRISH

WARNING: secondary sources show our subject as having married twice, but it appears from the censuses that he married at least three times.

Husband: George STROUP
Birth: 1800, Wythe Co., VA
Death: aft. 1880
Occupation: farmer
Father: John Peter STROUP
Mother: Maria Magdalena "Molly" WENRICH

Marriage-1: 5 May 1825, Wythe Co., VA

Wife-1: Elizabeth LANTER — George's first cousin
Birth: 1805/6, VA
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. 23 Jan 1856, Hawkins Co., TN, William WILLIAMS
Father: William LANTER
Mother: Elizabeth WENRICH

Marriage-2: 1850-53

Wife-2: "Betsey" __?__
Birth: 1801/2, VA
Occupation: homemaker

Marriage-3: 1860-70

Wife-3 said to be: Nancy PARRISH
Birth: 1803/4 or (said to be) 1817
Death: 1880, Wythe Co., VA
Occupation: homemaker

Children with Elizabeth LANTER — born in Wythe Co., VA:

1. Sophia STROUP, b. 1825/6
2. Saphronia / Sophronia STROUP, b. 1827/8
3. (Daughter B) STROUP, b. 1830-35 — possibly Elizabeth STROUP, b. 1831/2; m. Mr. TRAINER
4. John P. STROUP, b. Nov 1835
5. Solomon STROUP, b. Apr 1836
6. David STROUP, b. 1840-42
7. Mary STROUP, b. 1845/6
8. James STROUP, b. Dec 1849

Children with Betsy:

Children with Nancy:

Other Kin:

. Isabell STROUP, b. Apr 1855
. William STROUP, b. 1875/6, VA

Isabell is said to be George's daughter with Nancy, but she is not with George in the 1860 census and, for that matter, neither is Nancy. George's wife in the 1860 census is Betsy.

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Sources:

1. Jordan R. Dodd, ed. 1993. KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages: Early to 1850. Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Stroup, George Lanter, Bezy 5 May 1825 Wythe Co., VA

2. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #91-92 of 110; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 VA Wythe Co. Roll M19_200 pp. 356B-357A Ln. 24 George Stroup 000 010 000 - 200 010 000 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 20-29 1800-1810 = George (b. 1800)

2 females 4 or under 1825-1830 = Saphronia (b. 1827/8)
= Sophia (b. 1825/6)

1 female 20-29 1800-1810 = Elizabeth (b. 1800)

1 female 70-79 1750-1760 = grandmother?

3. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 84; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 VA Wythe Co. Roll 579 pp. 80B-81A Ln. 21 George Stroup 200 000 100 100 - 011 100 110 no slaves 0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

2 males 4 or under 1835-1840 = Solomon (b. 1836/7)
= John (b. 1835)

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = George (b. 1800)

1 male 70-79 1760-1770 = Peter? (b. 1760-65)

1 female 5-9 1830-1835 = Daughter B

1 female 10-14 1825-1830 = Saphronia (b. 1827/8)

1 female 15-19 1820-1825 = Sophia (b. 1825/6)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Elizabeth? (b. 1800)

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = ?

1 person employed in agriculture

Is the elderly man George's father? I can't find him elsewhere. The woman in her 50's is too young to be George's mother. Listed five lines above George's brother, Jacob STROUP.

4a. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #192 of 235): District 68, Wythe Co., VA, Roll M432_982, p. 319B, 1321/1321, enumerated 20 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Stroupe 50 M none Va

Sephrona   " 22 F "

John       " 15 M none "

David      " 8 M "

Solomon    " 13 M "

Mary       " 4 F "

James      " 5/12 M "

Nancy Pruet 33 F "

Was the ordering of the children a mistake? Or does it signify that some of the children are not our subject's? John appears to have been enumerated twice (see next source), or is the other one a different John? Listed nexted to George's sister, Margaret STROUPE, who is next to George's mother, Mary (WENRICH) STROUPE.

4b. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #174 of 235): Sixth-Eighth Dist., Wythe Co., VA, Roll M432_982, p. 310B, 1200/1200, enumerated 6 Sep 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

John Stroupe 14 M Va

John and three other young laborers are living with the John & Mary (SMITH) McGLOTHLIN family.

4c. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 235): Sixty-Eighth Dist., Wythe Co., VA, Roll M432_982, p. 226B, 32/32, enumerated 15 Jul 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤-

Julia Ann Venerick 70 F Virginia

David Stroupe 10 M "

Julia Ann is our subject's aunt — sister of his mother, Maria Magdalene (WENRICH) STROUP, and sister of his mother-in-law, Elizabeth (WENRICH) LANTER.

5. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #219 of 223): Wytheville P.O., District 68, Wythe Co., VA, Roll M653_1385, p. 976, PN 254, 1970/1569, enumerated 7 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

George Stroup 60 M Laborer 100 Virginia

Betsey 48 F do

David 20 M Laborer do

Betsey is too old to be George's daughter, but too young to be his first wife, who has, in any case, already remarried.

6. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #33 of 88): Wythevill P.O., Blacklick Twp., Wythe Co., VA, Roll M593_1682, p. 393A, PN 33, 238/237, enumerated 27 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroup George 70 M W Day laborer Virginia

   "   Nancy 66 F W Keeping house "

   "   David 27 M W "

   "   Isabella 17 F W "

   "   William 4 M W "

Trainer Elizabeth 38 F W Keeping house "

   "    Susan 19 F W "      " "

Hoback William 25 M W Day laborer "

Isabella is showing every sign of being Nancy's child from a prior marriage, which makes Isabella his stepdaughter, not his daughter. Nancy is too old to be William STROUP's mother, so who is he? Could Elizabeth be George's "Daughter B," born between 1830 and 1835?

7. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #4 of 42): Wythe Co., VA, Roll T9-1395, p. 479D, PN 4, SD 5, ED 111, enumerated 2/3 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 22 23 24 25 26

30 30 Stroup George W M 80 / Laborer / / Virginia Penn Va

______ Nancy W F 69 Wife / Keeping House / / Virginia Va Va

30 30 Phipps Gran. W M 34 Son in Law / Laborer / / Virginia Va Va

   "    Mary W F 34 Wife / Keeping House / / Virginia Va Va

   "    Wm H W M 13 Son / / / Virginia Va Va

   "    James H W M 6 Son / Virginia Va Va

   "    Granville W M 4 Son / Virginia Va Va

   "    Maria W F 3 Dau / Virginia Va Va

Nancy is lined out, and "died" is written in the margin, so presumably she had only just died. Listed one household below James Henry & Isabella (STROUP) GRUBB.

8. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

9. Message posted to the Trainer Family Genealogy Forum (online at GenForum.com).

10. Message posted to the TRAINER Surname Board (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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