William STRUPE & Margaret MERRITT & Sarah Frances ADAMS

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William STRUPE
Margaret MERRITT
Sarah Frances ADAMS

Husband: William STRUPE / STROOP / STROOPE / STROUPE / STROOPS
Birth: ca. 24 Nov 1792, VA
Death: 17 Apr 1871
Disposition: buried Merritt Family Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV
Occupation: farmer
Father: Melchor STRUPE
Mother: Mary E. __?__

One secondary source gives him middle name, Franklin, but I have found no primary source giving him either a middle name or initial. It would seem more likely that the son was the one with middle name Franklin.

Marriage-1: 16 Feb 1817, Cabell Co., VA [now WV]

Wife-1: Margaret "Peggy" MERRITT
Birth: ca. 17 Sep 1792/98, VA
Death: 8 Sep 1855
Disposition: buried Merritt Family Cemetery, Barboursville, Cabell Co., WV
Occupation: homemaker
Father: William MERRITT
Mother: Margaret COOPER

Marriage-2: 9 Aug 1857, Cabell Co., VA [now WV]

Wife-2: Sarah Frances ADAMS
Birth: Oct 1840, Cabell Co., VA [now WV]
Death: aft. 1910 census
Occupation: homemaker
Other Spouse: m2. 20 Jul 1876, Cabell Co., WV, James Madison LUSHER (1845-c1901), s/o Matthew Erwin LUSHER (1823-1854) & Margaret BLAKE (c1822-1909); apparently no issue and separated by 1880 (he remarried in 1892)
Father: Mr. ADAMS
Mother: Nancy __?__

Children with Margaret MERRITT:

1? (Son A) STRUPE, b. 1815-20 — Did they actually have any children?

Children with Sarah Frances ADAMS:

— born in Cabell Co., VA [now WV]:
1. William F. STRUPE, b. Aug 1858
2. John H. STRUPE, b. Aug 1860

— born in Cabell Co., WV:
3. Stella STRUPE, b. 1870

Keywords for search engines: genealogy; USA, Virginia, West Virginia

Sources (n.b., WV was formed in 1863 from VA):

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

Strupe, William Merritt, Peggy 16 Feb 1817 Cabell Co., VA [now WV]

1b. Cabell County, (West) Virginia, Marriages, 1853-1899. KYOWVA Genealogical Society, Huntington, WV (lookup courtesy of Lorna Marks):

9 Aug 1857 William Strupe, 64 (wid) s/o Melchor & Mary E. Strupe; & Frances Adams 16 dau. of Nancy Adams

20 July 1876 James M. Lusher 31 b. Cabell County & Sarah F. Stroup 32 b. Cabell County

2. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #20 of 24; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1820 VA [now WV] Cabell Co. Guyandotte Roll M33_130 p. 89A Ln. 17 Stroope William 111101-00101-0-300

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 9 or under 1810-1820 = Son?

1 male 10-15 1804-1810 = ?

1 male 16-18 1801-1804 = ?

1 male 19-25* 1794-1801 = William (b. 1792/3)

1 male 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Father-in-law?

1 female 16-25 1794-1804 = Margaret (b. 1798/9)

1 female 45 or over in or bef. 1775 = Mother-in-law?

3 persons engaged in agriculture

*In the 1820 Census, the third column is age class 16-18 and the fourth column is age class 16-25; therefore, any individual in column three is duplicated in column four. By subtracting the number in column three from the number in column four, you can create an age class "19-25."

The two teenage males are too old to be our subject's children.

3. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #61 of 70; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1830 VA [now WV] Cabell Co. Roll M19_190 p. 32 Ln. 24 Strupe William 001 001 - 000 001

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 10-14 1815-1820 = Son?

1 male 30-39 1790-1800 = William (b. 1792/3)

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 = Margaret (b. 1798/9)

4. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #31-32 of 81; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840 VA [now WV] Cabell Co. Roll M704_555 pp. 39B-40A Ln. 4 William Stroupe 000 000 100 - 000 000 110 0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 40-49 1790-1800 = William (b. 1792/3)

1 female 40-49 1790-1800 = Margaret (b. 1798/9)

1 female 50-59 1780-1790 = Catharine (b. 1787/8)

1 person employed in agriculture

5. 1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #53 of 141): District 10, Cabell Co., VA [now WV], Roll M432_938, p. 27A, 367/379, enumerated 13 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

William Stroupe 57 M Farmer 1500 Va

Margaret " 51 F "

Catharine " 62 F "

6. 1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16-17 of 175): Cabell C.H. [Court House] P.O., Cabell Co., VA [now WV], Roll M653_1338, pp. 25-26, PN 25-26, 167/164, enumerated 7 Jun 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

William Strupe 68 M Farmer 3200 1500 Virginia

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Frances " 20 F Virginia

Wm F " 2 M "

Thomas Adams 13 M "

Lewis Wintez 20 M Farm Laborer "

Thomas is Frances's brother.

7. 1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #19 of 31): Cabell C.H. [Court House] P.O., Barboursville Twp., Cabell Co., WV, Roll M593_1685, p. 548A, PN 19, 134/124, enumerated 18 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Stroops William 78 M W Farmer 4000 450 West Va

_______ Sarah F 78 F W Keeping House "

_______ William 12 M W "

_______ John H 10 M W "

Adams Nancy 53 F W Domestic Servant Virginia

_____ George 19 M W Works on Farm West Va

Sarah's age is a big error on the part of the enumerator.

8. 1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #8 of 38 — indexed "Susher," which is understandable because this enumerator's capital L's looked exactly like his S's): Barboursville Dist., Cabell Co., WV, Roll T9_1401, p. 68C, PN 8, SD 2, ED 11, enumerated 4 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 13 15 20 21 24 25 26

49 50 Lusher Frances W F 39 Keeping House / WV VA VA

Strupe William F W M 21 Son Farmer WV VA WV

Strupe John H W M 19 Son Farmer WV VA WV

Strupe Stella W F 10 Dau / WV VA WV

Adams Nancy W F 62 Mother Parallys / VA VA VA

Adams Sarah F W F 16 Neice House work MO WV MO

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9. 1890 Census: the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

10. 1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #24 of 26): Barboursville Dist., Cabell Co., WV, Roll T623_1756, p. 13A, SN 13, SD 4, ED 1, enumerated 30 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).

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

212 219 Strupe John H Head W M Aug 1860 39 M 0 WV WV WV Farmer 0 Y Y Y O F F 110

______ Rosie B Wife W F Oct 1881 18 M 0 0 0 WV WV WV Y Y Y

______ Sarah F Mother W F Oct 1840 59 Wd 3 3 WV WV WV Y Y Y

11. 1910 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #33 of 35): Barboursville Dist., Cabell Co., WV, Roll T624_1678 (Part 2), p. 80B, SN 17B, SD 5, ED 7, enumerated 28 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 9 10 11 12 13 14 17 18 19 20 23 24 25 26 27 28 29

174 158 Strupe John Head M W 49 M1 12 WV VA WV Eng Farmer General Emp Y Y O F F 89

______ Rosa B Wife F W 29 M1 12 1 1 WV KY KY Eng None Y Y

______ John W F Son M W 12/12 S WV WV WV None

______ Wm F Brother M W 51 D WV VA WV Eng None Y Y Y

______ Sarah F Mother F W 69 Wd 3 3 WV WV WV Eng None Y Y Y

12. 1920

13. Merritt Family Cemetery, Barboursvlle, Cabell Co., WV (online at the Cabell County WVGenWeb site; submitted by Candie Freeman & Barry Huffstutler):

MARGARET
WIFE OF
WM. STRUPE.
DIED
Sept. 8, 1855
AGED
?2 Yrs. 11 Mos
& 22 Dys

Footstone: (in ground)
Previously read by Carrie Eldridge: age 62y11m22d.

WE PART TO MEED AGAIN
WM. STRUPE,
DIED
Apr. 17, 1871,
AGED
78Y. 4M. 24D.
... A loving husband father dear,
A faithful friend lies buried here.
His life was a triumph of virture
His death was a triumph of faith.
Miles, Reeves & Kerr.
Gallipolis, Ohio

Footstone: W.S.
Note: William, s/o Malchor Strupe.

14. Birthdate calculated using Ben Buckner's Birthdate Calculator.

Name Deathdate Age at Death Result

WM. STRUPE 17 Apr 1871 24d 04m 78y 24 Nov 1792

Margaret STRUPE 08 Sep 1855 22d 11m ?2y 17 Sep 1792

(Calculated birthdates should always be prefaced with "ca." — you can't be certain the person who calculated their age did it correctly.)

Based on an age of 51 in the 1850 census, an age at death of 62 yrs makes her about six years too old; on the other hand, an age of 52 makes her about four years too young.

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

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