1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #9 of 10 — indexed "Stroup"; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

1840

PA

Lycoming Co.

Muncy [Twp.]

p. 41B

Ln. 16

Henry Straup

000 010 - 100 010

0100000

These data indicate:

No. & Sex	Age Class	Therefore Born	Individuals Inferred
1 male	20-29	1810-1820	= Henry (b. 1818)
1 female	4 or under	1835-1840	= Daughter A
1 female	20-29	1810-1820	= ?
1	person employed in agriculture

Henry must have had a prior wife.

2.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2 of 25 — indexed "Strabb"):  Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA, p. 426, 753/764, enumerated 26 Aug 1850 (Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Henry Strobb	33	M		Blacksmith		Pa
Elizabeth "	36	F				Pa
Wilson    "	7	M				Pa
Edward    "	5	M				Pa
Ellen     "	3	F				Pa

Living five doors down from Edward WHITTACRE, with son, Alfred (age 10).

3.  1860 Census Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #2-3 of 51 — both Henry and Peter are indexed):  Hicksville P.O., Muncy Twp., Lycoming Co., PA, p. 514-515, PN 144-145, 1048/1037, enumerated 2 Aug 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Henry Straub	42	M		Blacksmith	2500	345	Pa
Elizabeth "	46	F					"
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Peter W.  "	17	M					Penna
Edward A  "	15	M					"
Eleanor   "	12	F					"
John      "	5	M					"

4.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #9 of 29):  Shannon P.O., Cherry Grove Twp., Carroll Co., IL, Roll M593_191, p. 91A, PN 9, 62/62, enumerated 24 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Straub Henry	52	M	W	Farmer	5680	500	Penn
______ Elizabeth	56	F	W	Keeping House			"
______ Wilson	26	M	W	Farm Laborer			"
______ Edward	24	M	W	"			"
______ Ellen	22	F	W				"
______ John	1	M	W				"

5.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #1 of 24; this image is missing at Ancestry.com):  Cherry Grove Twp., Carroll Co., IL, Roll T9_178, p. 461A, PN 1, SD 2, ED 11, enumerated 1 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

7

8

9

10

13

14

21

24

25

26

1

1

Straub Henry

W

M

62

/

Farmer

PA

PA

PA

______ Peter W

W

M

37

Son

/

Laborer

4

PA

PA

PA

______ Charles E A

W

M

34

Son

/

Law Student

/

PA

PA

PA

______ John A

W

M

25

Son

/

Laborer

4

PA

PA

PA

Whitacre Alfred

W

M

39

Son-in-law

/

Farmer

PA

PA

PA

________ Ellen A

W

F

32

Wife

/

Keeping house

PA

PA

PA

________ Henry A

W

M

2

Son

/

IL

PA

PA

________ Sarah E

W

F

4/12

Jan

Dau

/

IL

PA

PA

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

7.  "Carroll County Biographies:  Jacob Straub."  A Goodly Heritage.  Supplement #1, Spring 1975 (online at the Carroll County "Illinois Trails" web site):

Henry H. Straub (1818-1897) learned the trade of blacksmithing in Penn.  After the Civil War, he turned his attention to farming.  Coming to Illinois in the spring of 1867, he first settled in Ogle County.  In December of that year he moved to Cherry Grove Township.  His wife, Elizabeth (Adlum) Straub, bore him nine children, but only four of them survived infancy:  Peter Wilson; Edward Adlum; Ellen, wife of Alfred Whitacre; and John A.

8.  Edward Adlum Straub.  1909.  Life and Civil War Services of Edward A. Straub … Written by Himself.  Press of J.H. Yewdale & Sons, Milwaukee, WI (excerpts online at the Carroll County sections of the Illinois Trails web site [link died]).  Author is our subject's son.