1.  Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900 (online at Ancestry.com):

Joseph STRAUB	Martha J. MORRISON	13 Jul 1864	McCracken
Joseph STRAUB	Virginia A. ARNOLD	14 May 1872	McCracken

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Virginia A. ARNOLD (æ 8, b. KY) is living in Union Twp., Greene Co., AR (p. 577), with her mother, Sarah ARNOLD (æ 42, b. TN), and siblings, including Willbern L. ARNOLD (æ 4, b. KY).  Note that Jacob's brother, George W. STRAUB, is in Bradshaw Twp., Greene Co., AR.

3a.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #16 of 37):  Boaz Station P.O., Houseman Precinct, Graves Co., KY, Roll M593_464, p. 139B, PN 16, 107/107, enumerated 15 Sep 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤

Straub Joseph	33	M	W	Farmer		800	Kentucky
______ Martha J	31	F	W	Keeping House			Tennessee
______ Mary E	4	F	W				Kentucky
______ Nancy C	2	F	W				"
Arnold Wilburn	14	M	W	Works on farm			Arkansas
McKey Mary	76	F	W	Keeping House	1000		South Carolina

Listed next to Joseph's brother, George W. STRAUB.

3b.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  Jennie ARNOUD? (æ 18, b. KY — indexed "Arnoux") is living in McCracken Co., KY, with her mother, Sallie ARNOUD? (æ 51, b. KY) and siblings, including Wilbourn ARNOUD? (æ 14, b. KY), who appears to have gotten himself enumerated twice, once here and once with his future brother-in-law.

4.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (this image missing at Ancestry.com; online at Genealogy.com, Image #2 of 25):  Dist. 4, Housers, McCracken Co., KY, Roll T9_430, p. 164B, PN 2, SD 1, ED 127, 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).

3

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10

13

14

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26

Straub Joseph

W

M

45

/

Farmer

4

Kentucky

Amst?

Amst?

______ Virginia A

W

F

28

Wife

/

Keeping House

Kentucky

Ten

Ten

______ Mary E

W

F

14

Dau

/

At Home

Kentucky

Ky

Ten

______ Nancy C

W

F

12

Dau

/

At Home

/

Kentucky

Ky

Ten

______ Martha A

W

F

5

Dau

/

Kentucky

Ky

Ten

______ Luvina L

W

F

2

Dau

/

Kentucky

Ky

Ten

This enumerator did not use dwelling or family numbers.

5.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

6.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  not found.