1.  North Carolina Marriages, 1827-1900 (online at Ancestry.com):

John STRUBE

Sarah TAYLOR

8 Jun 1865

Mecklenburg

2.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find, and I really looked.  I did find his widowed mother, and he's not living with her.

3.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #14 of 16):  Coburn's Store P.O., Clear Creek, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Roll M593_1148, p. 113B, PN 14, 107/113, enumerated 12 Nov 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):¤•

Strube John	36	M	W	Farm Hand		50	North Carolina
"   Sarah	31	F	W	Keeping House			"      "
"   Willson	11	M	W	Farm Hand			"      "
"   Jessee	4	M	W				"      "
"   Joe	2	M	W				"      "
Taylor Jessee	45	M	W	Farm Hand		10	"      "

Wilson appears to be John's child from a prior marriage, but he may be a nephew — there were a lot of orphans around after the Civil War.

4.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #32 of 46):  Crab Orchard, Mecklenburg Co., NC, Roll T9_972, p. 441D, PN 32, SD 3, ED 112, enumerated 19/21 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).

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5

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8

9

10

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21

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333

331

Stroub John

W

M

46

/

Farmer

/

/

NC

NC

NC

"   Sarah C

W

F

41

Wife

/

Keeping House

NC

NC

NC

"   Jesse

W

M

15

Son

/

Hoe Hand

/

/

/

NC

NC

NC

"   Joseph

W

M

11

Son

/

/

/

/

NC

NC

NC

"   George

W

M

8

Son

/

NC

NC

NC

"   Charles

W

M

5

Son

/

NC

NC

NC

"   Jinnie

W

F

1

Dau

/

NC

NC

NC

Listed next to Jesse TAYLOR (æ 55, b. NC, unmarried).