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             Husband: Thomas B. Strother    
                Born: 1779                 in Fauquier Co, VA  1
                Died: 1855                 in Missouri  1
              Buried: unknown               1
              Census: 1820, 1830           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Jane Sardis     
                Born: Aug-20-1777          in Virginia  2,1
                Died: May-20-1860          in Katy Lick, Harrison Co, WV  2,1
              Buried:                      in Sardis Cemetery, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Sanford Strother      
         Census name: Sanford Strawther 3
                Born: 1805                  1,3
                Died: 1858                  1
              Buried:                      in Plant Cemetery, Katy Lick, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1850                 in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Eleanor "Ellen" Shaver  b. ca 1808  d. 1891  
           M Child 2: Reuben Strother      
       Also known as: Ruben Strother 2
                Born: Aug-27-1805          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  2,1
                Died: Jan- 2-1873          in Sardis, Harrison Co, WV  2,4
              Buried:                      in Sardis Cemetery, Sardis, Harrison Co, WV  1
              Census: 1870                 in Sardis District, Harrison Co, WV  
              Census: 1850, 1860           in Harrison Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  4,3
                Wife: Frances Malinda Harbert  b. Sep- 1-1820  d. Apr-13-1906  
         Census name: Malinda 
             Married: Apr-18-1842          in Harrison Co, (W)VA  5
           M Child 3: James M. Strother      
                Died: bef 1852              6 (see note 1)
             Resided:                      in Lightburn, Lewis Co, WV  7
                Wife: Rachel F. Randolph  b. ca 1800  d. Apr- 4-1859  

Sources:
(1) Findagrave.com. 
(2) Headstone. 
(3) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. 
(4) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(5) West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(6) Diary of Flavius Josephus Ashburn (1832-1912). 
(7) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & 
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 69. 

Event Notes
Note (1) According to the diary of Flavius Josephus Ashburn, James M. Strother died
before 1852, the year that Ashburn married Strother's daughter Nancy.  James may
actually have died before 1850, since he was not present for the 1850 Census







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