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Aaron Arden STROTHER

Aaron Arden STROTHER

Male 1828 - 1878  (50 years)

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  • Name Aaron Arden STROTHER 
    Born 18 Jan 1828  Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1850, 1860  [3, 4] 
    farmer 
    Military From 20 Aug 1862 to 21 Dec 1864  [5, 6, 7, 8] 
    Pvt, Co G, 67th Indiana Inf, Civil War 
    Military From 21 Dec 1864 to 19 Jul 1865  [7, 8] 
    Pvt, Co G, 24th Indiana Inf, Civil War (discharged in Galveston TX), 
    Census 1870  Seymour, Jackson Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [9] 
    railroad worker 
    Died 19 Aug 1878  [1] 
    Buried City Cemetery, Seymour, Jackson Co, IN Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I9163  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Dec 2022 

    Father James M. STROTHER,   d. Bef 1850 
    Mother Rachel F. RANDOLPH,   b. CA 1800,   d. 4 Apr 1859  (Age ~ 59 years) 
    Family ID F19453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucinda DAVIS,   b. 27 Jul 1821, Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jun 1907  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 10 Aug 1849  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Notes 
    • 1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 30 1860:
      A. A. Strawthers, 37, farmer, value of real estate $600, value of personal estate $300; Lucinda, 36; C. T. (male), 10; O. C. (male), 8; D. P. (male), 6; J. E. (male), 4; R. A. (female), 3; M. J. (female), M. J. (female), 2. All born in Virginia.

      "Davis - The Settlers of Salem WV," p. 69, incorrectly states that Aaron Arden Strother died in Harrison County before 1870, presumably basing that conclusion on Lucinda and their children appearing in the 1870 Census without him. However, the Diary of Flavius Josephus Ashburn, p. 73, in an entry for July 1861, states
      "On Sunday the 7th, that evening Nancy and I went by way of New Salem to Lucinda Strothers. (I would have wrote to Arden Strothers instead of Lucinda Strothers, but Arden, having lost his right mind, has put his property out of his hands and left his family and went off with an ornery girl.)."
      The validity of Ashburn's diary is demonstrated in the 1870 Census, which shows Lucinda in Doddridge County with their children and Aaron in the state of Indiana with his new family. Additionally, Aaron served with the Indiana Infantry in the Civil War from 1862 to 1865.

      1870 Census, Jackson County, Indiana (Ward 5, City of Seymour), enumerated on Jun 20 1870:
      Aaron Strother, 41, b. Va, railroad worker, value of real estate $800, value of personal estate $100; Maria, 31, b. Va; Leticia, 4, b. Indiana; George W, 10 months (birth month August), b. Indiana.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton Twp), enumerated on Aug 16, 1870:
      Lucinda Strother, 48, value of real estate $2,000, value of personal estate $300; Oliver C, 17, farm laborer; Daniel P, 16; James E, 15; Roseler A, 13; Mary J, 11; Lovie C, 8. All born in Virginia.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated in June 1880:
      Lucinda Strother, 57, widowed; son Oliver C, 27, single; son Daniel P, 26, single; son James E, 25, single; dau Lovy C, 18, single.

      In 1900, Lucinda was enumerated in the household of her son Daniel and his family in Greenbrier District, Doddridge County. [12]
    Children 
     1. Calvin Lewis STROTHER,   b. 30 Oct 1850,   d. 4 Jan 1867  (Age 16 years)
     2. Oliver Columbus STROTHER,   b. 13 Sep 1852, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Feb 1911  (Age 58 years)
     3. Daniel Porter STROTHER,   b. 2 Nov 1853, Salem, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 May 1905  (Age 51 years)
     4. James Edmund "Ed" STROTHER,   b. Apr 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1907, Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 53 years)
     5. Rosellar Artelia STROTHER,   b. 6 Jan 1857, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Mar 1876, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 19 years)
     6. Mary Josephene STROTHER,   b. 28 Nov 1858, Greenbrier Run (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Apr 1944, Huntington, Cabell Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     7. Lovie Christiana STROTHER,   b. 8 Aug 1861,   d. 1 Jul 1890  (Age 28 years)
    Family ID F3298  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Maria ___,   b. CA 1839, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • 1870 Census, Jackson County, Indiana (Ward 5, City of Seymour), enumerated on Jun 20 1870:
      Aaron Strother, 41, b. Va, railroad worker, value of real estate $800, value of personal estate $100; Maria, 31, b. Va; Leticia, 4, b. Indiana; George W, 10 months (birth month August), b. Indiana.
    Children 
     1. Lutitia STROTHER,   b. 11 Jan 1867, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1899  (Age 31 years)
     2. George W. STROTHER,   b. Aug 1869, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1880  (Age ~ 10 years)
    Family ID F59890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 18 Jan 1828 - Sardis, Harrison Co, WV Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Seymour, Jackson Co, IN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - City Cemetery, Seymour, Jackson Co, IN Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 69.

    2. [S1838] Headstone - Date calculated from age at death.

    3. [S242] 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.

    4. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

    5. [S2588] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    6. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    7. [S2605] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], (National Park Service , Ancestry.com).

    8. [S2619] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    9. [S1972] 1870 Census.

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    12. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).