Eugene Straw

As printed in 1913

EUGENE STRAW.

Eugene Straw owns and operates a fine farm of three hundred and seventy-five acres on section 31, Pitt township, constituting the homestead upon which he was born. By constant supervision and practical methods of operation he has made this a valuable and productive property and in its cultivation, as in all business affairs, has met with that success which follows earnest, straightforward and persistent labor. His birth occurred on the 11th of June, 1854, and he is a son of Louis and Rebecca (Miller) Straw, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Kentucky. The father came to Ohio when he was still a young man and settled in Pitt township, where he turned his attention to general farming, an occupation which he followed until his death in 1889. The mother has also passed away, her death hang occurred in 1879. Louis Straw had been twice mari'ied. His first union was with Miss Moody, who died one year after their marriage, leaving one child, Dudley. By his union with the mother of the subject of this review he had eight children, Caroline, Eugene, Leander, Edith, Cannie, Lenora and Lemora, twins, and Catherine.

Eugene Straw acquired his education in the district schools of Pitt township and spent his summers assisting his father with the work of the farm.. When he was eighteen he laid aside his books and for some time thereafter continued upon the homestead, but in 1881 moved to his father-in-law's property, where he remained for ten years. At the expiration of that time he purchased the old homestead and upon this he has now resided since 1892. It comprises three hundred and seventy-five acres lying in Marseilles and Pitt townships, most of the property being located on section 31, Pitt township, and it is a well improved, valuable and productive property, its neat and attractive appearance evidencing the care-

, Google ful supervision and practical labor he has bestowed upon it. In addition to tilling the fields and raising hay, com and oats, which form his principal crops, Mr. Straw is also extensively interested in stock-raising, specializing in the breeding of sheep and hogs, of which he has about three hundred each. These he sells in the local markets, where they command a high price and a ready sale. He owns besides the farm upon which he resides another on section 6, Pitt township, and on sections 1 and 3, Marseilles township, and is one of the extensive landowners in this vicinity.

On the ist of February, 1877, Mr. Straw married, in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Miss Ada Bowen, a daughter of Gideon and Deborah (Wooley) Bowen, of that city, the former one of the oldest settlers of Wyandot county. He settled here the year after the Indians had left this section of the state and plowed and planted oats upon the property where the Wyandot county courthouse now stands. Mr. and Mrs. Straw, having no children of their own, have adopted a son,. Curtis. Mr. Straw is politically identified with the republican party, having served as township trustee and as a member of the school board. He is one of the best known and most widely popular men in the southern part of Wyandot county and his place in the favorable regard of the community has come to him by reason of his honorable, straightforward and upright life and his high standards of business and personal integrity. Many of his stanchest friends have known him from childhood and to them his name is a synonym for honor in business, loyalty in citizenship and fidelity to all the duties and obligations of life.

As printed in Past and present of Wyandot County, Ohio; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement; (1913). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.