Elias Andrew Stratton (1854-1914)

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Son of Alexander Stratton and Catherine Worline √
Husband of Anna A Main √

Facts (with source information): Narrative Report

What's interesting about these records?
There are no primary records proving his relationship with his parents. We have to rely on the census and an 1880 book in which his father gave an interview.

Here you can see an American family moving across the country. Elias and Anna, his wife, were born in central Ohio (where they married and had two children), moved to Illinois (where their youngest child was born), then to St. Louis (where their daughter married), then to Colorado. We do not know why they decided to leave Ohio, but there is no doubt that they moved westward.

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Biographical Sketch of his Father

This is a transcript of the 1880 Biography of Alexander Stratton in “History of Delaware County …” This old book is one of many that were published in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The company collected information about a community, presumably by interviewing the leading citizens, and published it. So, what we have here is an interview with Alexander Stratton, father of Elias Andrew Stratton. Alexander was about 58 years old when this book was published, and Elias still lived at home in Ohio. (See also the 1880 census, below.)

1854 Birth

These are birth dates that were copied from the Stratton family bible in 1929 by Edna Stratton. Included on line 5 is Edna’s father, Andrew E Stratton, born September 6, 1854. Family bibles were kept before the government required birth records. This little book is only a copy of the names and dates from a family bible, but the information is consistent with other sources, like the U.S. census.

Notice that in the family bible and in the 1860 census he is called “Andrew.” Later he prefers “Elias.”

1877 Marriage

This is a primary record documenting the marriage of Elias and Anna A. Main. The minister who officiated was Elder Levi B. Sherwood of Marlborough Church. This marriage information is also found in the Stratton family bible transcription that was made by their daughter Edna.

Delaware County, Ohio
upper right corner

Birth of Children

Delaware County, Ohio had birth records by the time the Stratton children were born. Edna and her brother Harry were born there, and we have these primary records documenting both occasions. Their brother Otis was born in Illinois, and there is no such record for him.

1877 Daughter Edna

Her mother’s name is misspelled and her gender is not recorded. Nevertheless, this record is considered proof of her lineage.

Marlborough Township, Delaware County, Ohio
Edna Stratton, born December 14, 1877
recorded May 9, 1878
left side, line 7
(film 004016689, image 201)

1883 Son Harry

Marlborough Township, Delaware County, Ohio
Harry A. Stratton, born February 16, 1883
left side, line 5

1914 Obituary

He died in Colorado and is buried in Ohio. This obituary was published in Delaware County, Ohio. It mentions his three children, but refers to his wife only as “the widow.” Her name was Anna A. Main Stratton.

Census Records:

The 1890 census was lost in a fire.
I cannot find the 1910 census.

1860 Census

Delaware County, Ohio
lines 6-12
(His name is Andrew Stratton)

1870 Census

Delaware County, Ohio
lines 30-35
(His name is Elias Stratton)

1880 Census

Delaware County, Ohio
lines 38-40
(His name is A E Stratton)

1900 Census

St. Louis, Missouri
lines 77-81
(His name is Elias Stratton)