Marlene, The LDS shows James STROUP & Mary K. PHILLIPS with a son John Lawrence STROUP, b. 8 Oct 1859 in St. Genevieve Co., MO, d. 11 Apr 1941. I do not have an index to the 1860 MO census. Do you know where James was in the 1860 census? I'd like to see the record to confirm/refute this 7th child (who is not present in the 1880 census, but old enough to have left the nest by then). http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/6/Straub/FGS/JamesMStroup-MaryKatherinePhillips.htm Diana Marlene Knott wrote: > > To all you Stroup/Straub researchers: > Thanks for your quick reply to my call for help. You have given me some new > ideas and places to look. I really appreciate it. In answer to your question > about whether James and Peter were actually children of Bernard and Jane... Yes, > James M. Stroup, my g grandfather b. 1832 m. Mary Katherine Phillips (6 > children) d. 23 Apr 1900 and is buried in Baxter Springs, Cherokee, KA. I have > a copy of Bernard's will in which most of the children are named. A few of them > are buried in Martinsburg, but James left and moved to Centralia, Marion, IL as > a young man. A lot of the Phillips' family still live there and I have been to > a few family reunions there. Have been to most of the graves of those I know. > It seemed that after James left PA he didn't have much to do with the Stroup > family. I'll check out the sources that you gave me. Thanks Garry, Shirley and > Diana!

Diana, Yes, James and Mary Katherine's first child was John Lawrence b. 8 Oct 1859 in Ste. Geneieve, MO, all the other children ( Sarah Emma, Thomas Dale, George Harley, Ralfah Omar, Samuel David, Eliza Jane and Charlie) were born in Odin, Marion, IL. James and Katherine were married in 1857, but I don't know where. I will check the 1860 census and see if I can find him. He was born in Blair (Huntingdon,Bedford) co. PA in 1832 and sometime he left home obviously he was in MO 25 years later, then in the next 5 years he was in IL.. I'll do some more checking. I've been to focused on trying to find Bernard's parents I haven't really tracked James. Thanks for all your work, Marlene Stroup Knott Diana Gale Matthiesen wrote: > Marlene, > > The LDS shows James STROUP & Mary K. PHILLIPS with a son John Lawrence > STROUP, b. 8 Oct 1859 in St. Genevieve Co., MO, d. 11 Apr 1941. I do not > have an index to the 1860 MO census. Do you know where James was in the > 1860 census? I'd like to see the record to confirm/refute this 7th child > (who is not present in the 1880 census, but old enough to have left the > nest by then). > > http://dgmweb.net/genealogy/6/Straub/FGS/JamesMStroup-MaryKatherinePhillips.htm > > Diana > > Marlene Knott wrote: > > > > To all you Stroup/Straub researchers: > > Thanks for your quick reply to my call for help. You have given me some new > > ideas and places to look. I really appreciate it. In answer to your question > > about whether James and Peter were actually children of Bernard and Jane... Yes, > > James M. Stroup, my g grandfather b. 1832 m. Mary Katherine Phillips (6 > > children) d. 23 Apr 1900 and is buried in Baxter Springs, Cherokee, KA. I have > > a copy of Bernard's will in which most of the children are named. A few of them > > are buried in Martinsburg, but James left and moved to Centralia, Marion, IL as > > a young man. A lot of the Phillips' family still live there and I have been to > > a few family reunions there. Have been to most of the graves of those I know. > > It seemed that after James left PA he didn't have much to do with the Stroup > > family. I'll check out the sources that you gave me. Thanks Garry, Shirley and > > Diana! > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog