Posted on: STROUP Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/surnames/s/t/STROUP/queries/32 Surname: STROOP, STROUP, OWEN, HOLMAN, ELLIOTT, SPOTTS ------------------------- I have found a letter dated October 1, 1900, from my gggrandfather's cousin, Eliza Owen, telling him that his Aunt Eliza is dieing. The letter was sent from Waterman Ill. I did not know that my gggrandfather, James Elliott, had a cousin Eliza Owen. He did have an Aunt Eliza on both sides of his family. So the dieng woman may have been Elizabeth Stroop Spotts, born in Perry County, Pennsylvania, daughter of Samuel Stroop and Rebecca Holman, granddaughter of George Stroop. Any information on Elizabeth Stroop Spotts or her family would be appreciated.