David Strain, Jr. (AKA David II) was the son of David Strain, Sr (I) and Elizabeth (surname unknown). He was born in about 1766 per his gravestone age/death or before 17 Jun 1766 (when he was 64). I suspect he was born in the family homestead in Hanover Twp., then Lancaster County, PA. It was in a Scots-Irish settlement. (In 1785 his paternal homestead became Dauphin Co. and in 1813, Lebanon County, PA. His father's farm was on the border with Dauphin Co., but inside of Lebanon Co. The land was the same, the borders moved. David's father was on the same land in East Hanover Twp. in 1752 that his wife inherited following his death (died in 1783) in 1785. It is sometimes listed as W. or E. Hanover but he did not move and all the data matches him.) I note he was born in the middle of the French & Indian War which caused many people in the area to flee.
David, Jr. is recorded in 1787 (about age 21) as a member of the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church in Hanover Twp., along with his mother. In October/December 1792, he served as a Lieutenant in the local Dauphin Co. Militia, a Provisional Army. He was in the 7th Company and the 2nd Battalion, led by Lt. Col. V. Schouffler. European powers were infringing upon our new found freedoms already.
David, Jr. married Elizabeth Allen in Oct 1792 in current day Grantville, PA at the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church, which is no longer standing here. Rev. John Snodgrass officiated. His sister Jennet is buried at the Old Hanover cemetery, beside the former old church location, with several family members. His wife's grandparents and some of her siblings are buried there also. Photos exist of the old church surrounded by gravestones.
David, wife Elizabeth and baby daughter Rebecca, journeyed down the well traveled, old Indian Road (or Great Wagon Road) to Augusta Co., VA, another Scots-Irish area. On 15 Sep 1795, he purchased a 100 acre farm from the Beverley Grant for $500. "D. Strain" is on the Beverley Patent map (Southwest) by James Raymond Hildebrand based on 1736 and later land owners, drawn up in 1954.* David would purchase an additional 87 acres of adjacent land in 1801 and 1808. Here they would add 10 more known children to the family from 1796 to about 1816. According to tax records, additional improvements were made on the home.
On 20 Sep 1818, the Bethel Presbyterian Church session was reported to the Presbytery to have 166 members including David Strain and Elizabeth Strain. (Bethel and Her Ministers, 1746 - 1974 by Rev. Herbert S. Turner & Rev. James Sprunt, 1974, p 95.)
1828: ANTI-JACKSON MEETING IN AUGUSTA. At a meeting of the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for the County of Augusta, in Staunton, on Monday for the 22d day of September, 1823. Gen. Briscoe H. Baldwin, in the Chair, and William Clarke, Secretary. On motion of William Kinnoy, jr. Esq. it was: Resolved That the Virginia Anti-Jackson Electoral Tickets be now distributed among the members of the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for this county, and that they proceed to the to distribute them among the Freeholders of the county of Augusta, and use all fair an honorable exertions to induce the Freeholders to attend the polls on the first Monday in November next. On motion of Thomas J Michie, Esq. the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That it is expedient to enlarge the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for this county. Resolved, therefore, that the following names be added to those which now compose the Committee, viz: DAVID STRAIN…" Many other names were included here including a few: Robt Christian, Capt Jno Gamble, Hugh and Wm Guthrie, John Hays, Hugh Hamilton, Wm M Logan, Wm M Chesney, John & David M'Clure, Capt Dow'y M'Cutchen, Capt. Sam Steele and son Sam, Swishers, Trimble, Thompson, Wilson, Walker, Capt. Robt S Young, Wm and Andrew Young…. They were in favor of confirming John Q Adams in his present office for another term. Published in the Constitutional Whig, Vol. 5, #72, dated 1 Oct 1828.
Following David's death in 1830, sons William and John would inherit his farm. His eldest son already had his own home, a short distance south, over the Rockbridge Co., VA border, across from New Providence Presbyterian Church.
In the end of September 1864 the Yankees began a 2 week rampage in the Shenandoah Valley, known as the "bread basket of the south." They burned every barn, mill, and crop in Augusta County, VA and removed or killed many animals. The Strain barn was rebuilt using some very old, large, hand hewn pre Civil War beams, believed to be from the old barn. Today, they can be seen inside the barn, at ground level.
Son, William sold his share of the Strain family farm to brother John in the early 1830's, and moved to Indiana. This John died in 1887, leaving the farm to his nephew Samuel P. Strain, the son of brother David Strain. Samuel had lived and farmed there for many years, before his Uncle John's death. Samuel's family was the last Strain to reside there, through about 1914 and then it was auctioned for taxes, etc. The old Strain house burned down in about 1935, the 2 pear trees remain (see photo), which it is believed were near the home and the few large hand made bricks remaining from around the foundation (owner gave me one).
On 29 May 1994, I spoke to Jack L. C. Miller who resided in the old Strain home in about 1933, as a child. He believes it burned down in about 1935, and his uncle built the current home on the farm, which he remembered well. It was sold in 1988. He recalls the engraved wood beam near the front entry with the date of the house carved in it, but forgot the date (darn).
PHOTOS on right:
A few from my June 1996 visit. Some I took again in Aug 1999 of the former David Strain, II, homestead. It was then owned by the ever expanding, lovely Springdale Water Gardens, doing business on site. Pix show the land and buildings. Click on pix for some details.
Black & White: The old Strain 2 story red brick Rockbridge "I" House with chimneys on either side. (See The "I" House, an Architectural Form in Rockbridge Co,, VA, 1972 by Grace Pierce Heffelfinger, 364 pages, M.A. thesis, Cooperstown Graduate Program, State University of New York at Oneonta.) This picture of the Samuel P. Strain family was taken in about 1902, prior to the 1904 death of a child, in the photo.
They had eleven known children. In addition to the nine I have connected below are:
1. Elizabeth, 20 Sep 1803 to bet. 17-20 Feb 1863 (Mrs. Samuel Heizer, IN)
2. Unnamed infant per the Staunton Spectator
His Strain descendants would serve in both the Union and the Confederate armies alike.
Son, John Strain's 1880 Riverheads, Augusta Co., VA census, says he was aged 77 years, born in VA and lists both of his parents as born in PA.
He was born before we had a country or president and died while Andrew Jackson, our 7th President, was in office.
The gravestone transcription on this site, was recorded 11 August 1936 by the Works Progress Administration survey of this cemetery by Scioto M. Herndon. The photo on the right supports this transcription, below.
*"D. Strain's" original patent, was next to the lots of David & Samuel Doak (1765+), T. Caruthers and James Cameron. Just above the center on this closeup. Lot has a panhandle, just like the long road to get there today, past the rock quarry. This is taken from a tiny part of J.R. Hildbrand's 1954 Beverley Patent Map with original grantees 1738 to 1815 (see photo, limited space in caption).
Bio researched and written by LSP. Do not reproduce this or my LSP photos. All rights reserved.
David, Jr. is recorded in 1787 (about age 21) as a member of the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church in Hanover Twp., along with his mother. In October/December 1792, he served as a Lieutenant in the local Dauphin Co. Militia, a Provisional Army. He was in the 7th Company and the 2nd Battalion, led by Lt. Col. V. Schouffler. European powers were infringing upon our new found freedoms already.
David, Jr. married Elizabeth Allen in Oct 1792 in current day Grantville, PA at the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church, which is no longer standing here. Rev. John Snodgrass officiated. His sister Jennet is buried at the Old Hanover cemetery, beside the former old church location, with several family members. His wife's grandparents and some of her siblings are buried there also. Photos exist of the old church surrounded by gravestones.
David, wife Elizabeth and baby daughter Rebecca, journeyed down the well traveled, old Indian Road (or Great Wagon Road) to Augusta Co., VA, another Scots-Irish area. On 15 Sep 1795, he purchased a 100 acre farm from the Beverley Grant for $500. "D. Strain" is on the Beverley Patent map (Southwest) by James Raymond Hildebrand based on 1736 and later land owners, drawn up in 1954.* David would purchase an additional 87 acres of adjacent land in 1801 and 1808. Here they would add 10 more known children to the family from 1796 to about 1816. According to tax records, additional improvements were made on the home.
On 20 Sep 1818, the Bethel Presbyterian Church session was reported to the Presbytery to have 166 members including David Strain and Elizabeth Strain. (Bethel and Her Ministers, 1746 - 1974 by Rev. Herbert S. Turner & Rev. James Sprunt, 1974, p 95.)
1828: ANTI-JACKSON MEETING IN AUGUSTA. At a meeting of the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for the County of Augusta, in Staunton, on Monday for the 22d day of September, 1823. Gen. Briscoe H. Baldwin, in the Chair, and William Clarke, Secretary. On motion of William Kinnoy, jr. Esq. it was: Resolved That the Virginia Anti-Jackson Electoral Tickets be now distributed among the members of the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for this county, and that they proceed to the to distribute them among the Freeholders of the county of Augusta, and use all fair an honorable exertions to induce the Freeholders to attend the polls on the first Monday in November next. On motion of Thomas J Michie, Esq. the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That it is expedient to enlarge the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for this county. Resolved, therefore, that the following names be added to those which now compose the Committee, viz: DAVID STRAIN…" Many other names were included here including a few: Robt Christian, Capt Jno Gamble, Hugh and Wm Guthrie, John Hays, Hugh Hamilton, Wm M Logan, Wm M Chesney, John & David M'Clure, Capt Dow'y M'Cutchen, Capt. Sam Steele and son Sam, Swishers, Trimble, Thompson, Wilson, Walker, Capt. Robt S Young, Wm and Andrew Young…. They were in favor of confirming John Q Adams in his present office for another term. Published in the Constitutional Whig, Vol. 5, #72, dated 1 Oct 1828.
Following David's death in 1830, sons William and John would inherit his farm. His eldest son already had his own home, a short distance south, over the Rockbridge Co., VA border, across from New Providence Presbyterian Church.
In the end of September 1864 the Yankees began a 2 week rampage in the Shenandoah Valley, known as the "bread basket of the south." They burned every barn, mill, and crop in Augusta County, VA and removed or killed many animals. The Strain barn was rebuilt using some very old, large, hand hewn pre Civil War beams, believed to be from the old barn. Today, they can be seen inside the barn, at ground level.
Son, William sold his share of the Strain family farm to brother John in the early 1830's, and moved to Indiana. This John died in 1887, leaving the farm to his nephew Samuel P. Strain, the son of brother David Strain. Samuel had lived and farmed there for many years, before his Uncle John's death. Samuel's family was the last Strain to reside there, through about 1914 and then it was auctioned for taxes, etc. The old Strain house burned down in about 1935, the 2 pear trees remain (see photo), which it is believed were near the home and the few large hand made bricks remaining from around the foundation (owner gave me one).
On 29 May 1994, I spoke to Jack L. C. Miller who resided in the old Strain home in about 1933, as a child. He believes it burned down in about 1935, and his uncle built the current home on the farm, which he remembered well. It was sold in 1988. He recalls the engraved wood beam near the front entry with the date of the house carved in it, but forgot the date (darn).
PHOTOS on right:
A few from my June 1996 visit. Some I took again in Aug 1999 of the former David Strain, II, homestead. It was then owned by the ever expanding, lovely Springdale Water Gardens, doing business on site. Pix show the land and buildings. Click on pix for some details.
Black & White: The old Strain 2 story red brick Rockbridge "I" House with chimneys on either side. (See The "I" House, an Architectural Form in Rockbridge Co,, VA, 1972 by Grace Pierce Heffelfinger, 364 pages, M.A. thesis, Cooperstown Graduate Program, State University of New York at Oneonta.) This picture of the Samuel P. Strain family was taken in about 1902, prior to the 1904 death of a child, in the photo.
They had eleven known children. In addition to the nine I have connected below are:
1. Elizabeth, 20 Sep 1803 to bet. 17-20 Feb 1863 (Mrs. Samuel Heizer, IN)
2. Unnamed infant per the Staunton Spectator
His Strain descendants would serve in both the Union and the Confederate armies alike.
Son, John Strain's 1880 Riverheads, Augusta Co., VA census, says he was aged 77 years, born in VA and lists both of his parents as born in PA.
He was born before we had a country or president and died while Andrew Jackson, our 7th President, was in office.
The gravestone transcription on this site, was recorded 11 August 1936 by the Works Progress Administration survey of this cemetery by Scioto M. Herndon. The photo on the right supports this transcription, below.
*"D. Strain's" original patent, was next to the lots of David & Samuel Doak (1765+), T. Caruthers and James Cameron. Just above the center on this closeup. Lot has a panhandle, just like the long road to get there today, past the rock quarry. This is taken from a tiny part of J.R. Hildbrand's 1954 Beverley Patent Map with original grantees 1738 to 1815 (see photo, limited space in caption).
Bio researched and written by LSP. Do not reproduce this or my LSP photos. All rights reserved.
David Strain, Jr. (AKA David II) was the son of David Strain, Sr (I) and Elizabeth (surname unknown). He was born in about 1766 per his gravestone age/death or before 17 Jun 1766 (when he was 64). I suspect he was born in the family homestead in Hanover Twp., then Lancaster County, PA. It was in a Scots-Irish settlement. (In 1785 his paternal homestead became Dauphin Co. and in 1813, Lebanon County, PA. His father's farm was on the border with Dauphin Co., but inside of Lebanon Co. The land was the same, the borders moved. David's father was on the same land in East Hanover Twp. in 1752 that his wife inherited following his death (died in 1783) in 1785. It is sometimes listed as W. or E. Hanover but he did not move and all the data matches him.) I note he was born in the middle of the French & Indian War which caused many people in the area to flee.
David, Jr. is recorded in 1787 (about age 21) as a member of the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church in Hanover Twp., along with his mother. In October/December 1792, he served as a Lieutenant in the local Dauphin Co. Militia, a Provisional Army. He was in the 7th Company and the 2nd Battalion, led by Lt. Col. V. Schouffler. European powers were infringing upon our new found freedoms already.
David, Jr. married Elizabeth Allen in Oct 1792 in current day Grantville, PA at the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church, which is no longer standing here. Rev. John Snodgrass officiated. His sister Jennet is buried at the Old Hanover cemetery, beside the former old church location, with several family members. His wife's grandparents and some of her siblings are buried there also. Photos exist of the old church surrounded by gravestones.
David, wife Elizabeth and baby daughter Rebecca, journeyed down the well traveled, old Indian Road (or Great Wagon Road) to Augusta Co., VA, another Scots-Irish area. On 15 Sep 1795, he purchased a 100 acre farm from the Beverley Grant for $500. "D. Strain" is on the Beverley Patent map (Southwest) by James Raymond Hildebrand based on 1736 and later land owners, drawn up in 1954.* David would purchase an additional 87 acres of adjacent land in 1801 and 1808. Here they would add 10 more known children to the family from 1796 to about 1816. According to tax records, additional improvements were made on the home.
On 20 Sep 1818, the Bethel Presbyterian Church session was reported to the Presbytery to have 166 members including David Strain and Elizabeth Strain. (Bethel and Her Ministers, 1746 - 1974 by Rev. Herbert S. Turner & Rev. James Sprunt, 1974, p 95.)
1828: ANTI-JACKSON MEETING IN AUGUSTA. At a meeting of the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for the County of Augusta, in Staunton, on Monday for the 22d day of September, 1823. Gen. Briscoe H. Baldwin, in the Chair, and William Clarke, Secretary. On motion of William Kinnoy, jr. Esq. it was: Resolved That the Virginia Anti-Jackson Electoral Tickets be now distributed among the members of the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for this county, and that they proceed to the to distribute them among the Freeholders of the county of Augusta, and use all fair an honorable exertions to induce the Freeholders to attend the polls on the first Monday in November next. On motion of Thomas J Michie, Esq. the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That it is expedient to enlarge the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for this county. Resolved, therefore, that the following names be added to those which now compose the Committee, viz: DAVID STRAIN…" Many other names were included here including a few: Robt Christian, Capt Jno Gamble, Hugh and Wm Guthrie, John Hays, Hugh Hamilton, Wm M Logan, Wm M Chesney, John & David M'Clure, Capt Dow'y M'Cutchen, Capt. Sam Steele and son Sam, Swishers, Trimble, Thompson, Wilson, Walker, Capt. Robt S Young, Wm and Andrew Young…. They were in favor of confirming John Q Adams in his present office for another term. Published in the Constitutional Whig, Vol. 5, #72, dated 1 Oct 1828.
Following David's death in 1830, sons William and John would inherit his farm. His eldest son already had his own home, a short distance south, over the Rockbridge Co., VA border, across from New Providence Presbyterian Church.
In the end of September 1864 the Yankees began a 2 week rampage in the Shenandoah Valley, known as the "bread basket of the south." They burned every barn, mill, and crop in Augusta County, VA and removed or killed many animals. The Strain barn was rebuilt using some very old, large, hand hewn pre Civil War beams, believed to be from the old barn. Today, they can be seen inside the barn, at ground level.
Son, William sold his share of the Strain family farm to brother John in the early 1830's, and moved to Indiana. This John died in 1887, leaving the farm to his nephew Samuel P. Strain, the son of brother David Strain. Samuel had lived and farmed there for many years, before his Uncle John's death. Samuel's family was the last Strain to reside there, through about 1914 and then it was auctioned for taxes, etc. The old Strain house burned down in about 1935, the 2 pear trees remain (see photo), which it is believed were near the home and the few large hand made bricks remaining from around the foundation (owner gave me one).
On 29 May 1994, I spoke to Jack L. C. Miller who resided in the old Strain home in about 1933, as a child. He believes it burned down in about 1935, and his uncle built the current home on the farm, which he remembered well. It was sold in 1988. He recalls the engraved wood beam near the front entry with the date of the house carved in it, but forgot the date (darn).
PHOTOS on right:
A few from my June 1996 visit. Some I took again in Aug 1999 of the former David Strain, II, homestead. It was then owned by the ever expanding, lovely Springdale Water Gardens, doing business on site. Pix show the land and buildings. Click on pix for some details.
Black & White: The old Strain 2 story red brick Rockbridge "I" House with chimneys on either side. (See The "I" House, an Architectural Form in Rockbridge Co,, VA, 1972 by Grace Pierce Heffelfinger, 364 pages, M.A. thesis, Cooperstown Graduate Program, State University of New York at Oneonta.) This picture of the Samuel P. Strain family was taken in about 1902, prior to the 1904 death of a child, in the photo.
They had eleven known children. In addition to the nine I have connected below are:
1. Elizabeth, 20 Sep 1803 to bet. 17-20 Feb 1863 (Mrs. Samuel Heizer, IN)
2. Unnamed infant per the Staunton Spectator
His Strain descendants would serve in both the Union and the Confederate armies alike.
Son, John Strain's 1880 Riverheads, Augusta Co., VA census, says he was aged 77 years, born in VA and lists both of his parents as born in PA.
He was born before we had a country or president and died while Andrew Jackson, our 7th President, was in office.
The gravestone transcription on this site, was recorded 11 August 1936 by the Works Progress Administration survey of this cemetery by Scioto M. Herndon. The photo on the right supports this transcription, below.
*"D. Strain's" original patent, was next to the lots of David & Samuel Doak (1765+), T. Caruthers and James Cameron. Just above the center on this closeup. Lot has a panhandle, just like the long road to get there today, past the rock quarry. This is taken from a tiny part of J.R. Hildbrand's 1954 Beverley Patent Map with original grantees 1738 to 1815 (see photo, limited space in caption).
Bio researched and written by LSP. Do not reproduce this or my LSP photos. All rights reserved.
David, Jr. is recorded in 1787 (about age 21) as a member of the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church in Hanover Twp., along with his mother. In October/December 1792, he served as a Lieutenant in the local Dauphin Co. Militia, a Provisional Army. He was in the 7th Company and the 2nd Battalion, led by Lt. Col. V. Schouffler. European powers were infringing upon our new found freedoms already.
David, Jr. married Elizabeth Allen in Oct 1792 in current day Grantville, PA at the Old Hanover Presbyterian Church, which is no longer standing here. Rev. John Snodgrass officiated. His sister Jennet is buried at the Old Hanover cemetery, beside the former old church location, with several family members. His wife's grandparents and some of her siblings are buried there also. Photos exist of the old church surrounded by gravestones.
David, wife Elizabeth and baby daughter Rebecca, journeyed down the well traveled, old Indian Road (or Great Wagon Road) to Augusta Co., VA, another Scots-Irish area. On 15 Sep 1795, he purchased a 100 acre farm from the Beverley Grant for $500. "D. Strain" is on the Beverley Patent map (Southwest) by James Raymond Hildebrand based on 1736 and later land owners, drawn up in 1954.* David would purchase an additional 87 acres of adjacent land in 1801 and 1808. Here they would add 10 more known children to the family from 1796 to about 1816. According to tax records, additional improvements were made on the home.
On 20 Sep 1818, the Bethel Presbyterian Church session was reported to the Presbytery to have 166 members including David Strain and Elizabeth Strain. (Bethel and Her Ministers, 1746 - 1974 by Rev. Herbert S. Turner & Rev. James Sprunt, 1974, p 95.)
1828: ANTI-JACKSON MEETING IN AUGUSTA. At a meeting of the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for the County of Augusta, in Staunton, on Monday for the 22d day of September, 1823. Gen. Briscoe H. Baldwin, in the Chair, and William Clarke, Secretary. On motion of William Kinnoy, jr. Esq. it was: Resolved That the Virginia Anti-Jackson Electoral Tickets be now distributed among the members of the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for this county, and that they proceed to the to distribute them among the Freeholders of the county of Augusta, and use all fair an honorable exertions to induce the Freeholders to attend the polls on the first Monday in November next. On motion of Thomas J Michie, Esq. the following resolutions were adopted: Resolved, That it is expedient to enlarge the Anti-Jackson Corresponding Committee for this county. Resolved, therefore, that the following names be added to those which now compose the Committee, viz: DAVID STRAIN…" Many other names were included here including a few: Robt Christian, Capt Jno Gamble, Hugh and Wm Guthrie, John Hays, Hugh Hamilton, Wm M Logan, Wm M Chesney, John & David M'Clure, Capt Dow'y M'Cutchen, Capt. Sam Steele and son Sam, Swishers, Trimble, Thompson, Wilson, Walker, Capt. Robt S Young, Wm and Andrew Young…. They were in favor of confirming John Q Adams in his present office for another term. Published in the Constitutional Whig, Vol. 5, #72, dated 1 Oct 1828.
Following David's death in 1830, sons William and John would inherit his farm. His eldest son already had his own home, a short distance south, over the Rockbridge Co., VA border, across from New Providence Presbyterian Church.
In the end of September 1864 the Yankees began a 2 week rampage in the Shenandoah Valley, known as the "bread basket of the south." They burned every barn, mill, and crop in Augusta County, VA and removed or killed many animals. The Strain barn was rebuilt using some very old, large, hand hewn pre Civil War beams, believed to be from the old barn. Today, they can be seen inside the barn, at ground level.
Son, William sold his share of the Strain family farm to brother John in the early 1830's, and moved to Indiana. This John died in 1887, leaving the farm to his nephew Samuel P. Strain, the son of brother David Strain. Samuel had lived and farmed there for many years, before his Uncle John's death. Samuel's family was the last Strain to reside there, through about 1914 and then it was auctioned for taxes, etc. The old Strain house burned down in about 1935, the 2 pear trees remain (see photo), which it is believed were near the home and the few large hand made bricks remaining from around the foundation (owner gave me one).
On 29 May 1994, I spoke to Jack L. C. Miller who resided in the old Strain home in about 1933, as a child. He believes it burned down in about 1935, and his uncle built the current home on the farm, which he remembered well. It was sold in 1988. He recalls the engraved wood beam near the front entry with the date of the house carved in it, but forgot the date (darn).
PHOTOS on right:
A few from my June 1996 visit. Some I took again in Aug 1999 of the former David Strain, II, homestead. It was then owned by the ever expanding, lovely Springdale Water Gardens, doing business on site. Pix show the land and buildings. Click on pix for some details.
Black & White: The old Strain 2 story red brick Rockbridge "I" House with chimneys on either side. (See The "I" House, an Architectural Form in Rockbridge Co,, VA, 1972 by Grace Pierce Heffelfinger, 364 pages, M.A. thesis, Cooperstown Graduate Program, State University of New York at Oneonta.) This picture of the Samuel P. Strain family was taken in about 1902, prior to the 1904 death of a child, in the photo.
They had eleven known children. In addition to the nine I have connected below are:
1. Elizabeth, 20 Sep 1803 to bet. 17-20 Feb 1863 (Mrs. Samuel Heizer, IN)
2. Unnamed infant per the Staunton Spectator
His Strain descendants would serve in both the Union and the Confederate armies alike.
Son, John Strain's 1880 Riverheads, Augusta Co., VA census, says he was aged 77 years, born in VA and lists both of his parents as born in PA.
He was born before we had a country or president and died while Andrew Jackson, our 7th President, was in office.
The gravestone transcription on this site, was recorded 11 August 1936 by the Works Progress Administration survey of this cemetery by Scioto M. Herndon. The photo on the right supports this transcription, below.
*"D. Strain's" original patent, was next to the lots of David & Samuel Doak (1765+), T. Caruthers and James Cameron. Just above the center on this closeup. Lot has a panhandle, just like the long road to get there today, past the rock quarry. This is taken from a tiny part of J.R. Hildbrand's 1954 Beverley Patent Map with original grantees 1738 to 1815 (see photo, limited space in caption).
Bio researched and written by LSP. Do not reproduce this or my LSP photos. All rights reserved.
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DAVID STRAIN
Who Departed this life
June 17, 1830
In the 65th year of his age
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