Samuel Burton Strait
SHAKOPEE
Samuel Burton Strait was born December 14, 1813, in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where his parents had located in 1813. When nineteen years of age he went to Potter county, where for three years he had charge of his brother's mercantile business. At the expiration of that time the brothers entered into partnership, and built a flouring mill, saw-mill and pail factory. About three years after he sold his interest to his brother and returned to Bradford county, where he carried on farming and blacksmithing some year. In 1846 he went to Indiana and remained until 1855, when he came to Minnesota. He had 1,000 acres of land near Jordan and a very large stock. This immense farming business he carried on with success about twenty years. In 1857 he, in company with Stotard & Pearson, laid out the town site of St. Lawrence, erected a hotel and dwelling, and resided there several years. April 3, 1834, he married Emeline Benson, who died in 1846. Their living children were Horace B., Edgar A., William W. and Truman D. In 1847 he married Delight Kenicut. She has born him five children: Dewit C., Helen (deceased), William F., Mary and Hiram F.
Source: Source: History of the Minnesota Valley By Edward Duffield Neill, 1882
Samuel Burton Strait
SHAKOPEE
Samuel Burton Strait was born December 14, 1813, in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where his parents had located in 1813. When nineteen years of age he went to Potter county, where for three years he had charge of his brother's mercantile business. At the expiration of that time the brothers entered into partnership, and built a flouring mill, saw-mill and pail factory. About three years after he sold his interest to his brother and returned to Bradford county, where he carried on farming and blacksmithing some year. In 1846 he went to Indiana and remained until 1855, when he came to Minnesota. He had 1,000 acres of land near Jordan and a very large stock. This immense farming business he carried on with success about twenty years. In 1857 he, in company with Stotard & Pearson, laid out the town site of St. Lawrence, erected a hotel and dwelling, and resided there several years. April 3, 1834, he married Emeline Benson, who died in 1846. Their living children were Horace B., Edgar A., William W. and Truman D. In 1847 he married Delight Kenicut. She has born him five children: Dewit C., Helen (deceased), William F., Mary and Hiram F.
Source: Source: History of the Minnesota Valley By Edward Duffield Neill, 1882
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
