Basil E. Stroud and Anna E. Walker

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Husband Basil E. Stroud ¹

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            AKA: B. B. Stroud 2
           Born: 5 May 1857 - Independence Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Stroud (      -1902) 1
         Mother: Jane Midcalf (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 19 Dec 1880 1

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Wife Anna E. Walker ^{3 4}

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         Father: James C. Walker (1842-      ) 5 6
         Mother: Eliza Van Ordstrandt (      -1862) 3

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Children

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1 F Jennie Stroud ¹

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         Spouse: George Criss (      -      ) 1

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2 F Bessie Stroud ¹

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         Spouse: Henry Criss (      -      ) 1

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3 M Norris Stroud ¹

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4 M Cree Stroud ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Basil E. Stroud

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He was a self-made man, having made his own way in the world without assistance from the time he was seventeen years of age. He was one of a large family and the father's circumstances were such that the children frequently had to endure hardships. During his boyhood he never knew the comforts of proper underclothing or had any chance to enjoy the innocent amusements of the neighborhood if they entailed the spending of money. He went to school when he could be spared and attended what was known as the Falling Timber school, near Independence. Finally he left home and then hired out to different parties in various sections of the county, working first by the day, week or month, as he could secure employment, learning to save his money for future investment. After his marriage he rented a farm of William Stein, near Eldersville, for two years, moved then to the Miller farm for one year, then spent one year in farming in Jefferson County, Ohio, where he also engaged in dairying. After he returned to Independence Township he rented land of James Walker for two years, moved then to the Patterson farm, on which he remained six years and then came to Jefferson Township. He rented the Elmer Cunningham farm for three years and the Jennie Cunningham farm for two years. In 1898 he bought his own farm from the Thomas Patterson administrators, resided there and did considerable improving. The coal had been previously sold to the Keystone Company and that land was leased
several times but never tested. Mr. Stroud kept cows for butter purposes and also raised poultry and did well with sheep, wintering about 100 head.

1 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 933.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1351.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 412.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 933, 1351.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 411.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1348.