Frank R. Straw and Caroline Bernhardt

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Husband Frank R. Straw ¹

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            AKA: Frank P. Straw 2 3
           Born: 18 Apr 1850 - Venango Twp, Crawford Co, PA 3
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         Father: Christian Straw (1820-      ) 2 4
         Mother: Jane Mitchell (1824-Aft 1885) 2 4

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       Marriage: 1879 3

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Wife Caroline Bernhardt ¹

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            AKA: Cally Bernhardt,2 Caroline Burnhardt 3
           Born:  - Venango Twp, Crawford Co, PA
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         Father: Louis Bernhardt (1836-      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Bender (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Harry M. Straw ³

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         Spouse: Clara Bickford (      -      ) 3

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2 F Gertrude May Straw ³

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         Spouse: Ross Root (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Frank R. Straw

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The public schools of his native township furnished his early education, and this was supplemented by attendance at the Edinboro Normal School. Until 1913 he was actively engaged in farming, having a fine farm of one hundred and thirty-seven acres, two and a half miles northwest of Venango borough. He was also largely engaged in the raising of horses and cattle, making a specialty of draft horses. He made many improvements on the farm and increased its value greatly. In 1913 he removed to Venango borough, and in 1914 erected a new home there.
Politically he was a staunch supporter of Democratic principles, and he filled a number of township offices, among them being: Supervisor, auditor, judge of election, inspector of elections, and school director, filling the last mentioned office fifteen years. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church of Venango borough. [GPHWP, 1268]

1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1112.

2 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1122.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1268.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1267.