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Charles Milton STRALEY

Born: c. 1795, VA
Died: Feb 1849, AR
Father: Jacob STRALEY II

Mother: Martha FRENCH

 

Married:
July 16, 1818
Marriage record,
Huntington,
CabeCtyWV

Elizabeth MCCOMAS "Betsy"

Born: 6 June 1803, VA (of Scotch ancestry)
Died: 1839, IL

Father: Stephen MCCOMAS

Mother Sarah SARTAIN

 

Children:
 
 

1. Andrew Jackson "Jack" STRALEY (b. Jan 1829, IL; d. 1908, Peacock, StonCtyTX)

Children:

Virginia "Jennie" Straley Hollis 1. Virginia STRALEY (b. 1859, TX)
  • m. Uriah Wilburn HOLLIS
  2. Susan STRALEY (b. 1863, TX)
  • m. Harney MYERS
  3. Charles STRALEY (b. 1865, TX)
  • m. Belle S. SUTTON
  4. Buster STRALEY (b. 1868, TX)
 
Georgia Belle Straley Rogers 5. Georgia Belle "Georgie" STRALEY (b. 1870, TX)
  • m. Thomas J. ROGERS

 

Notes:
  • For more information on Andrew J. Straley, click his name above.
Joseph Leland Straley

2. Joseph Leland "Lee" STRALEY (b. 21 Sep 1820, New River, MontCtyVA; d. 12 Sep 1921, Adamsville, LampCtyTX, age 100)

  • m. Sarah R. CLARK "Sallie" (b. 17 Jan 1830, AK; d. 14 Oct 1912, Adamsville, LampCtyTX)

Children:

  1. Minerva STRALEY (b. 1850, TX)
  • m. James William M. THOMPSON
Charles Clement Straley 2. Charles Clement STRALEY (b. 1851)
  • m. Maggie POPENOE
  3. Joseph Leland "Joe" STRALEY Jr. (b. 1858, TX)
  • m. Hulda BAIN
4. John Henry STRALEY (b. 1856, TX)
  • m1. Addie POPNOE
  • m2. Maggie POPENOE
  5. Julia STRALEY (b. 1858)
  • m. Judge Franklin David RICHARDSON "Bud"
  6. Thomas Jefferson STRALEY "Tom" (b. 1861, TX)
  • m. Lucy Allen COPE
  7. Sam Huston STRALEY (b. 1863)
  • m. Frances E. Bain "Fannie"
  8. Andrew Jackson "Jack" STRALEY (b. 1866)
  • m. Mary Etta FOWLER

 

Notes:
  • In 1856, Lee and Sallie moved to the Lampasas River area in Texas where they settled.
  • Joseph L. Straley was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Confederate Army, Texas 2nd Frontier District.

Mary

3. Sampson David STRALEY Veteran of US Civil War Confederate Soldier Civil War (b. 1824, New River, GileCtyVA; d. About 1870, Rio Grande Valley, TX)

  • m1. Ellen LISENBY (b. 1832, AR) on 6 Sep 1849, Arkadelphia, ClarCtyAR
     

  • m2. Mary Hardin BURKITT (b. 30 Oct 1825, GileCtyVA; d. 5 Feb 1912, Adamsville, LampCtyTX) on 4 Nov 1869, Hamilton, HamiCtyTX

Children to Ellen:

  1. Jesse STRALEY (b. 1851, AR)
 
  2. Sarah K. STRALEY (b. 1853, AR)
 
  3. Joseph French STRALEY Sr. (b. 1855, AR)
  • m. Mary J. VAN DYKE
  4. Martha Emma STRALEY (b. 1856, AR)
  • m. Albert Whit HAYWOOD Sr.
  5. Margaret Jane STRALEY (b. 1859, AR)
  • m1. B. A. B THOMPSON
  • m2. Harrison C. CLICK
  6. William Leland STRALEY (b. 1862, TX)
 
7. Emily Elizabeth "Lizzie" STRALEY (b. 1865, TX)
  • m1. Joshua Park SORRELLS
  • m2. William H. JACKSON
  8. J. D. STRALEY (b. 1867)
 
  9. James Henry "J. H." STRALEY (b. 1867)
  • m. Susan Bula MCDANIEL

 

Notes:

  • Sampson D. Straley fought in the Civil War in the Texas Confederate Army 2nd Frontier District between Feb 21 and June 1, 1864.
 

4. Charles Decatur STRALEY Sr. Veteran of US Civil War (b. Jan 1826, VA; d. 10 Dec 1870, WillCtyTX)

Children:

  1. Christopher Columbus STRALEY (b. 1860, TX)
 
  2. Mary Frances STRALEY (b. 1862)
  • m1. Henry PRESLAR
  • m2. Charles Elisha "Charley" GREEN
  3. Louvicie STRALEY (b. 1865)
 
  4. Cebell Naomi STRALEY (b. 1868)
  • m. Robert E. LEE
Charles Decatur Straley Jr. 5. Charles D. STRALEY Jr.  (b. 1871, TX)
  • m. Helen O. I. HALL
  6. Antha Theodocia STRALEY (b. 1876, TX)
  • m. George W. JACKSON

 

Notes:
  • Frankly, I have my doubts that Charles D. Straley was a son to Charles and Betsy. More verification needed.  
  • For more information on Charles D. Straley, click his name above.
 

5. Elias STRALEY (b. 1829, IL)
 

Notes:

  • There is an Elias Straley that shows up in Kansas, married to Jane E. Dunington, along with her son, Huston DUNINGTON. There is no proof this is our Elias Straley.
  6. Flora STRALEY
 
Notes:
  • Supposedly she lived near LampCtyTX, then moved to Bowie County, TX. The only Flora Walker I can locate on ancestry.com was born in Vermont and that makes no sense.
  7. Matthew French STRALEY
 
Notes:
  • Cannot find anything concrete on this Matthew French Straley.
  8. Jacob STRALEY IV
 
Notes:

  • Cannot find anything concrete on this Jacob Straley.

  9. John STRALEY
 
Notes:
  • Cannot find anything concrete on this John Straley.

2nd Marriage

Charles Milton STRALEY

Born: c. 1795, VA
Died: Feb 1849, AR
Father: Jacob STRALEY II

Mother: Martha FRENCH

 
Married:
2 Nov 1830,
TazeCtyIL 6

 

Martha Ann WARNOCK

Born: c. 1810, OH
Died: Aug 1831

Find-A-Grave 272613287, Unk

Father: Joseph WARNOCK

Mother: Margaret Jean SUMTER

 

Child of Martha:
 
  1. Hugh WARNOCK (b. 1831, IL)
 
Notes:
  • Hugh father is unknown, as the boy took his mother's maiden name. He is apparently named after Margaret's brother, Hugh.

3rd Marriage

Charles Milton STRALEY

Born: c. 1795, VA
Died: Feb 1849, AR
Father: Jacob STRALEY II

Mother: Martha FRENCH

 
Married:
28 Nov 1835,
 GileCtyVA

Susanna Jane LUCAS

Born: 1797, GileCtyVA
Died: 1842, GileCtyVA

Find-A-Grave 84987559, Unk

Father: William Parker LUCAS

Father: Margaret Elizabeth PRICE

 

 

Notes:

  • Charles Straley was born in New River, VA. Betsy McComas was of Scottish descent.. They moved from Giles County, VA to Texas in the 1850's. They settled in the Lampasas area of central Texas' Hill County, near present-day Adamsville. Adamsville is located at the junction of U.S. Hwy 281 & FM 581. Betsy died in Illinois. Charles' second wife was Mrs. Martha WARNECK from Illinois.

  • In the summer of 1856, Charles' son Leland “Lee” STRALEY built one of the first houses in this region—a log dogtrot cabin consisting of two large rooms with a central open hall (one as kitchen and the other as living/sleeping). Each room had lofts overhead and large fireplaces.

  • In the early 1870s, Lee built a second home one-half mile east of the log cabin, using a large quantity of walnut complemented with fieldstone. This home included four large rooms and three chimneys (see attached photos). Built on Simms Creek near Adamsville, this early pioneer site is now honored with a state historical marker (one-half mile north of Adamsville, on the east bank of the Lampasas River; or 17 miles north of the town of Lampasas). A few original pieces of solid walnut furniture built by Lee also still exist in the home. The Straley family cemetery is nearby, which includes the grave of progenitor Charles M. STRALEY. (Noted in The Handbook of Texas.)

  • About 1870, Charles M. & his son Sampson were both shot in a south Texas Rio Grande Valley incident, killing Sampson. Another son of Charles M. had also died about 1850 before the move to Texas.

  • Charles M. was a rancher in the central Texas Hill Country. In 1872, his grandson Joe STRALEY (age 20) and two TOWNSEN cousins drove 2,800 head of steers from Lampasas to Abilene, Kansas, in four months on the trail. Another trail-drive later delivered a herd to Wyoming.

  • In the late 1800s, Charles M.'s grandson John Henry STRALEY was a cowboy on the famous Texas Goodnight Ranch, during the period when John Henry and his family lived in Coleman TX. John's wife Maggie was also the ranch's cook at that time. By 1902, John & Maggie had prospered and owned their own 698 acres in Coleman County, TX. By 1907, they had moved to Callahan County, TX and lived in a big house at the foot of Tecumseh Mountain.

  • A family story passed down through the years says that one of Charles M.'s descendants—J. L. Straley— sent beautiful buffalo robes to him during his adventurous western travels in Montana (possibly the Jack Straley line).

  • Leland "Lee" STRALEY's grand-daughter, Violet Straley MOSES (and her husband Clarence) later lived in the home built by Lee on Simms Creek near Adamsville. While visiting here in the 1940s-1950s, Violet & Clarence's granddaughter Dinah Moses remembers her Papapa Moses telling some wild “Old West” stories. Also, Clarence is remembered frequently strapping on his six-shooter when his grandchildren played outside so that he could defend them against a common Texas menace—rattlesnakes!
     

  • Page Sources:

    1. Everything's Relative webpage web.

    2. Research document entitled: Descendants of Jacob Straley by Cathy Cox Straley.

    3. GeneCtyALogy of The Straley Family by Grace (RHODES) Straley SWARTZ on Gateway Press.

    4. Additional information from Don Allen Davis.

    5. A History of The Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory nrs.  I have extracted pertinent passages here: The New River Straleys.

    6. Illinois Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860

     

  • ModLog:

    Date of ModLog Source of Information Description of Changes
    5 Oct 2022 Author's upgrade Changed county links.
         

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