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Samuel Houston "Sam" STRALEY

Born: 15 Jan 1863, TX
Died: 7 Sep 1948, Lampasas, LampCtyTX

Find-A-Grave 46359419, TX

Father: Joseph L. STRALEY

Mother: Sarah CLARK

 

Married:
24 Aug 1886,
Lampasas,

LampCtyTX

Frances Elizabeth "Fannie" BAIN

Born: 20 Oct 1868, KY
Died: 14 Aug 1956, Adamsville, LampCtyTX

Find-A-Grave 46359442, TX

Father: Charles Perry BAIN (b. 1844)

Mother: Sara E. WILSON (b. 1841)

 

Children:
 
 

1. Sarah Violet "Violet" STRALEY (b. 2 June 1887, TX; d. 28 Apr 1980, TX, age 92; Find-A-Grave 46385281, TX)

  • m. Clarence Wagle MOSES (b. 12 May 1885, TX; d. 5 Mar 1970, Evant, CoryCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 46384613, TX)
       Parents: James Ratliff MOSES / Bell HOLLIDAY

Children:

  1. William Carlton MOSES (b. 15 Apr 1918; d. 16 Apr 1918, TX, age 1 day; Find-A-Grave 46384675, TX)
 
  2. James Allen MOSES (b. 21 May 1910, Adamsville, LampCtyTX; d. 30 Nov 1993, Virginia Beach City, VA; Find-A-Grave 157335796, VA)
  • m. Cornelia "Connie" GRANTHAM (b. 28 Dec 1911, Snyder, ScurCtyTX; d. 15 Mar 1988, Virginia Beach City, VA; Find-A-Grave 157335941, VA)
       Parents: Roscoe Cornelius GRANTHAM / Fannie STRAYHORN

 

Notes:

  • Sarah Straley Moses went by "Violet".

  • James A. Moses is Dinah MOSES' father. She furnished much of the information for this page.

 

2. Albert Carlton "Carl" STRALEY Sr. (b. 11 Jan 1889, LampCtyTX, d. 8 Sep 1976, Lubbock, LubbCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 53205422, TX)

Child:

Albert Carlton STRALEY Jr. 1. Albert Carlton "Carl Jr." STRALEY Jr. Veteran of World War II (b. 11 July 1922, TX; d. 12 May 1956, Lubbock, LubbCtyTX, age 33; Find-A-Grave 53205716, TX)
m. Ann Mararet "Annie" PRICE (b. 31 Oct 1926, Gallatin, SumnCtyTN; d. 14 May 2015, RobeCtyTN; Find-A-Grave 146491397, TN)
   Parents: Ben James PRICE / Alma Frances GRISHAM;
   2nd husband: Lucian Earl WATSON (m. 1 Mar 1957, RobeCtyTN)

 

Notes:

  • Carl Sr. and Ercelle (Jones) Straley lived in Lubbock. Carl was a Civil Service employee.

  • Carl Straley Jr. attended the US Naval Academy in Annapolis and served in World War II as a Midshipman for the US Navy. He lived in El Paso, Texas and was a doctor of Optometry. He died from ulcerative colitis at a very young age. Please view his Naval Academy picture below.
 

3. Mary Edith STRALEY (b. 29 Jan 1891, TX; d. 17 Mar 1972, Adamsville, LampCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 46359512, TX)
 

Notes:
  • Mary E. Straley was a school teacher.
 

4. Georgia STRALEY (b. 8 Oct 1892; d. 16 Nov 1892, LampCtyTX, age 1 month; Find-A-Grave 46384859, TX) 
 

Notes:

  • Georgia died as an infant.

 

5. Francis Ann "Fannie" STRALEY (b. 16 Mar 1894, Adamsville, LampCtyTX; d. 4 Feb 1976, LampCtyTX; Find-A-Grave 46359553, TX) 
 

Notes:

  • Fannie A. Straley had no husbands or children and she died at age 81. On her death certificate, she is listed as a "rancher focused on cattle production".

Notes:

  • On Sam H. Straley's birth certificate, his father's birthplace is listed as "Illinois" - now where did that come from?!  The death certificate Informant is "A. C. Straley", address is Lubbock, TX, who might be his son.
     

  • (Information from of Dinah Moses.)
    I am a decendent of Joseph Leland Straley's son Sam Huston Straley. Sam married Frances Bain and they had a son, Carl, and three daughters:  Edith and Ann; both died without heirs. My father was the only child of Violet Straley and Clarence Moses. I am one of three daughters of James Allen Moses. My great Uncle Carl had one son Carl, Jr. who died when he was in his early 30's and left a wife and 2 daughters. She moved to California and I have not been able to locate my two cousins. My grandmother Violet was the Straley historian and wrote an accounting of the 100th anniversary of the Straley's in Texas. In that account she said Jacob Straley arrived on the ship Main, from Frankfort, Germany (the same as you stated in your message. A search of the history of Giles County, VA (formerly WV) shows the settlement of Jacob Straley (Strahle) who came to this country from the City of Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany.

    I do remember summers (hot as they were) on the banks of Simms Creek on Papapa's farm near Adamsville outside of Lampasas (Texas). We used to drive from Alexandria, Virginia every year (before AC and Interstates and it took us a hot week of driving). Sam Huston and his wife were 103 and 105 when they died and I remember them well. Papapa would terrify us with some pretty wild stories relating to the settlement of that area. Grandaddy Moses always had to strap on his six-shooter (at least he told us it was a six-shooter) so we could play outside because there were so many rattlesnakes (especially in the storm cellar). 
     

  • Page Sources:

    1. Your French-Straley-Davis Ancestry yfsda.

     

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

     

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