Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kaley Suzanne Strayer

John married Pegi Channell [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oak Land Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County, has Herschel living with parents, age 17.


- OBITUARY - Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, dtg August 1959

Herschel Robert Strayer, 56, 721 south Main Street, died at 1025 p.m. Saturday in Mary Rutan Hospital. Hospitalized on several occasions, he had last been a patient at Mary Rutan hospital Dec. 12.
He was an engine dispatcher for the New York Central System for 37 years. Born July 28, 1902, in West Liberty, a son of John Edward and Laura Sower Strayer, he was graduated from Bellefontaine high school in 1921. In 1939 he married tol

The deceased became ill about five years ago when he experienced such tired feeling that a local physician advised a series of blood tests be taken for confirmation and diagnostic reasons. He entered University hospital, Columbus, whedt
rles Doane, confirmed that Mr. Strayer was ill of a disease of the bone marrow which is unable to manufacture red blood cells. While at the hospital in Columbus, four blood transfusions were administered and his health then improved.
In the earlier stages of the disease only a pint of blood was needed every three or four weeks but it progressed so rapidly that he received 71 pints in 1957 and many more than 100 pints in 1958. He had a rare type of blood, A-Negatit co-operative in having this type of blood available at regular intervals via the Red Cross blood program.
Surviving with his wife are a son, John Robert, of Pensacola, Fla., and three brothers, Floyd Strayer, Urbana; Willis Strayer, Dayton and Ray P. Strayer, R.F.D. 4, Bellefontaine.
The deceased was a member of the First Lutheran Church and of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Eichholtz funeral home in charge of Rev. Olen A. Peters. Burial will be made in West Liberty Fairview cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home.------

Herschel married Agnes Helene Angle in Aug 1930 in Degraff, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1870 Census, Ohio, Adams twsp., Champaign County, Page 196B, Dwelling 64, has has John (Edward) living with parents, age 8.

1880 Census, Ohio, Vol. 7, E.D. 17, Sheet 10, Line 10, Adams twsp., Champaign County, has John E. living with his father, age 18.

1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92, E.D. 114, Sheet 3, Line 28, Liberty twsp., Logan County, has John living with wife Laura; three daughters, May (Alda Mae), Cecil F. and Adda B. (Addie); three sons, Floyd P., Willis R. and Percy R.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oak Land Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County, has John living with wife Laura; four sons, Floyd P., Willis, Ray P., and Hershal R.; one granddaughter, Dorothy I. Bolen.

John lived in West Liberty, Ohio for thirty years. He was associated with the Niagara Steam Company of West Liberty; Volunteer Fire Department from March 9, 1892 to and after 1917. He worked as a Lamplighter for West Liberty before they haci. he also helped take care of the jail and worked at the West liberty Condensery as a stationary engineer. They moved to Bellefontaine (220 Oakland Square) in the spring of 1923. John died of a combination of intestinal flu and blood po isoning. He received the blood poisoning from a metal splinter in his finger. He was a member of the Christian Church in West Liberty and the International Order of Odd Fellows Lodge#6.



OBITUARY - West Liberty Banner, dtg August 23, 1923 - Logan County, Ohio.

J.E. Strayer (John Edward) - 62, son of Joseph and Emily Strayer, DeGraff, wife Laura Sowers, daughter Mrs. May Bolen died 8 years ago, her daughter Dorothy lived with him. Sons, Floyd P. of Urbana, Ray of Springfield, Herschel and Wils and Mrs. Ernest Yoder of West Liberty.



More About JOHN EDWARD STRAYER:
Burial: Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lot 41, West Liberty Cemetery, Logan County, Ohio.

John married Laura Sower. Laura (daughter of Samuel Sower and Mary Ellen King) was born on 5 Sep 1859 in Marion County, Indiana; died on 4 Jul 1935 in West Liberty, Ohio; was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lot 411, West Liberty, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1900 Census, Ohio, Vol. 92 E.D. Sheet 3, Line 28, Liberty twsp., Logan County has John living with wife Laura; three daughters, May (Alda Mae, Cecil F., and Adda B. (Addie); three sons, Floyd P., Willis R., and Percy R.

1920 Census, Ohio, Vol. 123, E.D. 191, Sheet 11, Line 75, 220 Oakland Square, Bellefontaine, Logan County has John living with wife Laura, four sons, Floyd P., Willis, Ray P., and Hershal R.; one granddaughter Dorothy I. Bolen

1890 Census, Indiana, Richland twsp., Grant County, page 359, dwelling #826, has Laura living with her parents, age 9 month.

OBITUARY - Bellefontaine Examiner, dtg Friday, July 8, 1935, Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio.

PARALYSIS CAUSES DEATH - Funeral of Mrs. Laura Ellen Strayer To Be Held Saturday - Mrs. Laura Ellen Strayer died Thursday at 2:15 p.m. of paralysis after an illness of but a few days. She was stricken Tuesday at her family home, 220 Oaklanor some time. Living in the home with her were her son, Herschel Strayer, and wife and baby son and another son, Ray Strayer.
Laura Ellen Sower-Strayer was born Sept. 5, 1859, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sower. When she was quite young they moved to a farm near Tremont City, later moving to the vicinity of West Liberty. She was the only daughter in a fafhhers having preceded her in death.
She was united in marriage with John E. Strayer, July 11, 18885, his death occurring in August of 1923. They moved to a farm in the vicinity of West Liberty, later moving to West Liberty, then to Bellefontaine.
The deceased was the mother of seven children. Those who remain are Mrs. Ernest Yoder, of West Liberty; Floyd P. Strayer, of Urbana; Willis W. Strayer, Ray Strayer and Herschel Strayer, of Bellefontaine. There are 12 grandchildren and threng. One granddaughter, Mrs. Dorothy Bolen Stevens, who now resides in Lima, was reared by Mrs. Strayer from infancy.
The following brothers remain, John Sower, of West Liberty; Rev. Grant Sower, of Ferry, Mich., and Edward E. Strayer of Campbell, Calif.
Mrs. Strayer was long a member of the Congregational church in West Liberty. She was a loving mother and always helpful and considerate.
Services will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the Leonard & Eichholtz Funeral Home with Dr. C.E. Rice pastor of the Lutheran church, in charge. Burial will be made in the West Liberty cemetery.



Funeral Services - Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio, dtg. July 1935.

MRS. STRAYER IS BURIED - Services for Mrs. Laura Strayer were held in the Leonard & Eichholtz Funeral Home Saturday at 1:30 p.m. with Dr. C. E. Rice, pastor of the Lutheran church, in charge.
The following pallbearers served at the burial in West Liberty cemetery. Floyd, Willis, Ray and Herschel Strayer and Ernest Yoder and Glenn Willitts.




Death certificate: Vol: 7878, Cert. NR. 43968, Logan County, Ohio