When James Vernon Strawn was born in March 1844, in Ontario, Canada, his father, Courtland Strawn, was 39 and his mother, Lydia Dennis, was 34. He married Isabella Hoover on 27 September 1870, in Welland, Welland, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Erie, New York, United States in 1900 and Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States in 1910. He died on 2 January 1920, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
The Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Railroad started running in February 1851, 15 years after it was charted for construction. It later absorbed a small bankrupt railroad in 1861 to help expand its services beyond just Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. In May 1868, the railroad merged with the Bellefontaine Railway to connect the current cities with Indianapolis.
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Probably an altered form of Strachan or Straughan ,reflecting the pronunciation.
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