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Jacob Straley > Jacob Straley Jr. > Joseph C. Straley > David Crockett Straley

David Crockett STRALEY

Born: May 8, 1837 in Eggleston, VA
Died: Jun 23, 1886, Belspring, VA

Father: Joseph C. STRALEY

Mother: Jane BROWN

 

Married
Jan 7, 1860 in Bradley Co, TN

Sarah Anne Elizabeth STRALEY "Sallie"

Born: Mar 23, 1838 in Yancy Co, NC
Died: Sep 28, 1905 in Belspring, VA

Father: Jacob Lynch STRALEY

Mother: Eliza BERGAN

 

Children:
 

1. Joseph Lynch Straley (b. Mar 18, 1862, GCVA; d. May 25, 1925 in Pisgah, WV; m1. Eliza Jane ONEY (b. Jan, 29 1868, GCVA; d. Dec 2, 1908) on Dec 3, 1891; m2. Ashley Jane GOOCH (b. Aug 19, 1876; d. Feb 20, 1936 in Pisqah, WV) c. 1911) 

Children to Eliza:

  1. Bessie Hazeldell Mitchell Straley (b. Sep 13, 1892, GCVA; d. Oct 10, 1922 in Belspring, VA; m. John E. SCHAEFFER)

  2. William Edward Crockett Straley (b. Nov 25, 1896; d. May 7, 1899 in Belspring, VA, age 3)

  3. Katie Mae Lucille Jackson Straley (b. May 21, 1899 in Eggleston, VA; d. Jan 23, 1983 in Pearisburg, VA; m. Edgar Crockett THACKER (b. 1896 in Max Meadows, VA))

  4. Infant (b. Dec 20, 1900 in Belspring, VA; d. Dec 20, 1900; buried at Brown Cemetery cem)

  5. Daisy Edgar Margaret Weatherly Straley (b. Jul 25, 1903; d. Mar 11, 1953; buried in Ohio)

Children to Ashley:

  1. Charles Goodloe Straley (b. Feb 4, 1917; d. 1997 in Radford, VA; m. Opal Imogene MOORE (b. 1921) in 1940 in Pearisburg, VA)

  2. Joseph Augustus Straley "Jody" (b. Dec 7, 1918; d. Mar 16, 1935)

Notes:

  • The 1910 Census in Giles Co, VA shows Joseph Lynch Straley (age 48) as the head of household & living with his daughters Bessie H. (17, born TN), Katie M. (10, born VA) & Daisy E. (6, born VA). Joseph’s wife Eliza had died in 1908.

  • About 1911, Joseph married his second wife, Ashley Jane GOOCH, and they had two more children. Eventually, Joseph had at least thirteen grandchildren. Joseph and Ashley are buried at Pisgah Cemetery cem, Mercer Co, WV.
 

2. William A. Straley "Willie" (b. Dec 12, 1864, GCVA; d. Bef. 1880 in Belspring, VA)

 

Notes:

  • Willie is buried at Brown Cemetery cem.

 

3. Walter Augustus Straley "Gustus" (b. Dec 12, 1864, GCVA; d. Bef. 1880 in Belspring, VA; m. Mary Gertrude ONEY "Mary" (b. Jul 2, 1873; d. Nov 13, 1959))

Children:

  1. Augusta Straley "Duck" (b. Mar 1, 1896; d. Jan 1973; m. Hugh NEAL (b. 1891; d. 1968) on Oct 21, 1916 in Bristol, VA)

  2. Blanche Valentine Straley (b. 1894; d. May 30, 1982; never married)

Notes:

  • Walter was killed in Eggleston, VA’s Norfolk & Western railroad wreck.  He is buried at Brown Cemetery cem.

  • Mary is buried in White-Oney Cemetery cem, Princeton, Mercer Co, WV. Her name on the gravemarker is "Mary G. Oney Straley Miller", so it appears she a second time to a Mr. Miller.
 

4. Callie Magnolia Triplett Straley "Maggie" (b. Mar 10, 1870; d. May 12, 1924 in AL; m. Jackson Lee GILLIE (b. 1870(1?) in Patrick Co, VA; d. 1937 in Los Angeles, CA))

Children:

  1. Arnold Lee Gillie (b. 1898 in Eggleston, VA; d. in Carson City, NV; m. Marie JESSE)

  2. Sallie Gillie (b. 1900 in NC; m. ? TOWNSEND)

  3. Lillian Margurite Gillie (m. ? MCKEEVER)

  4. Joseph Augustus Gillie (b. Nov 1899; d. 1968; m. Mildred WILLIAMS (b. 1904; d. 1969), both are buried at Randolph Cemetery in Pocahontas, AR)

  5. Daniel Haltom Gillie (or David) (b. in WV, lived in Los Angeles, CA)

  6. Edward Gillie (died at birth)

  7. Beatrice Gillie

  8. Charles Gillie (lived in Los Angeles, CA)

  9. Juanita Gillie (b. c. 1899)

Notes:

 

5. Eliza Jane Burgen Straley "Lillie" (b. Mar 12, 1872, d. Sep 08, 1907)

 

Notes:

  • Lillie is buried at Brown Cemetery cem.

 

6. Dandridge Edgar Straley "Dan" (b. May 25, 1875; d. 1944 in Lake Charles, LA; m. Hanah Roberta LOTT "Birdie" (b. Mar 15, 1892; d. Nov 18, 1972))

Child:

  1. Dewey Edgar Straley (b. Jan 24, 1918; d. Mar 12, 1987; m. Hazel Lucille FAUST (b. Dec 25, 1916) in Lake Charles, LA)

Notes:

  • He is David's twin.

  • He was a Mason.

  • Dandridge was a railroad engineer sent to work in Louisiana in the early 1900s & he "lost" touch with all the Straleys back in WV.
 

7. David French Straley (b. May 25, 1875; d. Jan 20, 1921; buried in Brown Family Cemetery cem.)

 

Notes:

  • He is Dandridge's twin.

  • He was a Mason.
 

8. Charles May Straley "Mac" (b. Dec 7, 1877(8?); d. Nov 6, 1936; buried in Birchlawn Cemetery, GCVA; m. Fannie Walters WEBB)

Child:

  1. Florence Webb Straley (d. 1940; buried in Birchlawn Cemetery, GCVA)

Notes:

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9. Louie Crocket Straley (b. Aug 23, 1879(80?); d. Aug 18, 1949; m. Ella WALTERS (b. May 26, 1895, d. Oct 28, 1972))

Children:

  1. Garnet Ilene Taylor Straley

  2. Henry A. Straley "Crockett" (b. Oct 7, 1916; d. Mar 17, 1972, VA; buried at Birchlawn, GCVA); m1. Helen Lorene STAFFORD (b. Feb 17, 1919, Giles Co, VA; d. 1987); m2. Edna ?)

Notes:

  • Was Louie's proper name "Lewis"?

 

Notes:

  • David C. Straley and Sarah Straley were first cousins. They are both buried at Brown Cemetery cem.

  • Page Sources:
    1. Descendants of Jacob Straley books by Cathy Cox Straley.

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