Dorothy Harrison STRAHORN

Henry married Laura Augusta HARRISON 13 Feb 1888, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Laura was born 26 Jun 1864, Napoleon, Henry, Ohio; died 16 Jan 1919, Napoleon, Henry, Ohio; was buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Napoleon, Henry, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

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1850 Census in Haines Twp., Centre Co., Pennsylvania
1852 to 1855 worked in Hartleton, Union, Pennsylvania as a Millwright
1856 to Stephenson Co., Illinois
1865 to Sedalia, Missouri
1870 Census in Washingtom Twp., Pettis Co., Missouri
1876 St. Louis Missouri City Directory, City Hotel, a Foreman
1880 Census in Ruby Valley, Madison Co., Montana, a Millwright
1882 Voter Register, Los Angeles, California
1882 A founding elder, 2nd Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, California
1884 Voter Register, Los Angeles, California, a Carpenter
1884 Spring - Suffered a stroke in Hailey, Idaho

"My father was a rare combination of mechanic, who could build anything from a clock or engine to flouring mills or steel works; he was a fine vocal and instrumental musician, teaching music and leading a brass band, and was an exceptional country school teacher. He was a full six feet, of fine build, in rough-and-tumble athletics feared nothing. He was also a splendid shot, in the country rifle matches of those days always bringing home a quarter of beef or a brace of turkeys. He ruled us mischievous boys by merely pointing at the hickory ramrod that reposed over the fireplace." -Robert E. Strahorn, from his autobiography Ninety Years of Boyhood.

Thomas married Rebecca Jane KELLOGG 07 Aug 1864, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Rebecca was born 17 Mar 1842, Mifflin, Juniata, Pennsylvania; died Feb 1913, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; was buried Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, Section O, Lot 74, #2SW. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Thomas, his second wife Rebecca Jane, and their son Frank Kellog Strahorn are all buried in the same plot in Rosedale Cemetery, just west of downtown Los Angeles. I suspect the headstone was installed by his son Robert Edmund Strahorn after he became wealthy, since Thomas was a man of little means. A much more modest stone can be seen in front of the larger one, which reads, "T.F.S. Husband." No headstone is in evidence for Rebecca Jane, but she was not Robert's mother.



1894 City Directory living at 907 Mozart St., Los Angeles
1895 City Directory living at 907 Mozart St., Los Angeles
1900 Census living with Retta Strahorn and Arthur Strahorn
1902 City Directory, living at 2619 Manitou Ave., Los Angeles
1910 Census living with Waldo and Retta Strahorn Scott

Samuel — Elizabeth LNU. Elizabeth was born 1795; died 11 Dec 1867, Hartley, Union, Pennsylvania; was buried Hartleton Union Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet]