Samuel STRAYHORN

1809 - 1867  (58 years)

• Name	Samuel STRAYHORN
  Born	26 Apr 1809	Chester Co., Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Nov 1867	New Garden Twp, Chester Co., Pennsylvania   [1]
  Buried	New London Presbyterian Cemetery
  Person ID	I85965	Zentmeyer Main Tree
  Last Modified	2 Oct 2015

  
  

• Notes

  Died of 'Typhomalarial Fever'

  
  

Father	Samuel J. STRAYHORN,   b. 1769, Antrim, Ireland ,   d. 10 Oct 1858, New London Twp, Chester Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 89 years)
Mother	Hannah GHEEN,   b. Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania ,   d. Bef 1850
Married	1 Feb 1798	Thornbury, Chester, Pennsylvania
Family ID	F23256	Group Sheet




Family	Amelia R. HILL,   b. 22 May 1809,   d. 24 Jan 1874, Toughkenamon, Chester, Pennsylvania  (Age 64 years)
Children	1. Hannah STRAYHORN,   b. 1832, New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania   2. Anna M. STRAYHORN,   b. 1834, New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania + 3. Joseph H STRAHORN,   b. 24 Aug 1837, New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania ,   d. 12 Mar 1904, Toughkenamon, Chester Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 66 years)   4. Samuel STRAYHORN,   b. 1841, New Garden, Chester, Pennsylvania + 5. Milton STRAHORN,   b. 26 Mar 1847, London Britain, Chester, Pennsylvania ,   d. 3 Aug 1928, Marshallton, New Castle, Delaware  (Age 81 years)
Last Modified	21 Feb 2015
Family ID	F496	Group Sheet




• Photos » Slide Show		Strayhorn Wheel & Spoke Works, Landenberg Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania Original location, on the East Branch of White Clay Creek, from a map dated 1847.
  		Strahorn, Pierson & Co. Spoke and Wheel Factory, Toughkenamon,Chester County, Pennsylvania After a fire destroyed his factory in 1864, Samuel Strahorn decided to relocate. With the advent of steam power, factory owners were no longer limited to operating near rivers and streams. Strahorn learned that the route of the Philadelphia and Baltimore Central Railroad would pass through the crossroads later to be known as Toughkenamon, affording ready access to rail shipping. The new partnership of Strahorn, Pierson and Company opened at Toughkenamon in the spring of 1866 after purchasing a factory there. Samuel Strahorn died in November 1867 of "Typhomalarial Fever" which periodically swept through the Toughkenamon Valley. It appears that his wife retained the partnership interest, and a few years later their sons Joseph H. and Milton Strahorn were listed in the business. The factory was three stories high and some fifteen to twenty men were employed there, turning out 40,000 spokes, 1,200 sets of wheels, and a large number of hubs and other items each year. Machinery was driven by a twenty horsepower Corliss steam engine. Through the years, the capacity for finishing spokes increased to seven or eight hundred per day. The partnership was dissolved in 1890 and business was conducted thereafter solely by Isaac M. Pierson. Milton and Joseph Strahorn operated a carriage shop across the road in the same building that housed the blacksmith shop. Tragedy struck on Christmas day in 1903 when the wheel works was set afire, completely destroying the operation. It was written that a Toughkenamon firebug was responsible, and there is no further reference to the business.
  		Envelope from Strahorn, Pierson & Co.
  		Headstone of Samuel Strahorn Located in the New London Presbyterian Cemetery, new section

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Village Record.