Individual Details
John Lewis STRAITWELL
(18 Aug 1821 - 3 Jan 1891)
Events
| Birth | 18 Aug 1821 | Germany |  | ||
| Marriage | Rebecca HARRIGER | | |||
| Census | 1860 | Brown's Mills Post Office, Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Military | From 31 Mar 1864 to 11 Jul 1865 | a private during the Civil War in Company G, 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |  | | |
| Census | 1870 | Knoxdale Post Office, Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Knox Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 3 Jan 1891 | | |||
| Burial | 1891 | Center Hill Cemetery, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania | |
Families
| Spouse | Rebecca HARRIGER (1831 - 1880) |
Notes
Military
He appears as John L. Grathwohl in the National Archives pension index card file and as John L. Grathuhall in the Pennsylvania State Archives veteran card file.Endnotes
1. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), I:292.
2. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 26 May 2013), digital images, "John L. Grathuhall," index card.
3. J. H. Beers, Jefferson County Pennsylvania Her Pioneers and People, 2 volumes (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), II:300.
4. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 May 2013), memorial page for Rebecca Straitwell, Find A Grave Memorial # 44027198, citing Center Hill Cemetery (Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), memorial created by Marianne Fisher, photograph by Marianne Fisher.
5. Letter from Jean K. Harriger, () to Nancy Levitz (now Nancy Fowler), 2 April 1987; held in 2013 by Nancy Fowler, , Cary, North Carolina. This letter gives information on the Harriger family.
6. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), I:292.
7. 1860 U.S.census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township, Brown's Mills Post Office, page 179 (stamped), page 206 (penned), dwelling 1479, family 1460, Lewis Greatwell; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm M653, roll 1118.
8. "Civil War Veterans' Card File 1861-1865," Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, ARIAS, Pennsylvania's Digital State Archives (http:// www.digital archives.state,pa.us : accessed 26 May 2013), digital images, "John L. Grathuhall," index card.
9. "U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934," database, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 26 May 2013), John L. Grathwohl; filed 28 February 1876; application number 215017; certificate number 143862.
10. "Pennsylvania, Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-1999," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 May 2013), J. L. Straitwell (J. L. Grathwohl); buried Center Hall, Knoxdale, Pa..
11. 1870 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township, Knoxdale Post Office, page 82B (stamped), dwelling 96, family 96, Leucas Stratewell; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 5 October 2013); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1352.
12. 1880 U.S. census, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Knox Township, enumeration district (ED) 192, page 106C (stamped), page 19 (penned), dwelling 147, family 147, John Grotewolh; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 September 2014); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1136.
13. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 May 2013), memorial page for J. Straitwell, Find A Grave Memorial # 29896991, citing Center Hill Cemetery (Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), memorial created by Marianne Fisher, photograph by Marianne Fisher.
14. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), I:292.
15. Patricia Steele, Tombstone Hoppin': Cemetery Inscriptions of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, 2 volumes (Evansville, IN: Whipporwill Publications, between 1981 and 1986), I:292.
16. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 May 2013), memorial page for J. Straitwell, Find A Grave Memorial # 29896991, citing Center Hill Cemetery (Jefferson County, Pennsylvania), memorial created by Marianne Fisher, photograph by Marianne Fisher.