4. Amelia Elizabeth² McElwee (Charles¹) (#606) was born in Pennsylvania on August 4, 1840.⁽⁸⁵⁾ Amelia died in 1925 in Miami County, IN, at age 84.⁽⁸⁶⁾ Her body was interred at the Deedsville Cemetery in 1925 in Deedsville, Miami County, IN.⁽⁸⁷⁾

She married Charles L. Strayer Sr. est 1868. (Charles L. Strayer Sr. is #4079.) Charles was born ca 1842 in IN. Charles was the son of Simon Strayer and Rebecca Surname unk w of Simon Strayer. Charles died in 1913 in Miami County, IN, at age 71.⁽⁸⁸⁾ His body was interred at the Deedsville Cemetery in 1913 in Deedsville, Miami County, IN.⁽⁸⁹⁾ Charles was listed as a household member living with Simon Strayer on the 1850 Census in Union Township, Miami County, IN.⁽⁹⁰⁾ Charles was listed as a household member living with Simon Strayer in the 1860 Census in Union Township, Miami County, IN.⁽⁹¹⁾ Charles was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Miami County, IN.⁽⁹²⁾ Charles was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Union Township, Miami County, IN.⁽⁹³⁾ Charles was listed as the head of a family on the 1900 Census in Union Township, Miami County, IN.⁽⁹⁴⁾ Charles worked as a farmer in Union Township, Miami County, IN before 1913.⁽⁹⁵⁾

She was christened on May 29, 1841 in Carlisle. Amelia was listed as the head of a family on the 1920 Census in Union Township, Miami County, IN.⁽⁹⁶⁾ She resided in Deedsville, Miami County, IN on June 23, 1923.⁽⁹⁷⁾

Amelia Elizabeth McElwee and Charles L. Strayer Sr. had the following children:

+ 27 i. Catherine Rebecca³ Strayer was born on January 2, 1869.

+ 28 ii. Margaret Jennie Strayer was born ca 1873.

29 iii. William Clark Strayer (#4085) was born in Miami County, IN about 1874.⁽⁹⁸⁾ William died in 1964 in Miami County, IN, at age 90.⁽⁹⁹⁾

+ 30 iv. Oliver Ezra Strayer was born on February 2, 1875.

31 v. Charles L. Strayer Jr. (#4080) was born in Union Township, Miami County, IN ca 1879.⁽¹⁰⁰⁾

32 vi. Herman S. Strayer (#4084) was born in Union Township, Miami County, IN on September 27, 1879.⁽¹⁰¹⁾ Herman died in 1958 in Miami County, IN, at age 78.⁽¹⁰²⁾ His body was interred at the Deedsville IOOF Cemetery in 1958 in Deedsville, Miami County, IN.⁽¹⁰³⁾

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