Leander Stratton (1812 - 1899)

Born 27 Jan 1812 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lucy (Foster) Stratton — married 1835 (to 1872) in New York, United States

Descendants

Died 30 May 1899 at age 87 in Grandview, Rhea, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Leander Stratton was born on January 27, 1812 in Athol, Worcester, Massachusetts. He was the son of James Stratton and Betsey Wheeler. He moved with his parents to Concord, Erie, New York in 1812, and to Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York in 1819. He married Lucy Foster, daughter of Parney Chase and Jonathan Foster, in 1835. ^{[1] [2]}

In 1850, Leander and his wife Lucy, and their children, Alonzo, Alzina and Alzora, lived in Little Valley where Leander was a farmer. ^[3] A son, Albert Lorenzo, died in 1851 at 7 months old. A daughter, Alzeda, was born in 1855. ^{[4] [5]} In 1865, 21-year-old Alzora was a school teacher. ^[6] In 1870, Leander, Lucy and their 15-year-old daughter, Alzeda, lived in Salamanca, Cattaraugus, New York. ^[7] Lucy died in 1872.

The widowed Leander married Mrs. Mary Wheeler Fellows, and they moved to Grandview, Rhea, Tennessee. "In the quiet, peacefulness of his mountain home he spent many hours in reading and writing. During the last twenty-five years of his life he was a regular contributor to the Forest & Stream, furnishing articles largely reminiscent of the early days and fraught with an intimate knowledge of natural history, gained by a long life spent 'near to Nature's heart.' Many of his articles were written after he was 75 years old, and up to a few months before his death. That all his life he had been a close student of the 'Book of Nature' is very evident from those little sketches." ^[8]

Leander died on November 30, 1899 in Grandview, Rhea, Tennessee and was buried in Stebbins Cemetery in Grandview. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ "A Book of Strattons, Volume II", by Harriet Russell Stratton of Chattanooga, Tennessee, published by Frederick H. Hitchcock, Genealogical Publisher, New York, 1908, p. 218-19.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYW-RDZ : 2 March 2021), Leander Straton, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing p. 74, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCTV-GR7 : 23 December 2020), Leander Stratton, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K636-L1D : 3 March 2021), Leander Stratton, E.D. Western, Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing p. 189, line #25, family #4, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 583,831.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC44-5KG : 18 February 2021), Leander Stratton, 1860.
6. ↑ "New York State Census, 1865," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVNN-CRWD : 8 March 2021), Leander Stratton, , Little Valley, Cattaraugus, New York, United States; citing Census, p. 2, citing multiple county Clerks; Warren and Lewis County Board of Supervisors; multiple counties in New York; Utica and East Hampton Public Libraries, New York.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M86T-65P : 29 May 2021), Leander Stratton, 1870.
8. ↑ "A Book of Strattons, Volume II", by Harriet Russell Stratton of Chattanooga, Tennessee, published by Frederick H. Hitchcock, Genealogical Publisher, New York, 1908, p. 218-19.
9. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10735155/leander-stratton : accessed 04 June 2021), memorial page for Leander Stratton (27 Jan 1812–30 Nov 1899), Find a Grave Memorial ID 10735155, citing Stebbins Cemetery, Grandview, Rhea County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Judy Riggs Spurlin (contributor 46637418) .