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Stratton Researcher:361, v. 2, p. 27. "The author found a James Stratton, b. in Ohio (Ashtabula Co.?) abt. 1800; m. Mary Losie in 1827 and d. in Minnesota in 1869, who is thought to be a son of John, son of Ichabod. A family record gives his children: Rowena Charity (b. 1829); m. Richard Shephard, in 1847), Riley, Hiram, Albert, John, Martin, and Emma."
Family Remembrance:2547 James Statton (John, Ichabod, Ichabod, Richard, Samuel, Samuel) was born April 16, 1802 in Vermont, Rutland County, and died March 27, 1870 in Good Thunder, Blue Earth County, Minnesota. He married (1) Nancy Lossee, daughter of Peter Lossee and Nancy McLaughlin. She was born January 1, 1805 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and died February 9, 1838 in Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio. He married (2) Martha Taft May 10, 1838 in Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio. She was born July 15, 1816 in New York and died October 1881.
Children of James Stratton and Nancy Lossee were:1) Riley james Stratton, b. 12 February 1827, Kingsville, Ashtabula County, Ohio; d. Fairfield, Clay County, Nebraska.
2) Roena Stratton, b. 24 July 1829; d. 1915.
3) Hiram Stratton, d. 20 December 1870, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.
4) Albert C. Stratton, b. 11 December 1835, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
Children of James Stratton and Martha Taft were:1) Henry C. Stratton, b. 16 February 1839, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
2) John C. Stratton, b. 12 September 1840, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
3) Martin M. Stratton, b. 17 July 1844, Ashtabula County, Ohio; m. Lydia Tubbs.
4) Nancy Ellen Stratton, b. 12 September 1847, Ashtabula County, Ohio
5) Laura Stratton, b. 30 October 1848, Ashtabula County, Ohio; d. 4 August 1849.
6) Wilbur R. C. Stratton, b. 19 November 1850, Ashtabula County, Ohio; m. Mary
7) Mary Emma Stratton, b. 15 March 1854, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; d. Bozeman, Gallatin County, Montana; m. David Bertie Christie, 1870.
<< See Women in Waiting in the Westward Movement, Life on the Home Frontier, by Linda Peavy and Ursula Smith, 1994, University of Oklahoma Press, Chapter 6 (p. 211-236) and p. 341-346 for much more information on the life of Mary Emma Stratton Christie. 8) Ida J. Stratton, b. 27 May 1857, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; d. as a baby.
9) George Alfred Stratton, b. 16 November 1858, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin; d. 24 February 1926, Good Earth, Minnesota; m. Minnie Rumrill, 6 December 1880, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota.