Husband: John James STRAIN
Birthdate: 9 July 1831
Birth place: Gaston County, North Carolina
Death date: 30 December 1883
Place of death: Collin County, Texas
Father: James STRAIN
Mother: Cynthia COOK

Marriage date: 5 February 1857
Marriage place: York County, South Carolina

Wife: Sarah Jane FLOYD
Birthdate: 17 November 1837
Birth place: York County, South Carolina
Death date: 21 May 1915
Place of death: Plano, Collin County, Texas
Father: Andrew FLOYD
Mother: Esther SHANNON

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Mary Esther STRAIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 July 1858
Birth place: Collin County, Texas
Death date: 8 August 1931
Place of death: Collin County, Texas
Marriage date: 14 February 1878
Marriage place: Plano, Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: Quince S. ARNOLD

Child No. 2: Eliza Jane STRAIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 31 March 1860
Birth place: Collin County, Texas
Death date: 26 March 1908
Place of death: Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
Marriage date: 22 December 1880
Marriage place: Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: Pleasant William MURPHY

Child No. 3: James William STRAIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 27 May 1863
Birth place: Collin County, Texas
Death date: 6 February 1906
Place of death: Texas
Marriage date: 29 March 1887
Marriage place: Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: Mary Rebecca DAY

Child No. 4: Joseph Davidson STRAIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 26 Aug 1865
Birth place: Collin County, Texas
Death date: 26 June 1942
Place of death: Collin County, Texas
Marriage date: 22 December 1897
Marriage place: Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: Roxie K. WEAVER

Child No. 5: Celia Maude STRAIN
Sex:
Birthdate: 5 October 1867
Birth place: Plano, Collin County, Texas
Death date: 29 April 1921
Place of death: Allanreed, Gray County, Texas
Marriage date: 19 December 1889
Marriage place: Plano, Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: James Alford POTTS, William Harrison GIBSON

Child No. 6: Elizabeth Ada STRAIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 14 March 1869
Birth place: Collin County, Texas
Death date: 6 June 1959
Place of death: Dallas, Texas
Marriage date: 10 November 1885
Marriage place: Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: John Emmitt ERECKSON

Child No. 7: John Henry STRAIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 15 August 1872
Birth place: Collin County, Texas
Death date: August 1939
Place of death: Floydada, Floyd County, Texas
Marriage date: 31 January 1894
Marriage place: Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: Ada CHADDICK, Imogene ROSSETTER

Child No. 8: Jennie STRAIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 29 January 1875
Birth place: Plano, Collin County, Texas
Death date: 24 December 1961
Place of death: Reseda, California
Marriage date: 11 November 1894
Marriage place: Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: Willis Lindsey RICHARDS

Child No. 9: Effie Frances STRAIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 12 March 1877
Birth place: Collin County, Texas
Death date: 8 September 1965
Place of death: Dallas, Texas
Marriage date: 17 September 1898
Marriage place: Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: Lemuel HENDRIX

Child No. 10: Lula Lee STRAIN
Sex: F
Birthdate: 15 August 1881
Birth place: Plano, Collin County, Texas
Death date: 18 September 1931
Place of death: Frisco, Collin County, Texas
Marriage date: 23 December 1900
Marriage place: Collin County, Texas
Spouse's name: Edwin G. BRYAN
 
 
Documentation:
* Plano Mutual Cemetery photos taken Dec 1996.
* Collin County, Texas Marriages.
* Texas Death Certificates.
* "From Whence We Came" by ARNOLDS.