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• Charles is first reported in the census when he is 6 years old in1860.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 5 July, Georgia MilitiaDistrict 1013, PO Hoplers Mills p 37, Hse #254, Fam #252
  Luke R Strawn 34 M Farmer $309 Personal Estate b NC (b abt 1819)
  Eliza Strawn 32 F Housewife b South Carolina cannot read or write (babt 1828)
  Charles Strawn 6 M b Georgia (b abt 1854)
  
  Charles is age 15 in 1870 and in the household of his mother, who isnow widowed and head of the farm household.   Charles is working thefarm along with his brothers and sisters.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 23 July, Georgia MilitiaDistrict 1013, PO Spring Place, page 98, Hse/Fam #56
  Strawn, Elizabeth 42 F W Keeping House $1200 Real Estate $230 PersonalEstate b SC cannot read or write (b abt 1828)
  Strawn, Charles 15 M W Farm Laborer SC (b abt 1855)
  
  1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 9 June, Doolittle,McDonald, Enumeration District 71, Sheet 6B, Hse #101, Fam #104
  Strawn, Charley W M  Head Sep 1855  44  Married 15 yrs (abt 1885) GASC SC Farmer Rents
  Strawn, Olive J  W F  Wife Aug 1869  30  Married 15 yrs (abt 1885) 3children/1 living GA GA GA
  Strawn, Daws  W M  Son Aug 1889  10  GA GA GA At School
  Edmondson, Thomas W M  Boarder May 1865  35  Single GA SC GA FarmLaborer Owns
  
  The next two households are also Strawns.  I cannot determine therelationships from the ages.  Next door to Charley is a female head ofhousehold, but stated as married rather than widowed or divorced.  Sheis Nancy, age 59, born in Tennessee, with two children, Columbus 25and Pearl 20.
  
  Living next to her is 33-year-old George Strawn and his wife Nannie,age 28.  They have three children, the oldest of whom is Charley, age9.  Nancy would not appear to be Charley's mother, if the birth stateinformation is correct.  She could be an older sister-in-law ofCharley.  George is likely Nancy's son.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia, 17 April, McDonald,Enumeration District 110, Sheet 3A, Eton, Hse/Fam #46
  Strawn Charlie A Head M W 56 Married 25 years GA Unknown NC Owns
  Strawn Ollive Wife F W 40 Married 25 years 2 children/1 living GA GAGA
  Strawn Doss A  Son 20 Single GA GA GA Teamster
  
  Note that now it is reported that Olive has borne only 2 children,compared to 3 in 1900.  Charley now owns his farm.  According to themonth of birth reported in 1900, Charley's age in April 1910 shouldhave been 54.
  
  Charles A STRAWN
  Birth SEP 1855 in GA, Death 28 MAR 1914 in Murray, GA
  Parents Luke R STRAWN Birth 1826 in GA, Death BEF 1870
  Eliza COFFEE Birth JAN 1828 in SC, Death AFT 1900 in Childress, TX
  Marriage 12 Mar 1885 in Murray, GA, to Olive Jane TERRY
  Birth 24 AUG 1869 in Murray, GA, Death 23 AUG 1917 in Murray, GA
  --  Murray & Whitfield Co,http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/13085973/person/-127268808?ssrc=&ftm=1

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 9 June, Doolittle, McDonald, Enumeration District 71, Sheet 6B, Hse
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, Murray County, Georgia
  • 17 April, McDonald, Enumeration District 110, Sheet 3A, Eton, Hse/Fam
• 3. Ancestry Trees
  • Murray & Whitfield Co,
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