Arby Proudfoot STRAIGHT

  General Notes:

Arby was a son of Aspen Wall Straight (born August 24, 1774 in Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island, died March 28, 1854 in Charlotte, Chautauqua County, New York)...and Mary Ann Potter Chatham (born September 16, 1774 in Virginia, died February 16, 1869 in Charlotte, Chautauqua County, New York)


1840 CENSUS, New York, Chautauqua County, Charlotte ("A. P. Straight" is head of a household with 11 people)

1850 CENSUS, New York, Chautauqua County, Charlotte (October 23) (Arby, age 46, "Farmer") (wife "Philena," age 45) ("Arby" is transcribed "Ashly" in some census indexes)

1860 CENSUS, Illinois, Livingston County, Indian Grove Township, Fairbury ("Arby P.," age 56, "Farmer") (wife "Paulina," age 55)

1870 CENSUS, Illinois, Livingston County, Fairbury (August 17) ("A. P.," age 65, "Farmer") (wife "Philena," age 65)

1880 CENSUS, Illinois, Livingston County, Fairbury (June 10) ("Arby P.," age 76, no occupation) (wife "Philena," age 75)

1891 DEATH of wife, Philena (Simmons) Straight, at 87 years 8 months 27 days

1894 DEATH, Arby Proudfoot Straight, at 91 years 3 months 21 days

Arby married Philena SIMMONS 1820s in New York. (Philena SIMMONS was born on July 9, 1803 in Argyle, Washington County, New York, died on April 5, 1891 in Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury, Livingston County, Illinois.)