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Otis Smith Strout
BIRTH: 16 Apr 1818, Harrington, Washington, Maine, United states
DEATH: 25 Jan 1892, Milbridge, Washington, Maine, United States
Eliza S Joy
BIRTH: 15 Dec 1828, Addison, Washington, Maine, United States
DEATH:18 Aug 1890, Milbridge, Washington, Maine, United States
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| Lupine on the road between Harrington and Addison. from here. |
Otis Strout
Otis Smith Strout was born in 1818 to Isaac Strout and Abigail Joy, both of whom were born in Harrington, ME and died in Milbridge Maine. They were married in 1809 in Harrington, and had a large number of kids, most likely 15. Otis was most likely the third in that lineup.
1. Susan (1813-1880)
2. Isabelle (1817-1903) m. 1832 John Babbage (1810-1870)
3. Otis Smith (1818-1892) m. 1848 Eliza S Joy (1828-1890)
4. Hannah J (1820-1898) m. 1848 Ambrose Snow Strout (1821-1877)
5. Samuel (1823-1909)
6. Capt Nehemiah (1825-1880) m. 1856 Sarah E Preble (1840-??)
7. David Alexander (1827-1872) m. 1848 Lydia M Walls (1826-1864)
8. Almira D (1828-1872) m. 1858 Joel G Hinkley (1833-1921)
9. Benjamin F (1830-??) m. 1848 Lydia Walls (perhaps an error??)
10. William N (1832-1856) m. 1849 Martha Ann Lowe (1836-1885)
11. Mirk (1834-??)
12. Merrill (1835-??)
13. female (1836-??)
14. Daniel Joy (1838-??) m. 1860 Susan Jane Preble (1840-1930)
15. Isaac (1840-??)
Eliza S Joy
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| Beriah Joy and Phebe Cox |
Eliza S Joy (1828-1890) of Addison, ME (village next door)
1. Mary A (1820-1863) m. 1844 George A Carver (1819-1872)
2. Joanna Joy (1822-1883) m. 1845 Arthur Brown (1820-1851) (check on this)
3. daughter (1825-1830/39)
4. Eliza S (1828-1890) m. 1848 Otis Smith Strout (1818-1892)
5. Naomi (1830-1850/59)
6. Eunice Wallace (1832-1920) m. 1854 Seth Dyer Jr (1834-1915)
7. Darius Dickens (1834-1860)
8. David Beriah (1837-1912) m. 1857 Rebecca Drisko Leighton (1840-1913)
Life Together
Otis married Eliza on 5 August, 1848 (registered in Washington County, probably in Milbridge.) and had 7 children. They lived in a part of Milbridge that was almost all Strouts.
1. Gleason C (1849-1906) m1. 1879 Abigail Ann Carver (1856-1887) m2. Emma W Burke (1869-1927)
2. Augusta Jane (1852-1915) m1 1885 John J Robinson (1817-1888), m2. Harlan P Allen (1844-??) m3. 1911 Darius D Sprague (1836-1913)
3. Everett Bucknam (1856-1892) m. 1880 Abigail S Pinkham (1860-1927)
4. Herbert O (1859-??) m. 1880 Arvilla M Strout (1864-1892)
5. Mary Ella (1862-1914) m 1880 Nathan Pulsifer Hall (1847-1923)
6. Benjamin Franklin (1864-1922) worked as hired man for Charles Grace.
7. Phoebe Ann (1872-1950) m. 1897 Forest Griffin (1872-1956)
1850 Census
Otis is listed as a sailor, with an estate worth $200. They live next door to Isaac and his siblings Susan, Samuel, Nehemiah, and Benjamin F., and to the other side there or additional Strouts (Ambrose, Elizabeth, Charles, Erastus, etc.)
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| Aerial view of Milbridge, 2011, from here. |
1860 Census
More kids, still living in Milbridge.
In 1863, he registered with the Civil War registry as 42 (and would have been married at the time) which exempts him from service (over 35, married).
1870 Census
By 1870, Otis was 50, and he left the firsherman trade. He is listed as a farmer, with $600 in real estate and $200 personal effects. Their older son Gleason had gone to work as a seaman, though.
1880 Census
Otis (61) is still farming, and their children except for Gleason are still at home with Eliza S (53). Gleason (31) is next door with his wife Abba (24). He is still a sailor. Also in the household are Ann (8), initially listed as a granddaughter, but perhaps struck from the record, and the birth record shows Phoebe Ann is Otis and Eliza's daughter.
This span of having children over 23 years was not atypical. In 1880, Otis (60) and Eliza (53) Strout had five kids and a niece at home in Milbridge. Otis was a farmer. Two of their children, Everett and Herbert were Sailors.
When Eliza died in 1890, and Otis died in 1892 (of LaGrippe: Spanish influenza, more about that here), they were buried in a family cemetery, known as the Otis Strout Family Cemetery. Also in that plot are Abigail Joy and Isaac Strout, Otis's parents, and Joseph Strout (1719-??). I believe it's located here on Back Bay Road, Milbridge.
A bit about historical farming in Maine:
THE ANNUAL WORK CYCLE FOR MAINE FARMERS – A month by month activity guide presented by David C. Smith of UM. This is based on a study of diaries from 1765 to 1930. (note: this cycle represents all Maine and variations for local conditions are expected)
January – Cut wood for home and for sale
February – Continue cutting wood and start hauling it
March – Continue woods work and make maple syrup
April – Plow and plant early crops, prune and graft orchards
May – Plant, then shear the sheep
June – Hoe and cultivate crops, cut posts and rails and erect fencing
July – Hay
August – Continue haying, harvest wheat and rye
September – Harvest potatoes and apples, start making cider
October – Harvest corn and corn stalks, turnips, pumpkins and cabbage
November – Plow
December – Cut wood, clear new land
Year-round on rainy days – Walk fences and make needed repairs, work on the woodpile. Homes used between 10 and 20 cords of wood annually. Manufacturing this wood was a huge task before crosscut saws and bucksaws were used.
And a map of Washington County. (Milbridge is the yellow town on the Atlantic Coast, bottom of the map):
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