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maternal great grandfather Arthur Strawn (1861-1923)-- wagon driver for a flour mill--heavy property owner--racehorse breeder in Columbia, Missouri
Arhturs grandfather Jacob Strawn ( 1790-1860) qualified as an ancestor in the Society of the War of 1812 for Alvin Collins. Jacobs grandfather Jacob Strawhen (1717-1800) qualified as an ancestor in the Sons of the American Revolution for Alvin Collins. Jacobs maternal grandfather William Buckman (1650-1716) qualified as an ancestor in the Welcome Society of Pennsylvania for Alvin Collins. Arthurs father Joseph Strawn ( born c. 1839) was of Pennsylvania Quaker and New Amsterdam Dutch ancestry. Arthurs mother Cornelia Gordon ( born c. 1846) was the daughter of the Boone County, Missouri judge James Madison Gordon and his free live in mulatto mistress Henrietta Robinson ( born c, 1815)