Person Record

Metadata

Name

Strait, George Leslie

Genealogy ID

18422

Born

02 DEC 1865

Birthplace

Austinville, Bradford PA

Deceased

23 JUN 1949

Deceased where

Mansfield, Tioga PA

Cemetery

Oakwood Cemetery

Occupation

Hardware Merchant

Titles & honors

F. & A. M. Friendship Lodge No. 247

Father

Charles Leslie Strait

Mother

Cordelia Watkins

Spouse

Anna E. Westbrook

Children

Blanche Strait
Walter Strait
Harold G. Strait

Reference

Obit 1897

Notes

STRAIT GEORGE L [SRGP 18422]
Wellsboro Agitator - June 29, 1949
George L. Strait, of Mansfield, died Thursday morning, June 23. He had been in the hardware business since 1893. He was a member of the Baptist church and Friendship Lodge, F. & A. M. Survivors include his widow, two sons, Walter, of Olean, and Harold, of Mansfield. One daughter, Mrs. Raymond Williams, of Asbury Park, N.J., and four grandchildren also survive. A Masonic funeral was held Sunday; burial in Prospect cemetery, Mansfield. (note: tombstone reading lists him buried in Oakwood Cemetery with his wife)

[SRGP 18422] George L. Strait, eldest son of Charles L. Strait, and grandson of Isaac Strait, was born in Austinville, Bradford county, December 2,1865. He obtained a common school education, and became familiar with the practical details of business while clerking in his father’s store. On October 24, 1888, he married Anna E. Westbrook, a daughter of J.H. Westbrook , and had two children, Walter C. and Blanche. Mr. Strait is the head of the hardware and tinsmithing house of George L. Strait, of Mansfield, and is noted for his energy and enterprise. In politics, a Republican, he has served as a member of the borough Council. He is connected with Friendship Lodge, No. 247, F.& A.M.(also had a son Harold)