I've traced my Strain line back to John Strain(b.1809 TN.,possibly S.C.)I'm 90+% certain he's related to John A.Strain(b.1824 TN.)John(b.1809)is my ggg-gfather through his son Richard Wilson Strain(b.1849-50 Allen,KY.)R.Wilson & his oldest brother Frederick A.C.Strain moved to Ill.by 1880.Shortly after 1880,Wilson moved to Duck Creek,Stoddard,Mo.,where there already lived Johnitan(Jonathan)Strayhorn,his wife Angeline,& their 6 children(1870 census lists him in Obion,TN.).Only 1 other Strayhorn listed in Mo.in 1880.Johnitan listed b.1822 TN.,his father b.N.C.,mother b.S.C.
John A. Strain(b.1824 TN.)left Maury,TN.,moved to Moultrie,Ilinois after 1850.He's confirmed descended from the New Hope Strains,his father said to be David Strain.They include Strains in Ohio early 1800s.Some of these OH.Strains went to Indiana,where a son Levi Hugh Strain married Sarah Julena Deckard,a relative of one of my g-gfathers Philip Shrader Deckard.Philip came to Bollinger,Mo.after 1880.His daughter Myrtle married Earl Estes Strain(grandson of Wilson Strain through Charles Richard Strain(b.1877-8,Ill.,or Mo.).His d-cert.lists his b-place as Perry,Mo.(next to St.Francois Co.)No Strains ever lived there that I know of,however,several of the few Straughns did live there,and in St.Francois Co.,and some of them happened to come from IN.,a few b.KY.& TN.This family happens to have first names Frederick & Estes in their line,as well as David.I think this is way too many co-incidences.Does anyone have any thoughts on this?