Charles Sherwood Stratton (1838 - 1883)

Born 4 Jan 1838 in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy Lavinia Warren (Bump) Magri — married 10 Feb 1863 in New York City, New York County, New York, United States

Died 15 Jul 1883 at age 45 in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Charles Stratton is Notable.

• "Stratton was a son of a Bridgeport, Connecticut, carpenter named Sherwood Edward Stratton. Sherwood was the son of Seth Sherwood Stratton and Amy Sharpe. Sherwood married his first cousin Cynthia Thompson, daughter of Joseph Thompson and Mary Ann Sharpe. Charles Stratton's maternal and paternal grandmothers, Amy and Mary Ann Sharpe, were allegedly small twin girls born on July 11, 1781/83 in Oxford, New Haven, Connecticut."

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Appeared in the 1850 U. S. Census in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut. The household included: Sherwood age 40, occupation father of Gen. Tom Thumb; Cynthia age 40; Charles age 14; Frances J. age 17; Margaret Rosenburg age 25; Elizabeth age 15; Elizabeth J. Rosenburg age 19.

Appeared in the 1860 U. S. Census in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut. The household included: Cynthia age 47; Charles age 22, occupation gentleman (Tom Thumb); Wm E. age 7; Lawrence Fitzhugh age 26, occupation servant; Anna Mulligan age 21, occupation servant.

• Stratton is buried across from P.T. Barnum at Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport. The cemetery was established by Barnum (with others) after his young daughter died.

Death Record

Name Charles S Stratton

Event Type Death

Event Date 15 Jul 1883

Event Place Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States

Gender Male

Father's Name Sherward Stratton

Mother's Name Cynthia Stratton

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia - General Tom Thumb
2. ↑ Beardsley Genealogy: The Family of William Beardsley, One of the First Settlers of Connecticut. Compiled and edited by Nellie Beardsley Holt and Charles Eleazer Holt. Published at West Hartford, Connecticut, 1951. Holt Record #40, Pg. 28

"United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (ark:/61903/1:1:M6DM-TP6 : Wed Mar 15 05:35:32 UTC 2023), Entry for Sherwood Stratton and Frances J Stratton, 1850.

"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5T-PZL : 18 February 2021), Charles S Stratton in entry for Cynthia Stratton, 1860.

• US Census, 1850
• Beckford, William Hale. Leading Business Men of Fairfield County (Mercantile Pub. Co., Boston, 1887) Page 60

"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVL-XLK : 10 November 2020), Charles S Stratton, 15 Jul 1883; citing Death, Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009807.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVJ1-BRP5 : 12 December 2022), General Tom Thumb, ; Burial, Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States of America, Mountain Grove Cemetery and Mausoleum; citing record ID 1032, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1032/charles-sherwood-stratton.