John Strean was born in 1788 in Ireland. He married
on 2 December 1816 in Ohio. He died on 25 February 1860 in Hardin Co., IA,
Obituary -- (Findagrave.com):
John Strean (pronounced Strain) was a son of Robert Strean & Elizabeth McKee who were married 30 July 1778 at Old Luce, Wigtown, Scotland. John was likely a namesake of his paternal grandfather, John Strean. Robert & Elizabeth lived in Ireland before emigrating to America in 1788. Later census lists state that their son John Strean was born in Ireland. Family tradition claims John was born on board ship while his parents were crossing the Atlantic on their way to America.
During the War of 1812, John was a private in Keys' Regiment, Ohio militia.
John Strean was in Knox County, Ohio, as early as 2 Dec 1816 when he married there to Maria Craig, daughter of James & Esther Ann or Hester Ann Craig. Maria (pronounced Mariah) was born about 1800 in Virginia; died 2 March 1871 in Hardin County, Iowa.
John & Maria Strean were in Allen County, Indiana by 1830, later settling in adjacent Whitley County, Indiana, before moving further west to Hardin County, Iowa about 1853 or 1854. John was a farmer; he was also an early teacher in Smith township, Whitley County, Indiana, when the family lived there. He was a naturalized U.S. citizen.
John Strean died of kidney disease on 25 Feb 1860 in Pleasant township, Hardin county, Iowa, near the small town of Point Pleasant. The places of burial of John & Maria are unknown. The logical location would be Point Pleasant cemetery, but I found no grave markers for them there nor in other nearby cemeteries such as Rough Woods. However, their tombstone inscriptions may simply have worn away. Most of the gravestones in central Iowa in that time period were of locally-quarried soft limestone, which did not weather well. At the time of John's death, he owned 60 acres of improved farm land, 125 acres of unimproved land, two horses, one milch (milk) cow, and five swine.
John & Maria had 9 children:
Mary Strean (1819-1882), married 1838 to Luther Nott.
Mariah Strean (1821-1907), wed Austin Morgan
Esther Ann Strean b. 1823; d. 1887; married 9 Dec 1843 to Adam Hull Jr. (1812-1901); both buried Eel River Baptist Church Cemetery near Churubusco, Indiana
McKee Strean, born 9 May 1826; died 24 Feb 1852, age 25 years, 9 months, 15 days; buried Rousseau-Pence cemetery near Blue River in section 19, Smith Township, Whitley County, Indiana.
Elizabeth Strean, married 1849 to James Leech
John Strean Jr. born about 1832
Sarah Strean born about 1835; died Oct 1864; married 9 Oct 1851 in Whitley Co., Indiana, to John Pence (1823-1894).
Joseph Strean born about 1837
Lorain Strean born about 1839; married 14 Feb 1871 in Hardin Co., Iowa, to Francis McAlister.
He was buried in February 1860 in Point Pleasant Cemetery, Hardin Co., IA, Findagrave #38908275.