The previous day Bill Stroupe took Sid to visit with his 95 year old Grandmother, Mary Polly Hudson Stroup, the wife of the late David Russell Stroup. He was the son of David Augustus Stroup, who married a Kiser. I am trying to make a connection to the Kiser family for later reasons. As we were chatting at the church, I pulled out a photo I had of Moses Jr and the Kiser family. I have been trying to identify all the people in the photo and Bill said “I bet Grandmother can help you”. He gave her a call and she said she would be happy to look at it. So off we went to her home.
When we arrived at Polly’s home we saw that we had been there about a year ago but no one was home. Polly was a very gracious host and her memory was excellent. She immediately recognized the photo. First she said the photo was taken out in her very front yard. Her home sits on the old home place of Moses Jr. The remains of Moses Jr.’s home still stands on Polly’s land. The home was converted into a barn but you can still see some of the old logs. Then Polly identified some of the people in the photo. I will later post the picture again with the people we were able to identify.
...and again, thanks Bill Stroupe ... for meeting with us, introducing us to your Grandmother Polly Hudson Stroupe ... and just "talking Stroup history". Bill resides just outside of Cherryville; is a "history buff" like many of us. He and i graduated from Cherryville High School, same year.
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