Arnold Grant French was born on 16 July 1897 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Theodore Samuel French and Sarah Jane Stroup.¹ He married Mabel L. Miller on 24 December 1918 in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ He died on 16 February 1989 in Venango Manor, Sugarcreek Borough, Venango County, Pennsylvania, at age 91.¹

     Mabel L. Miller was born on 7 September 1901.¹ She married Arnold Grant French, son of Theodore Samuel French and Sarah Jane Stroup, on 24 December 1918 in Oil City, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ She died in November 1974 at age 73.¹

     Florence Fancy French was born on 2 June 1900 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Theodore Samuel French and Sarah Jane Stroup.¹ She married Raymond Carbaugh on 29 September 1916.¹

     Raymond Carbaugh married Florence Fancy French, daughter of Theodore Samuel French and Sarah Jane Stroup, on 29 September 1916.¹

     Leona Jean French was born on 19 December 1907 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Theodore Samuel French and Sarah Jane Stroup.¹ She married Leslie Edward Campbell on 4 December 1926.¹ She died on 14 June 1971 in Reno, Venango County, Pennsylvania, at age 63.¹

     Leslie Edward Campbell married Leona Jean French, daughter of Theodore Samuel French and Sarah Jane Stroup, on 4 December 1926.¹

     Henry Rose Stroup was born on 29 July 1827 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Daniel Stroup and Elizabeth Rose.¹ He married Margaret Askey.² He died on 5 March 1905 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, at age 77.^1,3 He was buried in Domer Chapel Cemetery, Rockland Township.⁴

     Henry Rose Stroup lived in Rockland Township.^5,6 He was a farmer and a pilot on the Allegheny River taking lumber by raft from Oil Creek and Forest County to Pittsburgh.^3,7 He and Margaret Stroup were members of the Evangelical church.³

     Margaret Askey was born in 1827.¹ She married Henry Rose Stroup, son of Daniel Stroup and Elizabeth Rose.² She died in 1888 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ She was buried in Domer Chapel Cemetery, Rockland Township.¹

     Margaret Stroup and Henry Rose Stroup were members of the Evangelical church.³

     Bertha L. Stroup was born circa 1865 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey.¹ She was unmarried.

     Bertha L. Stroup was living in Greely, Colorado, in 1905 when her father died.² She was seamstress in a leatherworks in Denver, Colorado, in 1910.³ She was clerk in a drygoods store in Franklin, Venango County, in 1920.⁴

     Della Jane Stroup was born in December 1861 in Pennsylvania.² She was the daughter of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey.¹ She married Jacob Brown, son of John H. Brown and Catherine Domer.^3,4 She married Charles McAninich circa 1893.^2,1

     Della Jane Brown was living in Franklin, Venango County, in 1920 when her brother Nelson died.³

     Charles McAninich was born in January 1864 in Pennsylvania.¹ He married Della Jane Stroup, daughter of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey, circa 1893.^1,2

     Charles McAninich was pipefitter living in Franklin, Venango County, in 1900.¹

     Jacob Brown was born on 12 April 1857.² He was the son of John H. Brown and Catherine Domer.² He married Della Jane Stroup, daughter of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey.^1,2 He died in 1885.²

     Ella McAninich was born in August 1894 in Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Charles McAninich and Della Jane Stroup.¹

     Margaret McAninich was born in July 1896 in Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Charles McAninich and Della Jane Stroup.¹

     Samuel McAninich was born in February 1900.¹ He was the son of Charles McAninich and Della Jane Stroup.¹

     Nelson Lucks Stroup was born on 5 August 1854 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey.¹ He married Laura May Say on 24 June 1886 in Franklin, Venango County.² He died on 15 October 1920 in Witchita Falls, Texas, at age 66.¹ He was buried in Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango County.¹

     Nelson Lucks Stroup was a stillman at an oil refinery in Marietta, Ohio, in 1910.³

     Laura May Say married Nelson Lucks Stroup, son of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey, on 24 June 1886 in Franklin, Venango County.¹

     Alma Stroup was born circa 1890 in Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Nelson Lucks Stroup and Laura May Say.¹

     Raymond Stroup was born circa 1899 in Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Nelson Lucks Stroup and Laura May Say.¹

     Herbert Stroup was born circa 1902 in Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Nelson Lucks Stroup and Laura May Say.¹

     Chapin Henry Stroup was born in June 1858 in Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey.¹ He married Ida Mae Smith on 9 September 1881 in Third Ward, Franklin, Venango County.² He married Annie Tighe on 5 April 1892 in Franklin, Venango County.³ He died in 1947 at his son Guy's ranch near Bandara, Texas.⁴ He was buried in Houston, Texas.⁴

     Chapin Henry Stroup and his family were living in Franklin in 1900.¹ He was working, along with his brother Nelson, as a stillman in an oil refinery in Marietta, Ohio, in 1910.⁵
     "At the turn of the century, Chapen was working in an oil refinery near
Franklin, PA. Somehow he came into some money and together with several
other would-be wildcatters went to the Yucatan area of Mexico where they drilled five wells and struck oil on one or more. However, the wells did
not produce enough to warrant building a railroad into the area to get the oil out. They also had trouble with bandits. He arrived back at the Texas
border, probably in 1905, dead broke. Meanwhile Annie and her three children remained in Pennsylvania surviving as best they could. Once in Texas, Chapen hired on as cattle drover and was able to work his way to Texas City where he went back to what he knew best: oil refining. In 1906 he was able to bring his family to Texas City, which is where my father was raised. (The moral
of this story is that for every wildcatter that made a fortune, there were a hundred that went broke trying.)" (As told to Richard Stroup by his father Park Willard Stroup.)⁴

     Ida Mae Smith was born in 1860 in Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania.² She married Chapin Henry Stroup, son of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey, on 9 September 1881 in Third Ward, Franklin, Venango County.¹ She died on 10 February 1889 in Franklin, Venango County, of consumption.³ She was buried in Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Township, Venango County.³

     Annie Tighe was born in October 1855.² She married Chapin Henry Stroup, son of Henry Rose Stroup and Margaret Askey, on 5 April 1892 in Franklin, Venango County.¹

     Georgeianna Dell Stroup was born in October 1882 in Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Chapin Henry Stroup and Ida Mae Smith.¹ She married Ralph Orrin Brigham on 12 June 1901 in Franklin, Venango County.²

     Ralph Orrin Brigham married Georgeianna Dell Stroup, daughter of Chapin Henry Stroup and Ida Mae Smith, on 12 June 1901 in Franklin, Venango County.¹

     Guy Stroup was born in October 1885 in Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Chapin Henry Stroup and Ida Mae Smith.¹

     Evelyn L. Stroup was born on 23 May 1887 in Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Chapin Henry Stroup and Ida Mae Smith.¹ She married Everett F. Johnson on 3 June 1908 in Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania.¹

     Everett F. Johnson married Evelyn L. Stroup, daughter of Chapin Henry Stroup and Ida Mae Smith, on 3 June 1908 in Warren, Warren County, Pennsylvania.¹

     Carl C. Stroup was born in May 1893 in Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of Chapin Henry Stroup and Annie Tighe.¹

     Blanche Viola Stroup was born on 17 March 1897 in Franklin, Venango County, Pennsylvania.¹ She was the daughter of Chapin Henry Stroup and Annie Tighe.¹