Annual Stroud, Reverend

Annual Stroud (1813-1890) was the oldest son of Thomas and Jane.

In the 1840 through 1880 census, Annual is listed as a farmer who resided in Whiskey Run Township, Crawford County. Annual was a pioneer Circuit Rider Minister of the United Brethern Church, in an around Crawford County, Indiana.

On 3 July 1834, Annual married Elizabeth Larrance (1817-1892) in Fredonia, Crawford County, Indiana. The couple raised nine children: Wilson, Elisha, Jeremiah, John Riley, Malinda Jane, Lucinda, Thomas Landon, Sarah Elizabeth, and Joab.

Annual Stroud became a member of the United Brethern Conference in 1839. He was ordained in 1871, and passed to his reward in 1890. He was a member of the Conference for fifty years, and yet he never received an assignment to a work by the Conference. His devotion to the work in a local way gave him a good standing in the Conference. (History of The Indiana Conference by Condo.)

Annual and Elizabeth Stroud are buried in the Marengo Cemetery, close to others of the family.

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