Son of John and Dorothy Lindenmoyer Straub. Married Elizabeth Weidenhammer 28 Feb 1866. In 1880 moved to Galesburg in the employ of CB&Q Railroad. Children: Mrs. L J Burke, Mrs. J B Stout, Ed, Will, Roy, John, Peach, and Arthur Straub. Four sisters: Emma Schroeder, Eliza Kendall, Harriet Harbach, Sophia Stafford. Three brothers: John, William and Joseph.
Military service: Enlisted as a Private in Co. E, 50th Ill. Infantry and rose to rank of First Sargaent between 1861 and 1865.

When The Boys In Blue Are Gone
by John Hendricks, Veteran of the 89th Indiana Infantry

When the comrades have departed,
When the veterans are no more,
When the bugle call is sounded
On that everlasting shore;
When life's weary march is ended,
When campfires slumber long;
Who will tell the world the story
When the boys in Blue are gone?

Who will tell about their marching
From Atlanta to the Sea?
Who will halt and wait and listen
When they hear the reveille?
Who will join to swell the chorus
Of some old, Grand Army song?
Who will tell the world the story
When the boys in Blue are gone?

Sons and daughters of this nation,
You must tell of triumphs won;
When on earth our work is ended,
And the Veteran claims his own.
You must all cherish Old Glory,
And its teachings pass along.
You must tell the world the story
When the boys in Blue are gone.

To that flag, our country's emblem,
You must pledge allegiance, too.
To that flag, our nation's emblem,
May your hearts be ever true.
That the nation be protected,
'Gainst injustice, and all wrong;
You must tell the world the story
When the boys in Blue are gone.

You must keep your country's honor,
From each stripe withhold all stain;
You must take the Veteran's places,
And repeat the roll of fame.
You must keep your country's honor,
And your flag above all wrong.
Then we'll trust you with the story
When the Boys in Blue are gone.