Born in Wayne county, Ohio, December 18,1843. He received his education in the public schools and later in the Canaan Academy and Mount Union College at Alliance, Ohio after which he engaged in teaching and farming. In 1867 he became a licensed minister and was ordained local Deacon in 1884. He came to Iowa in the spring of 1872 and settled on a farm in Montgomery County.· In 1890 a church was built near his home and named Stratton Chapel in his honor. He served as chairman of the building committee in charge of the building of the Montgomery County Court House, and later served as a member of the Board of Supervisors for six years. Mr. Stratton was elected to represent Montgomery County in the Twenty-eight and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies. He was a member of the Methodist Church.

Born in Wayne county, Ohio, December 18,1843. He received his education in the public schools and later in the Canaan Academy and Mount Union College at Alliance, Ohio after which he engaged in teaching and farming. In 1867 he became a licensed minister and was ordained local Deacon in 1884. He came to Iowa in the spring of 1872 and settled on a farm in Montgomery County.· In 1890 a church was built near his home and named Stratton Chapel in his honor. He served as chairman of the building committee in charge of the building of the Montgomery County Court House, and later served as a member of the Board of Supervisors for six years. Mr. Stratton was elected to represent Montgomery County in the Twenty-eight and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies. He was a member of the Methodist Church.