Joshua STRONG, brother of Josiah Jr., born April 24th 1743, lived in Middle Haddam, and had Noah, Anna, Hope, Joshua, Noah, Rachel, and Lydia, baptized by the Rev. Benjamin BOARDMAN between January 1765 and March 30th 1777. He died November 25th 1779, and no further particulars are known concerning this family.
Source: The History of Middlesex County 1635-1885 J. H. Beers & Co., 36 Vesey Street, New York 1884 CHATHAM. THE EARLY SETTLERS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. PART 2 Pages 198-217. [transcribed by Janece Streig] http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jdevlin/bios/chatham_bios2.htm
Josiah STRONG jr., son of Josiah and Hannah (FULLER) STRONG, of Colchester, where he was born, January 28, 1740, married January 13, 1761, Mary, daughter of Deacon Benjamin HARRIS, and settled in Middle Haddam, where he died September 8, 1814. She died January 1, 1822, aged 82 years.
Their children were: John Harris, born January 19, 1762, married Elizabeth CAREY, and in 1811 removed to Euclid, Ohio, where he was a land agent, and judge of the Court of Common Please from 1817 until his death, April 28, 1823; Esther, born October 3, 1763, married Asaph DOANE; Hannah, born October 3, 1765, Davis, born August 21, 1767, married February 24, 1788, Mary, daughter of Elisha SWIFT, of Falmouth, Massachusetts, and was a farmer in Middle Haddam, where he died July 10, 1848 (their children were Sophronia, Davis Swift, Morris M., Susan, Roderic, Braddock, Titus, Mary and Adeline); Mary, born December 26, 1768; Martha, born December 30, 1771; Graced, born June 20, 1774; Josiah, born January 12, 1777; and Hope, baptized March 19, 1780.
From The History of Middlesex County 1635-1885
J. H. Beers & Co, 36 Versey Street, New York
1884
Pages 198-217
Chatham,
The Early Settlers and Their Descendants, Part 2
(transcribed by Janece Streig)
http://dunhamwilcox.net/bios/chatham_bios2.htm
1830 FEDERAL CENSUS
OHIO, CUYAHOGA COUNTY
CHAGRIN
0-0-0-0-0-1;0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1
One male between age 30-40
One female between age 20-30
One female between age 60-70 (Josiah's widowed mother, Elizabeth Strong born ca 1764)
FindAGrave shows him as a son of Thomas Jefferson Strong Sr. and Laura Bishop. However, he is not listed as one of their children in Benjamin Dwight's HISTORY OF THE STRONG FAMILY.
Thomas Jefferson Strong and Laura Bishop do appear to have a son his same age, shown on census records as Samuel vs. Lemuel. Additionally, Samuel/Lemuel is listed in the home of Thomas Jefferson Strong and Laura Bishop in 1850 and 1860, and a Samuel/Lemuel Strong was boarding in the Peck home in 1850, and living with wife Sarah and children Ralph, Harry and Mary in 1860. They may indeed be the same man, listed twice in error on the census, or twins, or different people entirely. It is possible that his parents gave the name of all their children to the enumerator in 1860, as their son Asa/Aspah is also listed with his parents and in a separate household with his wife in 1860.
From FindAGrave:
Id#: 0351033
Name: Strong, Lemuel B.
Date: April 11, 1902
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #078.
Notes: Strong-Lemuel B., Wednesday, April 9, aged 70 years, at the residence of E. J. Foster, Willoughby, O. Funeral from the home of B. L. Ferris, Willoughby, O., Saturday, April 12, 2 p. m.
(Headstone gives death date as April 10.)
1850 Census
Ohio, Lake County, 220 Kirtland (Township) 85
16 Oct 1850
#124-130
Calvin H. PECK 37 m NY Farmer $2,000 New York Lydia PECK 38 f NY
Noah PECK 3 m NY
Lydia PECK 1 f NY
Samuel McCOWELL 14 m NY
Samuel (Lemuel) STRONG 18 m Carriage Maker NY
1860 OHIO CENSUS
Lake County Willoughby Township
Stamped 312
#1265-1211
(Very faint image on Ancestry.com)
Samuel (Lemuel) STRONG 30 Occupation: Wagon Maker Ohio
Sarah STRONG 38 (sic--s/b 28) Ohio
RALPH STRONG 4 Ohio
Harry STRONG 2 Ohio
Mary STRONG 1 Ohio
1870 OHIO CENSUS
Cuyahoga County Cleveland, Ward 14 #12-12
Strong, S.B. (L.B.) 38 M W Occupation illegible $3000 Ohio
Strong, Sarah 38 Keeping House Ohio
Strong, Ralph 14 M W Ohio
Strong, ???? 11 F W Ohio
Strong, ???? 9 F W Ohio
Could this be him, with second wife, Sarah A Kent, in 1880?
1880 Census
Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland
Lemuel Strong M 48 Ohio Vermont Vermony Drygoods Salesman
Sarah A Strong 31 NY NY NJ Keeping House
Earnest Strong M 9 Ohio Ohio NY
Paul Strong M 5 Ohio Ohio NY
Edna Strong F 4 Ohio Ohio NY
Although he was shown on the 1900 Census as Leon, his family always knew him as Lee. According to his death certificate, he had lived in Lawton for 14 years.
Lee's obituary appeared in the LAWTON CONSTITUTION on December 29, 1915:
LEE STRONG DIES TODAY Man Accidentally Shot Last Night While Wrestling Over A Revolver
Lee Strong, a farmer residing six miles east of Lawton on the Barber farm, who was accidentally shot yesterday evening, died this morning at ten o'clock at the Southwestern Hospital, following an operation, which was performed in the hope of saving his life, but he was too weak from the loss of blood to withstand the strain. The accident was purely accidental. Strong and the farm hand had finished loading fodder, and had been hunting rabbits with a .38 revolver. It was discharged hitting Strong in the back. Medical aid was summoned from Lawton and later he was brought to the hospital. The deceased leaves a wife and son; one brother in Los Angeles, one brother in Lawton and father in Mexico (sic). He was 31 years old. The remains will be held at the Ritter Undertaking Parlors until they hear from relatives. (As transcribed by Lynell Gentry Cordell).
LEE STRONG FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
The funeral of Lee Strong, who died Wednesday morning from the results of being accidentally shot by a farm hand of the Barber farm, was held yesterday afternoon at the Baptist church at 2:30. Rev. A.L. Leake conducted the funeral services. Relatives of the deceased accompanied the body to its last resting place.
(Article from Lawton Constitution December 29, 1915)
Birth Record
In the Cotton County Oklahoma birth records 1912-1918 Book 14 listed the following:
Father, Strong, Lee, and A. E. Choate May 30, 1916 by a Dr. Jones
Since Lee died the prior December, his wife was apparently pregnant.
In the Comanche County History Volume I, 1985, published by the Southwestern Historical Society, has a historical notation on Junction City and Geronimo, Oklahoma.
January 1902, 13 miles south of Lawton, Oklahoma, Junction City was platted and lots were sold for as little at $2.00. It had a few small shops and a saloon, and a Dr. Samuel Makemson. Two miles north Geronimo was platted prior to the arrival of the Rock Island Line. ( Homer Strong was born in Junction City.)
Presently, Junction City is completely gone, and there's not much left of Geronimo. The railroad is gone. There is one little cafe, a grocery store, and a filling station. It's a quaint little town.
Rhodene Frederick found the following burial records for Highland Cemetery in Lawton (Section 3276):
Strong, Lee, b. 1884, d. 1915, 31y
Strong, Leon S., b. 1884, d. Dec 29, 1915, 31y, TX-R.R.
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace O
ccupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Lorenzo STRONG Self M Male W 38 OH Farmer VT CT
Lois STRONG Wife M Female W 34 OH Housekeeping ENG ENG
Franklin E. STRONG Son S Male W 11 OH Farm Ha
Charles J. STRONG Son S Male W 9 OH OH OH
Ford A. STRONG Son S Male W 7 OH OH OH
Mable M. STRONG Dau S Female W 3 OH OH OH
Harland STRONG Son S Male W 1 OH OH OH
Betsy A. STRONG Mother W Female W 67 CT CT CT Source Information:
Census Place Strongsville, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Family History Library Film 1255010
NA Film Number T9-1010
Page Number 369B
Dwight shows her date of death as Oct. 11, 1862. Lois Patterson, in her "Van Patten Family History," instead shows it as "Oct. 4, 1863 in her 13th year."
"We here in Willoughby have a monument to civil war vets, and on it is MARVIN H STRONG 23 reg and Thomas J Strong 1st Art Co G killed South river but now is buried in Willoughby Cemetery...." Email from Oscar (OASH19@aol.com 2/16/2003)
Married 22 Nov 1676 Timothy STANLEY (dod 26 Nov 1728), son of Capt. John STANLEY and Sarah SCOTT. He was from Farmington, CT and later Waterbury, CT. No issue.
Married first on 15 Sept 1822 John CONE of Haddam, Ct. He died 5 Mar 1835. Children: James Wells, George Gilbert, Clarissa and John W. CONE. Married second on 25 Sept 1836 Hiram BROOKS. Children: Charles Wells, Henry Strong, James Harris and Ellen Elizabeth BROOKS. (Dwight, p 176).
Mary Caroline Brasher, 78, of Duncan, Oklahoma passed away Friday morning, January 5, 2018 in Duncan. Funeral services will be held at 2:00PM Monday January 8, 2018 at Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Glenn McGee officiating. Interment will follow at Duncan Cemetery under the care of Don Grantham Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 5:30 to 7:00pm Sunday evening, January 7, 2018 at the funeral home.
Caroline was born in Duncan, Oklahoma on March 18, 1939. She was the fourth of seven children of Homer and Anna Laura. She was baptized and raised in the Assumption Catholic Church in Duncan where she was a member for many years. She often spoke of warm childhood memories of family, friends, dancing and music. She recalled as a very young child meeting her father on Friday afternoons coming home from Ft. Sill during the War and walking home with him and about being the fastest runner on the street as a child, frequently out running her male playmates. She dearly loved her brothers and sister.
After high school, she met James Earl "Jim" Brasher, an army serviceman stationed at Fort Sill and they soon fell in love and were married May 28, 1960. Caroline and Jim became lifelong residents of Duncan where they raised their four children. Caroline was a tireless homemaker, ran a small day-care from home, and was avidly involved in her children's school and sports activities. Caroline enjoyed spending her later years collecting and watching classic movies, listening to Frank Sinatra tunes, remodeling her homes, attending family reunions and traveling. She loved the colorful Southwest desert landscape, and made a few trips to visit the rich cultural heritage found in Santa Fe, New Mexico with family and church members. She loved following OU football and OKC Thunder basketball. Most of all, she loved her family and was very proud of her children's and grandchildren's accomplishments. She was passionate about giving to charitable causes including religious and cultural affiliations. She drew strength from Billy Graham and other evangelical ministries and was a prayer warrior, especially during her beloved husband's prolonged illness.
Caroline is preceded in death by her devoted husband of 57 years, her parents, Homer and Anna Laura Strong, her sister, Theresa, and beautiful granddaughter Alexandra. Caroline is survived by her children Regina Stuart and her husband, Don; Libby Morris and her husband Terry; Andy Brasher and his wife, Kim; and Patti Moore and her husband Steve. Grandchildren Brandon, Shelby, Beau, Victoria, Trevor, Caroline, Jeremy, Caelan, Shannon and Kathleen. Great-grandchildren Jackson, Addison, James, Elizabeth and Clay all of whom she loved and was so very proud of.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Christians Concerned at 702 W. Willow Ave, Duncan, OK 73533. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.granthamfuneralhomes.com.
In both the Strong Family History Updates, and on the official website, the wife of John Strong of Chard, who is the mother of Elder John Strong of New England, is listed as unknown. It is written only that "She pos. m. 2) William Cogan, father of Eleanor Cogan, wife of Walter Deane."
SOURCE: http://www.geocities.com/sfaapage/
On Marily Maxfield King's Genealogy website, located at , the mother of Elder John Strong is instead shown as Elinor DEANE, the daughter of Walter DEANE and Johanna WALSELE. No sources are cited. If this is correct, then Elder John Strong's mother was also the Aunt to his first wife, Margerie DEANE.
Benjamin Dwight wrote that he "was a farmer at Brandon, Vt., and at Cincinnati, O. (1800-1806), and afterwards at Jamestown, Green county, O., where he d. of spotted fever....buried in the same grave (as his wife who died from this the following day."
Mrs. Nora Belle Rudersdorf, aged 54, of 4212 Rush Blvd, wife of Harley Rudersdorf, died of a heart ailment at 6:05 p.m. Monday at her home after an illness of three years. Born Feb. 13, 1891, in Bristolville, she was a daughter of Fred and Alberta STRONG. She lived in Youngstown pratically all her life, coming from Bristolville as a child. She was a member of Pleasant Grove U.P. Church, Miriam Chapter of Eastern Star, and Daughters of America. Besides her husband, Harley, whom she married 32 years ago, she leaves two daughters, Mrs. Alberta KISER and Mrs. Ruth HUMPHREY and a son, Gordon RUDERSDORF, all of Youngstown; four sisters, Mrs. William GRIFFITH, Grace STRONG, and Alberta CUTTING, all of Youngstown, and Mrs. Paul SHALLENBERGER of Warren; two brothers, Harmon STRONG of Youngstown and Harry STRONG of Tuscon, Ariz., and three grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hofmeister Memorial Funeral Home where friends may cal lthis evening and Wednesday evening.
Youngstown Vindicator
Tuesday April 10, 1945, pg. 7
Courtesy of Jean Kling Baun
1920 Census
Ohio, Mahoning, Youngstown
Enumerated 13 Jan 1920
SD 18 ED 221 Sheet 12A
727-233-255
Rudersdorf, Harley H M W 30 M Ohio Ohio Ohio Machinist Foun
dry
Rudersdorf, Belle W F 2 29 M Ohio Ohio Ohio
Rudersdorf, Alberta D F W 6 S Ohio Ohio Ohio
Rudersdorf, Ruth D F W 1 1/12 S Ohio Ohio Ohio
Rudersdorf, Gordon S M W 3 11/12 S Ohio Ohio Ohio
Strong, Harry Brother-in-Law M W 23 S Ohio Ohio Ohio Labor Tub Mill
Strong, Grace Sister-in-law F W 19 S Ohio Ohio Ohio
1930 Census
Ohio, Mahoning County, Youngstown
ED 50-93 SD 10 Sheet 12B
Ruderstorf, Harley Hd Own $6500 M W 40 M23 Ohio Ohio Ohio Machinist Foundry
Ruderstorf, Belle Wf F W 39 M22 Ohio Ohio Ohio
Ruderstorf, Alberta Dtr F W 16 S Ohio Ohio Ohio
Ruderstorf, Gordon Son M W 14 S Ohio Ohio Ohio
Ruderstorf, Ruth Dtr F W 11 S Ohio Ohio Ohio
Benjamin Dwight notes that "he was a farmer at Coventry: a member for fifty-three sessions, including extra ones of the General assembly, having been thirty-eight times elected to the legislature: a selectman for six years, justice of the peace for many years, and for a long period a deacon of the church."
DISTINGUISHED DESCENDANTS of Dea. PHINEHAS STRONG
Glenn Close born 19 March, Greenwich, CT Broadway and film actress and producer Nominated for an Academy Award for her first feature film,
The World According to Garp (Source: SFAA Newsletter, Oct 2002)
He is said to have received his name from the fact that he was born in a great snow storm and was preserved alive nonetheless. He removed from Northhampton to Lebanon, Ct., in 1714, and after 1720 to Coventry, Ct., and was one of the selectmen of Coventry in 1730, '31, '34, and '35. (Dwight, p 986).
For many years, it was assumed by his descendants that Ralph's middle name was pronounced Bernard. However, on Ralph's death certificate, filed by son Walter, his middle name was listed as "Brenard." Walter also named one of his sons after his father. Although the exact spelling he intended is not clear, his son's name was pronounced "Branyard." It appears, therefore, that Ralph shared his middle name with his father "Brainerd," a name that was apparently common in New England, but rare in rural Texas and Oklahoma.
1860 OHIO Census, Trumbull County Bristol Township Enumerated on 24 August 1860 With his parents, David Brainerd and Leonora (Sherman) Strong as a 2 year old
There was another Ralph Strong, age 4, on the 1860 Ohio census, the son of Samuel Strong of nearby Lake County, However, his death certificate shows that he was the son of Samuel STRONG and Sarah SCHRAM, and was born in July 1, 1856.
1870 NEBRASKA Census, Johnson County Todd Creek Township
Living with his Uncle, Hezekiah Strong, and listed as R.B. Strong, age 12, born in Ohio, Farm Laborer
Ralph and Mary Ella Hall were married in 1878 in Hunt County, Texas. They were living west of Hunt in 1880, in Collin County, Texas. Mary's parents, Mash and Eliza Hall lived in Collin County as well. By 1900, they had relocated to Hopkins County, Texas.
There was one other Strong family in Collin County in 1880, however, it does not appear that they were related to Ralph as they were from Tennessee.
In April, 1894, Henry A. Strong of Trumbull County, Ohio served as the administrator of the estate of his step-mother, Leanora A. (Sherman) STRONG. He filed a petition to sell lands. In his petition, he filed an affidavit for service by publication on Ralph Strong. The index page to the Estate shows he tried to send the statutorily required "notice to non residents" to Ralph in both Baird, Callihan (sic) County, Texas and in Blue, Indian Territory, apparently with no response. Blue is due North of Hunt County, where Ralph and Ella were married. Baird is in southwest of Collin County, near Abilene, in Callahan County. Ralph and his family apparently next move to the northeast of Collin County, as by 1896 the family was in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas. At the time of the 1900 Federal Census, they were still in Hopkins County.
The 1900 census also indicated that Mary was the mother of nine children, eight of whom were living. According to Viola Strong Weaver's Bible, presented to her by her parents in August, 1950, the ninth child was apparently a son named Harry. He appears to have died young, as neither his birth or death date is recorded in the Bible.
Ralph next moved his family North, to the Oklahoma Terrotory, where Mary Ella died in 1905.
Ralph moved even further westward, where he is listed on the 1910 Roosevelt County, New Mexico Territory Census, Precinct No 12, Dora, with his second wife, Mary Stockbridge, and youngest son Ernest.
This census is notable as it shows Ralph's father as being born in New York instead of Ohio. Charles Strong read the Roosevelt County, New Mexico census for the year of 1920, but was not able to locate the family. Nor was he able to locate the family on the soundex for New Mexico.
Homer Strong reported that in additona to farming his grandfather, Ralph, had worked both as a jockey and a plainclothes policeman. Ralph's great-granddaughter, Peggy Patty, reports that Ralph actually was a bounty hunter, as was his oldest son Augustus (her grandfather). Plainclothes policeman was simply the more polite term the family used to describe this work, of which they were not proud.
On April 15, 1929, about 10 days before his death, Ralph and Mary entered into a warranty deed with Mrs. C. E. MITCHELL. They apparently sold her approximately 160 acres of land for $2,400. Mrs. MITCHELL also became responsible for the mortgage of $500. This land was situated in the Southwest Quarter of Section 24, Township 5 South, Range 34, East of the New Mexico Meriden in the County of Roosevelt, State of New Mexico. They sold it to her "reserving...the use of three (3) acres...the dwelling house, out-buildings, garden and orchards for a home as long as (either or both) of them shall live." On January 16, 1924, they had mortgaged this same 160 acres of land to Beulah H. Gibson for $500. Mary's sister, Celia Stockbridge, was married to a Frank MITCHELL.
In late April, 1929, the following article was published in the DUNCAN BANNER
SONS BRING FATHER HERE FOR TREATMENT
"R.B. Strong, father of Burt and W.W. Strong of Duncan, is being brought here from Partalas (sic), N.M. in a Beeson Grantham ambulance. Burt Strong left with the ambulance Tuesday to get his father, who had been in ill health for some time. They are expected here Thursday morning. Mr. Strong has been at Partalas for several months."
Ralph was moved into the home of his son Burt after being brought to Duncan. However, Burt and his father soon had a tremendous fight, and he moved Ralph to Walter's home. Barney remembers his parents living on the 700 block of Stephens about this time, although the obituary below lists this as the 700 block of 8th street. It is not known which of these addresses is correct. Barney also recalls that Burt and Ralph reconciled immediately before Ralph died.
Ralph's obituary was published in the Duncan (Oklahoma) Eagle Weekly on Thursday, April 25, 1929:
RALPH B. STRONG TAKEN BY DEATH
"Ralph B. Strong, 71 years of age, passed away here at 3:15 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of Walter W. Strong, 705 S. 8th Street. Cancer was the cause of his death. Funeral services were held at the Beeson Grantham Chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon with Rev. T.P. Haskins of the Baptist Church officiating. Burial was at the Lawton Cemetery.
The deceased was a pioneer resident of New Mexico. He had homesteaded there 22 years ago and lived at Portales. He was brought to the home of his son here in Grantham Ambulance about three weeks ago, when his illness became more serious.
Surviving are the wife, seven sons, seventeen grandchildren, and three brothers. [Note: The surviving brothers would have been Frank, Fred and EITHER Charles or George.] The sons are Walter W. and Burt of Duncan, Claude and Earl of Cement, R.J. and A.H. of Tintino (sic), New Mexico, and Earnest of Toledo, Oregon."
On the death certificate, Walter W. Strong was the informant. He indicated that the parents of Ralph Brenard Strong were not known.
Rhodene Frederick found the following records relating to Ralphs burial at the Highland Cemetery in Lawton (Section 3276):
Strong, Ralph B., b. 1857, d. Apr 20, 1929, 72y, Ohio
His first wife, Mary Ella Hall, two of his sons (Leon and Walter), a daughter-in-law (Tessie Soukup) and grandson (Jake Strong) were buried in the same section.
1880 Census
Texas, Collin County
Strong, Ralf B,W, M, 23, Head, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio, Farmer
Strong, Mary E, W, F, 22, Wife, MO, TN,TN, Keeping House, No RW
Strong, Augustus,1,Son,TX,OH,MO
1900 Census
Texas, Hopkins County
Strong, Ralph,43,May 1857, OH, OH, OH, Farmer Married 23 Years, RW
Strong, Mary E,43, Apr 1861, MR, VA, TN,Married 23 Years, No RW
Strong, Leon S, 16, Apr 1864, TX, OH, MR, Laborer, No RW
Strong, Berthodne, 9 Oct 1880, TX, OH, MR, Laborer, No RW
Strong, Claudie E, 7 Oct 1892, TX, OH, MR, No RW
Strong, Raughley J, 6 Oct 1894, TX, OH, MR, No RW
Strong, Earl J, 3 Mar 1897, TX, OH, MR Strong, Earnest, 1 Apr 1899, TX, OH, MR
1910 Census
New Mexico Territory, Roosevelt County, Precinct No 12
Strong, Ralph B, Head, M, W, 53, M2, 3 Years,Ohio,New York, Ohio,English,Farmer, RW, O/F/F
Strong, Mary J, Wife, F,W,50, M1, 3 Years,Virginia,Maine, Tennessee, English,RW
Strong, Ernest R., Son,M,W,10,Texas,Ohio,Missouri,English, Farm Laborer,Reads
RALPH WILLIFORD STRONG BORN: April 15, 1917, Vinson, Oklahoma DIED: July 23, 2003, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Services were held July 26, 2003 at the First Christian Church, Clinton, Oklahoma. Burial followed at the Clinton Cemetery, Clinton. Casket bearers were Scott Strong, Tim Strong, Brett Brewer, Brent Brewer, Scott Morris, and Jim Barnhart. (Extracted from Lee Funeral Home Memorial at Funeral, Charles R. Strong)
Ralph was born in Lake County, and moved with his parents to nearby Cleveland prior to the 1870 census. At the time of the 1880 Federal census, he had left home, and was living with John Webb, who ran a Meat Market. Ralph drove a delivery wagon.
I was unable to locate him at the time of the 1900 census. He was still in Cleveland at the time of the 1910 census, however. Although he is listed as married, his wife and children are not present. He is living in a rooming home with several other single men. His son Harold was in the Navy. Son Harold was was listed on the 1910 census on the Military census, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Conneticut, District 18, as STRONG, Harold J M W 18 Ohio Ohio Ohio.
Sometime before the 1920 census, Ralph returned with his family to Lake County. It appears that he and his wife seperated before 1930, and that Ralph moved to Virginia with son Harry.
However, Ralph eventually moved back to Ohio, living to the age of 88. His obituary appears below:
Source: Plain Dealer; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #078 ID# 0351076 Strong, Ralph W. Date: Jan 29, 1948 Notes: Strong, Ralph W., beloved husband of the late Weltha; father of Mrs. Grace THOMAS of Cleveland, Mrs. Virginia SHANKS of Columbus, O., and the late Harry E. Strong of Falls Church, Va.; grandfather of Thomas Richard Strong, Robert William Strong, John William THOMAS; passed on Wednesday morning (Jan 28). Friends may call at Dodge's Funeral Home, 1331 Hayden Ave., corner of Elm, where services will be held Saturday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6R9-DYN
Name: Ralph W Strong
Titles & Terms:
Event: Death
Event Date: 28 Jan 1948
Event Place:
Residence:
Street Address:
Gender: Male
Death Age: 91y6m27d
Marital Status:
Race: White
Occupation:
Birth Date: 01 Jul 1856
Birthplace: Willoughby, Ohio
Estimated Birth Year: 1857
Burial Date:
Burial Place:
Cemetery:
Father: Lemuel Strong
Father's Titles & Terms:
Father's Birthplace:
Mother: Sarah Schram
Mother's Titles & Terms:
Mother's Birthplace:
Spouse: Weltha A. Strong
Spouse's Titles & Terms:
Reference Number: certificate
Film Number: 2246453
Digital Folder Number: 4109082
Image Number: 02150
Collection: Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953
John W.S. WEBB Self M Male W 28 ENG Meat Market ENG ENG
Nettie A. WEBB Wife M Female W 27 OH Keeping House NJ OH
Abby Z. WEBB Dau S Female W 6 OH At School ENG OH
Charles W. WEBB Son S Male W 2 OH ENG OH
Harry K. WEBB Son S Male W 3M OH ENG OH
Lena WANGER Other Female W 17 OH Servant PRUS PRUS
Belle SCELI Other Female W 21 CAN Servant CAN CAN
Ralph STRONG Other S Male W 22 OH Delivery Waggon OH OH
Source Information:
Census Place Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio
Family History Library Film 1255006
NA Film Number T9-1006
Page Number 66A
1910 Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland, Ward 25, Dist.
385 East 101 Street
STRONG, Ralph W Roomer age 53 M1 19 Oh Oh Oh Salesman-Produce
1920 Census, Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby Township
STRONG, Ralph W Head age 63 M Oh Oh Oh Farmer
STRONG, Weltha Wife age 56 M Oh Oh Oh
STRONG, Harold Son age 26 M Oh Oh Oh Soldier
STRONG, Virginia F Daug age 12 S Oh Oh Oh
STRONG, Harold Jr. Grandson age 3 6/12 S Oh Oh Oh
1930 Federal Census Falls Church, Fairfax County, Virginia
128-129
Strong, Harry E. Head $8000 R age 37 Oh Oh Oh Painter House
Strong, Leliari P Wife age 36 Pa Pa Pa Stenographer
Passley, Arthur Brother-in-law age 23 Pa Pa Pa
Passley, Nellie E Sister-in-law age 20 Pa Pa Pa
Passley, Mary N Sister-in-law age 19 Pa Pa Pa
Strong, Ralph W Father age 74 Oh Oh Oh
Benjamin Dwight writes that he was "a farmer of Brandon, Vt., and after 1793, at Westmoreland, Oneida Co,, N.Y where he died....He was a Revolutionary soldier, and was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis."
He married a Anna in Pomana, California. They are buried in Prairie Home Cemetery, Waukesha, Wisconsing. They had one daughter, Lillian May, who married a Mr. FRENCH. (Robert S. Strong, SFAA Historian).
Dwight lists him as "a farmer in Greenfield, Milwaukee Co., Wis., m. Pamela FULLER, sister to his father's second wife." (Dwight, p 194).
Reuben was the first deacon of The First Baptist Church of West Allis, which was organized by Elder Richard Griffing in 1836, the first organized religion to establish itself in the area. The church struggled its first few years, trying to hold firm in its existence, but, finally, in May 1841 the 37 charter members voted to disband and reorganize in North Greenfield (now West Allis). On June 2, 1841, delegates met at the home of Eber Cornwall and established the Baptist Church of Greenfield. In its early years the church formed a circuit of three nearby churches under one pastor. Services were held in Cornwall's home, then in a schoolhouse and later in a building on land owned by Reuben Strong, the first deacon of the church. A church building was finally erected in 1869 at South 83rd Street and West National Avenue under the leadership of Rev. Enoch Underwood. When the Madison Division of the Northwestern Railroad was built through West Allis in 1883, the building was relocated to south 84th Street and West Mitchell Street.(http://www.firstbaptistwestallis.org/history.html)
1850 Census
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Greenfield, 17th District
Enumerated 1 Aug 1850
968-997
Beecher (sic) STRONG 36 $1500 Farmer NY
Pamelia STRONG 37 NY
Jane STRONG 14 Wisc
Ansel STRONG 11 Wisc
Mary STRONG 9 Wisc
Angela STRONG 7 Wisc
Harriet STRONG 5 Wisc
Myrin STRONG 4 Wisc
Coly STRONG 2/12 Wisc
1860 Census
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Greenfield Twp
Enumerated 1 Jun 1860
Page 3
16-16
Wallace and Jane Cross and family
17-17
Reuben STRONG 46 Farmer 8000 NY
Pamelia STRONG 47 NY
Ansel STRONG 21 Farmer 1000 Wisc
Angelina STRONG 17 Wisc
Harriet STRONG 16 Wisc
Myron W STRONG 14 Wisc
Coley M STRONG 11 Wisc
(Note: Ansel appears ALSO to be listed on the 1860 Nebraska Territory Census, living with his Uncle Hezekiah Strong in Nemaha. He is shown as an 18 year old Mail Carrier born in Wisconsin. There is not a date on the Nebraska territory census, so it is possible it was taken later than June, and Ansel was counted twice).
1870 Census
Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Greenfield Twp
Enumerated 2 Jun 1860
Page 5 Stamped 61
41-38
Wallace and Jane Cross and family
42-39
Reuben STRONG 56 Farmer $10,850 $1000 NY
Permelia STRONG 57 Keeping House NY
Myron STRONG 24 M Wisc
Mary LEONARD 18 F Domestic Wisc
1880
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Greenfield
Reuben STRONG Head 65 NY Farmer Ct Ct
Permelia STRONG Wife 67 Ny Ct Ct
Arthur N JOHNSON Gson 8 MI Wi Wi
Philena REYNOLDS Niece 21 Wi Wi Ct
Funeral for Robert Henry "Bob" Strong, 84, Lawton, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Calvary Baptist Church with David D. King, pastor, officiating.
Mr. Strong died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2009, at his home.
Burial will be at Highland Cemetery under direction of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home.
He was born May 9, 1924, in Wellston, to Walter W. and Stella Crouch Strong. He and his family moved to Lawton, and he graduated from Lawton High School in 1943. He served in the Army during World War II in England, France, Belguim, Germany, and Austria. He served in Patton's 3rd Army and was awarded five Battle Stars as well as the Presidential Unit Citation. He was honorably discharged in January 1946. He married Viola Bard on Aug. 4, 1956, in Lawton. She died Jan. 13, 2005. He married Billie Howeth on Feb. 16, 2008. He worked at Montgomery Wards for 40 years, retiring as the shoe department manager in 1982. He had been a member of Calvary Baptist Church since 1965. He sang in the choir and taught the Men's Sunday School Class for eight years. He was also a member of the 50 plus choir at First Baptist Church and was a volunteer with RSVP.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; four stepdaughters and their husbands: Waynna and John Fremin, Alaska; Susan and Albert Culp, Anna Laura and Chuck Plymesser, all of Lawton; and Cathy and Dennis Mayo, Indiahoma; a brother, Barney Strong, Gainesville, Texas; a sister, Violet Weaver, Henryetta, Texas; two nieces: Sue Anna O'Hara, Houston; and Linda Williams, Sand Springs; seven nephews and their wives: Charles and Carolyn Lewis, Houston; Tommy and Elwanda Lewis, Lawton; Byron and Della Rice, Weatherford, Texas; Benny and Pam Strong, Gainesville, Texas; and Edward and Patsy Bard, Jack and Pat Bard, and David and Carol Bard, all of Lawton; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and two special friends: Stacie and Darrin Bain.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and four brothers: Homer Strong, Jack Strong, Cecil Lewis and Roy West. Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary Baptist "Forward In Faith" Fund, 715 SW H, Lawton 73501, or to Hospice of Southwest Oklahoma, 1930 Ferris, Suite 5, Lawton 73507.
Friends may call from 6-8 p.m. today at the funeral home. An online guest book and sympathy cards are available at grayfuneral.com.
Benjamin Dwight (p. 175) listed him as follows: "Rodney Strong b. Aug. 8, 1790, m. 10 Apr 1828, Mary Taylor. He d. 1868. He had a second (sic) wife, name not given. Children: By first wife: John Harris Strong Sophia Elizabeth Strong m. a Mr. Palmer Mary Amanda Strong Emmeline Strong Sarah Jane Strong By second wife: John Taylor Strong Charles Henry Strong"
It appears from the census records, below, that Mary Taylor must have been the second wife, especially in light of the marriage date of 1828 and considering his eldest son from the second marriage was listed as John Taylor Strong.
1820 Federal Census Chagain, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 0-1-0-2;2-0-0-1
1830 Federal Census Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 1-0-0-0-0-1;1-2-1-0-1
1840 Federal Census Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio 0-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-1;0-0-1-1-1-0-1
1850 Federal Census East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio #
2471-2691
Rodney Strong age 60 M Farmer Ct.
Mary age 49 F Ct.
Sophia E. Palmer age 32 F Oh.
Ch. H. Palmer age 19 M Student Oh.
Anna M. Rune? age 7 F Oh.
Jesse Palmer age 50 M Agent Ins. Co PA
Rodney and Mary appear to be listed twice on the 1860 census. Perhaps they had two homes, and were counted in both?
Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Euclid Page 744 #342-332
Strong, Rodney 69 M Occ ??? Conn Strong, Mary A 55 F Conn
1860 Federal Census Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Ward 6 Page 60 #478-473
Strong, R age 69 M Gentleman Conn Strong, Mary age 60 F Conn
Perry, AA M Merchant Mass
Perry, EA age 36 F (Emmeline??)
Perry, Josephine Ohio
Perry, Arthur Ohio
Rolla served in the Navy during World War I. In 1910, he was living with his brother Walter's family in Prague, Comanche County, Oklahoma. He had moved to Oklahoma City prior to the 1920 census, where he was residing in a boarding home. He later homesteaded around Portales, New Mexico, eventually moving to Greystone, Colorado where he also patented land. Charles Strong spoke to some old time residents of Portales, New Mexico on a research trip. One such resident, J. B. Bates, remembered that Rolla worked for his father durign the winters.
His Colorado land patent was subscribed and sworn on October 17, 1929 at the Department of the Interior in Denver, Colorado. J.C. Thomas and A.H. Strong were witnesses. The land was W 1/2 E 1/2, W 1/2 Section 13, NE 1/4 Sec. 14 Tp. 8 N. Range 102 West 6th Principal Meridan, containing 640 acres. He used to land to raise catlle.
His last move westward was to California, where he continued to ranch.
California Death Index:
STRONG ROLLO JEFFERSON 10/17/1894 HALL M OKLAHOMA TULARE 08/29/1980
His death certificate indicated that he was the son of Ralph Strong-Ohio and Mary Hall-Missouri. It also shows that he never married. His occupation was shown as a self employed rancher of 40 years. His address at the time of his death was 237 So. Alta Vista, Porterville. It was indicated that he died as the result of a two car collision on Highway 65 and Avenue 128 in Porterville, in which he was the driver.
On the 1870 Census, Cooke County, Texas, Household #7 in Precinct #3, is headed by Rozella Willburn. She is living with her 5 children and 65 year old Anna Strong born in Pennsylvania. I presume her to be R. Strong born 1841 in Ohio. The birth year and birth location match. It appears she married a Mr. Willburn prior to the birth of her oldest listed child, John W., age 15. Her husband may have died sometime around or after the birth of her youngest child, Hiram age 5.
DISTINGUISHED DESCENDANTS of SAMUEL STRONG (SFAA, Strong Family Update, Vol. III, pp. xxxi and xxxii).
Mary Strong COOK b. 1816 m. Eugene Franklin SKINNER. They were early Oregon settlers. Marysville, Oregon is named for her and Eugene, Oregon is named for him.
This STRONG family can be found on the Armagh Twp, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania census in 1830, 1840 and 1850. They are not a branch of the Eld. John Strong family, but are likely descended from Schim STRANG aka James STRONG of York County, Pennsylvania.
This is the line from which Russ Strong (rgstrong@rgstrong-genes.com), who kindly provided us with coding that enabled us to execute the FAQ page on our own website, is descended.
More information can be found about this branch at his website at:
http://www.rgstrong-genes.com/
As well as at the Strong DNA Study Website:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~donegalstrongs/dnaresults.htm
(Kit #16001, grouped with the STRANGE of BALCASKIE descendants)
In the manuscript STRANGE OF BALCASKIE, 3rd Ed. by John Mayer
And finally in STRONG FAMILY HISTORIES, Volume V pp. 526-532
Additional information about Schim Strang/James Strong can also be found in the STRONG FAMILY HISTORIES, Volume V pp. 148-193
Benjamin Dwight writes that he "grad. at Fairfield Med. Acad. , Herkimer Co., N.Y. in 1826...a practising physician at Amherst, O., and afterwards Elyria, O....Dr. Strong was twice a member of the Ohio Legislature, and a member of the Methodist church."
1860 Ohio Census, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ward 3, Page 376 #154-156 Strong, Samuel M 27 M Druggest Ohio Strong, Dora 24 F Ohio Strong, Samuel 2 mo M Ohio
1870 Ohio Census #96-98 Samuel STRONG 37 M W Oh Druggist Dora STRONG 34 F W Oh Keeping House Samuel STRONG 10 M W At school Lee STRONG 3 M W At School
There were at least three (3) Samuel Strong's of approximately this age in the north-eastern area of Ohio in the 1860's.
1850 Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Ind. S.S. Strong age 33 M Druggist $800 Ohio Mrs. Strong age 27 F Ohio Rowland age 7 M Indiana Norman age 4 M Indiana Charles age 2 M Indiana Mary age 3/12 M Indiana
1870 Elkhart, Elkhart Co., Ind. pg. 296 Samuel S. Strong53 b. Oh. Farmer $23,000 $3,000 Louise M. " 34 Oh. Wallis A. " 15 In. Bonniebel " 9 In. Jamie " 7 In. Freddie " 4 In. Clarance " 2 In. Fanny L. " 35 Oh. Sister? Daughter in Law?
Rhodene Frederick found the following: Strong, Sara Ella, dau of D.B. & B.A. (sic) Strong, d Dec 3, 1860, 4y diptheria
This shows her as a daughter of David by his first wife, in error. Betsey had been dead several years before Sarah Ella was born. The actual tombstone, however, shows her to be a daughter of David and Leanora.