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 CAPTAIN BILL STRONG GENEALOGY

William "Captain Bill" Strong

Born: December 14, 1825

Died: May 8, 1897

Buried: Old Strong Family Cemetery, Sulphur Gap, Breathitt County

Father: Colonel Edward Strong (1791-1869)

Mother: Elizabeth Spencer (1792-1874)


Married: Eliza Hargis, February 21, 1853, in Breathitt County, d/o John Hargis

Born: November 4, 1837, in Pike County

Died: June 7, 1919, in Breathitt County

Buried: Turner-Strong Cemetery, Little, Breathitt County


Note (1): Military Service includes Company D, 6th (Union) Kentucky Cavalry; Company K, 14th (Union) Kentucky Cavalry; and Company E, Three Forks Battalion, Kentucky State Troops (Home Guard)

Children:

William "Flint" Strong

Born: Before 1853 - Died: ca. 1873

Note (1): Killed while working on a freight boat, which fell on him

Note (2): Illegitimate, mother unknown

Note (3): A sharpshooter-scout with Company E (Home Guard)

James Henry Strong

Born: June 13, 1854 - Died: Jan. 10, 1884

Married: Samantha Strong, Feb. 16 or 18, 1875

Elizabeth Jane Strong

Born: Oct. 16, 1856 - Died: Unknown

Married: William Strong, Nov. 25, 1885

Samuel Strong

Born: Nov. 13, 1857 - Died: 1882

Married: America Haddix, Aug. 29, 1881

d/o Hiram and Elizabeth Chaney Haddix

(Unnamed) Strong

Born: Nov. 12, 1859 - Died: Nov. 12, 1859

Edward "Neddy" Strong

Born: May 2, 1863 - Died: June 4, 1932

Buried: Neddy Strong Cemetery, Sulphur Gap, Breathitt County

Married: Patsy Clay, daughter of Elisha Clay

Charles Strong

Born: 1865 - Died: Young

John Logan Strong

Born: May 1866 - Died: June 22, 1939

Married: Elizabeth Strong, July 5, 1888

Lillie Strong

Born: Jan. 10, 1872 - Died: July 4, 1888

William E. "Bub" Strong

Born: Jan. 1874 - Died: 1956-57

Buried: Haddix Cemetery, Haddix, Breathitt County

Married (1): Emoline Johnson

Married (2): Elizabeth Gambill, Nov. 16, 1896

(Unnamed) Strong

Born: June 14, 1876 - Died: Unknown

Mary Edna Strong

Born: Dec. 27, 1878 - Died: 1945

Married: Green Back



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