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Hiram STRONG
(Abt 1809-1850)
Rebecca SCRIVNER
(Abt 1809-After 1870)
Joseph Stewart BARRY
(-Bef 1842)
Sarah Jane KING
(Abt 1806-After 1880)
Eli STRONG
(1833-1876)
Elizabeth K. BARRY
(1839-1873)
Sarah Leilly STRONG
(1868-1919)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Alexander M. KORSMEYER

Sarah Leilly STRONG 1

  • Born: 20 Jun 1868, Moniteau County, Missouri 2
  • Marriage: Alexander M. KORSMEYER on 1 Sep 1906 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
  • Died: 5 Sep 1919, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
  • Buried: 7 Sep 1919, Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado

bullet   Another name for Sarah was Lillie and Lillian.

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bullet  Birth Notes:

There are several versions of her date of birth in the records:
1. 20 Jun 1868 per the Strong Family Bible;
2. 20 Jun 1867 per an alteration of the family bible date;
3. Abt 1868 per the 1880 census;
4. Apr 1872 per the 1900 census
5. Abt 1879 per the 1910 census
6. 20 Jun 1870 per her Death Certificate

It should also be noted that her older sister, Virginia, was born 19 Oct 1866 per the family bible, which was only 8 months before the altered bible date, suggesting the original entry of 1868 was probably correct. Assuming she was the Sarah in her parents' 1870 household (probably incorrectly enumerated as age 23 instead of 2 to 3), then none of the dates from 1870 on could be correct. I have opted to use the unaltered dates for both Lillie and her older sister Virginia, both because I believe these entries were made by their mother, who should be the best source, and because they seem to fit the other facts better than the alternative dates.

bullet  Death Notes:

Per certified copy of State of Colorado Certificate of Death, File No. 475:

Name: Lillian S. Korsmeyer
Date of Birth: June 20, 1870
Birthplace: MO
Name of father: Ely Strong
Birthplace of father: Ill
Name of mother: Elizabeth Berry
Birthplace of mother: MO
Informant: Alexander Korsmeyer [husband]
Date of death: Sept 5, 1919
Cause of death: Angina Pictoris
Place of Burial: Evergreen
Date of Burial: 9/7/1919

This death certificate was obtained by Sharry Roundtree, a great niece of Lillie, and shared with the author.

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census: 1880, Vernon County, Missouri. 3

Family 152, Harrison Twp
Household of H. B. Gray:
Strong, Lillie, white, female, age 12, orphan, single, attended school, born in MO, parents born in MO

2. Census: 1900, El Paso County, Colorado. 4

Dwelling 586?, Family 684?, Colorado Springs 2nd Ward
Household of _____ Korsmeyer:
Strong, Lillian, roomer, white, female, born Apr 1872, age 28, single, born in Missouri, parents born in Illinois, reads, writes and speaks English

[Future husband, Alexander Korsmeyer, is enumerated as a son of the head of household.]

3. Census: 1910, El Paso County, Colorado. 5

Dwelling 98, Family 107, Colorado Springs Ward 3
Korsmeyer, Alex M, head, male, white, age 40, married 3 years, born Indiana, parents born Germany, bookkeeper in real estate office
Korsmeyer, Lillian L, wife, female, white, age 31, married 3 years, born Missouri, father born Illinois, mother born Missouri


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Sarah married someone Alexander M. KORSMEYER on 1 Sep 1906 in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado. (Alexander M. KORSMEYER was born in Aug 1869 in Indiana 4.)


bullet  Marriage Notes:

Groom was Alexander M. Korsmeyer of Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, and the Bride was S. Lillian Strong of Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. They were married by James C. Rawlings, a Minister of the M. E. Church South. Witnesses were E. B. Simmons and F. W. Korsmeyer.

Note the use of the initial "S" by Lillian in lieu of her first name, thereby removing any doubt she was the Sarah Leilly Strong of the Strong Family Bible record. Query why her residence was then listed as Kansas City.

Thanks to Sharry Roundtree, a great niece of Lillie, for sharing this Certificate of Marriage with the author.

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Sources


1 Strong Family Bible. It would appear the Strong Family Bible may have originally belonged to Eli and Elizabeth Strong, for the births of their children appear to have been entered before the births of the children of J. R. and Polly Strong. This bible may have been the bible that was purchased in 1876 from the Estate of Eli Strong, Dec'd by Sarah Legg, mother of Elizabeth (Barry) Strong and Polly (Legg) Strong, which upon her death probably passed to Polly. Beginning with the birth of Eli and Elizabeth's daughter, Betty, in 1873 (Elizabeth died a week later), the entries appear to have been made by Polly until she died in 1916, at which time the handwriting noticeably changes and thereafter is presumed to be that of Bertha (Strong) Young, Polly's youngest daughter and the possessor of the bible, or at least the Family Record pages, at the time of her death in 1963. It thus appears that before Polly started maintaining the Family Records, the bible only contained entries for the family of Eli and Elizabeth Strong. Once Polly took over, she appears to have added the entries for the J. R. and Polly Strong family. [While Elizabeth's and Polly's handwriting is similar, there are some subtle differences. For example, the "B" in "Born" begins with a loop in the case of the entries for the family of Eli and Elizabeth, while it begins with a straight stroke for the family of J. R. and Polly. Also, the names of J. R. and Polly's children are listed separately in a column on the first page that was originally intended for deaths.] One possible exception to this scenario concerns the marriage information for Eli and Elizabeth - that may have been added by Polly at the same time she added her own marriage information. The handwriting for both marriage entries seems to be identical and it also matches the death entries for Eli and Elizabeth, which were probably made by Polly. Moreover, both marriage entries spell "married" as "maried." The Family Record pages have been removed from the bible, which appears to no longer exist. Originally, these pages immediately followed the end of the Old Testament. It is not known when or by whom the Family Record pages were removed. They may or may not have still been part of the bible when Bertha Dell Young nee Strong died in 1963. After Bertha's death, only the Family Record pages were passed on to her grand-nephew, Robert E. Strong, Jr.

2 Strong Family Bible.

3 1880 Census, Vernon County, Missouri, Roll T9_739, Page 624, E. D. 224 (Ancestry.com Census Image 17 of 22).

4 1900 Census, El Paso County, CO, Roll T623_124, Page 15B (Ancestry.com Census Image 100 of 131).

5 1910 Census, El Paso County, Colorado, Roll T624_119, Page 4A, E. D. 41 (Ancestry.com Census Image 7 of 26)
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