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Hiram STRONG
(Abt 1809-1850)
Rebecca SCRIVNER
(Abt 1809-After 1870)
Samuel LEGG
(1776-1857)
Sarah Jane KING
(Abt 1806-After 1880)
James Riley STRONG
(1841-1890)
Polly Roberson LEGG
(1848-1916)
Sarah E. STRONG
(1868-1885)

 

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Spouses/Children:
James TOLLE

Sarah E. STRONG 2

  • Born: 13 Jan 1868, Moniteau County, Missouri 3
  • Marriage: James TOLLE on 24 Feb 1885 in Vernon County, Missouri 1
  • Died: 10 Sep 1885, Vernon County, Missouri 4
  • Buried: Richland/Wall Cemetery, Richards, Vernon County, Missouri 5

bullet   Another name for Sarah was Sally/Sallie.1 4

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bullet  Research Notes:

Note Sally does not appear with the James Strong family in the 1870 census for Vernon Co., MO. Census error would seem to be the only explanation.

Note that Sally's date of death from her grave marker is 10 Dec 1885, as opposed to 10 Sep 1885 from the Strong Family Bible. Since she married 24 Feb 1885, the date from the grave marker would be consistent with death from child birth. But, since it is not known for sure how she died nor whether there was an accompanying birth or death of a baby, I have decided stay with the date from the Bible.

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bullet  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census: 1880, Vernon County, Missouri. 2

Household of James Strong:
Sarah Strong; white; female; age 12; daughter; single; attended school; born in Missouri; father born in Illinois; mother born in Missouri.


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Sarah married James TOLLE on 24 Feb 1885 in Vernon County, Missouri.1


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Sources


1 Index to Marriages, 1881-1925, Vernon County, Missouri, FHL Film 960,809, Book D, Page 2.

2 1880 Census, Vernon County, Missouri, Henry Twp, E.D. 210, Page 15, Family 130 at Lines 8-15 (Ancestry.com image 15 of 24).

3 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.

4 Strong Family Bible.

5 Charles L. Bernard, Cemetery Directory of Vernon County, Missouri (Vernon County Historical Society, 1979).


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