Henry G. STRONG

  Research Notes:

Some researchers have identified Henry G. Strong as a son of Martin and Margaret (Scrivner) Strong. They appear to have confused Henry G. Strong with Harvey Strong, two different individuals as shown by the roster for the 9th Battalion Missouri Sharpshooters. Harvey was identified as a surviving son who lived in Arkansas in the obituaries for Martin and Margaret; per the 1850 census he was listed as H. Strong, born about 1839.

Although Henry is never enumerated by name in the household of Hiram and Rebecca Strong, other evidence is persuasive he was their oldest son: he fits their family profile in the 1840 census; while he does not appear with the family in the 1850 census, that was probably because he was old enough to be on his own; in the 1870 census he and his children are split between the households of Eli and James, probably because of the death of his wife; his son, James R. was presumably named after my James R. Strong; and finally, I have a photograph of a family picnic in Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri, where Henry and his family then lived, which is inscribed on the back with the names of Polly Strong and her children and says the picnic was with a cousin -- it appears Henry's entire family, as it then existed, is pictured.

  Birth Notes:

Census records and his obituary list various birth states: Tennessee, Illinois and Missouri. Missouri can be ruled out because younger siblings were born in Illinois.

  Death Notes:

Obituary from The Weekly Post, Friday, 15 Nov 1907, Page 3, Col. 3:

"W. [sic] G. Strong age 78 years died at his home 810 South College street Monday night of old age.
He leaves a wife and four children[.] Mr. Strong was born in Cole county, Mo., in April 1829 and moved to Vernon in 1881. He and his family have resided in Nevada since last April.
Rev. E. F. Wright conducted the funeral services today at 12:30 o'clock. The remains were buried at Bearea, near Walker, Tuesday.
Deceased was a man of sterling character, loved and admired by all who knew him. A host of friends join his family in mourning his loss."

Per the above obituary, Henry died Monday, 11 Nov 1907, but his gravemarker shows the date of death as 9 Nov 1907. I favor the accuracy of the gravemarker over the obituary. Also, the obituary seems to indicate he was buried before the funeral service. Query.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census: 1840, Cole County, Missouri. ⁷

Household of Hiram Strong: Presumed to be the male age 10-15.

2. Deed: 1852, Cole County, Missouri. ⁸

Dated 20 Aug 1852, Filed 15 Dec 1854, Bk K:527
James McCoy and Eleanor Jane his wife to Henry Strong; $300 for the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of Sec. 36, Twp. 44, Range 14 and the NW fractional 1/4 and the W1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Sec. 31, Twp. 44, Range 13.

3. Deed: 1855, Cole County, Missouri. ⁸

Dated 6 Feb 1855, Filed 8 Feb 1855, Bk K:575
Henry G. Strong and Mary Jane Strong his wife of Cole County to Luke R. Ray of Cole County; $550 for the E1/2 of the NE1/4 of Sec. 36 [26?], Twp. 34, Range 14 and the SW1/4 and the W1/2 of the NE1/4 os Sec. 21 [31?], Twp. 44, Range 13, all together about 189 acres. [This legal description was very difficult to read. I rather expect the property sold was that which was acquired in 1852.]

4. Deed: 1857, Cole County, Missouri. ⁹

Dated 25 Feb 1857, Filed 27 Feb 1867, Bk L:567
Jeremiah Meadows to Henry Strong; the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Sec. 27, Twp. 44, Range 13, 40 acres. [This information comes from the Deed Index. The actual deed was inadvertently not reviewed.]

5. Deed: 1859, Cole County, Missouri. ¹⁰

Dated 25 Aug 1859, Filed 25 Aug 1859, Bk N:142
Henry Strong and Mary Jane his wife of Cole County to Michael Bansberger of Cole County; $500 for the NW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Sec. 27, Twp. 44, Range 13, 40 acres.

6. Deed: 1859, Cole County, Missouri. ¹⁰

Dated 31 Aug 1859, Filed 2 Apr 1860, Bk N:484
William Meadows and Emily his wife of Cole County to Henry Strong of Cole County; $250 for the SW1/4 of the SE1/4 of Sec. 28, Twp. 44N, Range 13W, 40 acres.

7. Census: 1860, Cole County, Missouri. ³

Dwelling 324, Family 328
Henry Strong, age 32, male, farmer, born in Illinois, cannot read or write
Mary Strong, age 23, female, born in Missouri, cannot read or write
Andrew Strong, age 2, male, born in Missouri
Sarah Strong, age 1, female, born in Missouri

8. Military Service: Abt 1861-1865, Missouri. ^{11 12}

9th Battalion Missouri Sharpshooters, CSA
Strong, Henry, Co. A

At the Missouri State Archives' Soldiers Database, an H. G. Strong is shown to have been with Parson's Brigade Pindall's Battalion. The supporting record is the 8th annual meeting of Ex-Confederate Missourians in Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri in 1890. Since Henry G. Strong lived in Vernon County, this record is presumed to be for him. Pindall's Sharpshooters and the 9th Battalion Missouri Sharpshooters were one and the same.

Pindall's Sharpshooters fought at Prairie Grove, Helena, Little Rock and Pleasant Hill as part of Parson's Brigade.

[Also in Co. A were Harvey Strong and Levi Strong, sons of Martin Strong. Jesse M. Strong, who hasn't been identified, was a 1st. Lt. in Co. B. Prior to the Sharpshooters, Jesse also served in Co. D of the 11th Missouri Volunteers Infantry, where James Riley Strong and Moses Strong served in Co. C.]

9. Census: 1870, Vernon County, Missouri. ^{13 14}

Household of James Strong:
Henry Strong, age 40, male, born in Missouri
Hannah Strong, age 8, female, born in Missouri
Chas. Strong, age 2, male, born in Missouri

[Chas. may be a misidentification of James's daughter, Sarah, also age 2, who was otherwise omitted from the census. If not, then Chas. apparently died before the 1880 census. Note Henry's children, Sarah E., age 11, and Robert S., age 4, were enumerated in the household of Henry's brother, Eli, in Moniteau County, Missouri.]

10. Census: 1880, Henry County, Missouri. ¹⁵

Dwelling 222, Family 224
Strong, Henry G., white, male, age 50, married, farmer, born In Missouri, no entry for birthplace of parents.
Strong, Nancy, white, female, age 38, wife, married, keeping house, born in MIssouri, father and mother born in Tennessee.
Strong, Hannah, white, female, age 18, daughter, single, at home, born in Missouri, father and mother born in Missouri, attended school.
Strong, Robert L., white, male, age 15, son, single, helper on farm, born in Missouri, father and mother born in Missouri, attended school.
Strong, Nettie C., white, female, age 4, daughter, born in Missouri, father and mother born in Missouri.
Strong, James R., white, male, age 3, son, born in Missouri, father and mother born in Missouri.

11. Deed: 1881, Vernon County, Missouri. ^{16 17}

Dated 14 Mar 1881, Recorded 14 Mar 1881, Bk 15:443
James M. Compton and Maggie A. Compton to Henry G. Strong; $480 for the SE1/4 of the SW1/4 of Sec. 26, Twp. 37, Range 31, 40 acres more or less.

[This appears to be where Henry and family lived in the 1900 census, for the 1886 plat map shows Henry still owning this land.]

12. Census: 1900, Vernon County, Missouri. ^{2 18}

Dwelling 66, Family 66

Strong, Henry G.; head; white; male; born Apr 1829; age 71; married 26 years; born in Tennessee; father and mother born in Tennessee; farmer; can read and write and speaks English.

Strong, Nancy ?; wife; white; female; born Oct 1841; age 58; married 26 years; 6 children, 4 living; born in Missouri; father and mother born in Tennessee; can read and write and speaks English.

Strong, Flora G.; daughter; white; female; born May 1884; age 16; single; born in Missouri; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Missouri; can read and write and speaks English.

Strong, Martha E.; daughter; white; female; born Jan 1882; age 18; single; born in Missouri; father born in Tennessee; mother born in Missouri; can read and write and speaks English.

[In another part of Osage Twp., son James R. Strong is enumerated in the household of Charles Elliot, Family 89, as follows: Strong, James R.; boarder; white; male; born Mar 1877; age 23; single; born in Missouri; [parents' birthplaces unreadable]; barber; can read and write and speaks English.]

13. Deed: 1907, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri. ¹⁹

Dated 1 Apr 1907, Recorded 1 Apr 1907
Kate E. Tummel and Wiliam F. Tunnel her husband to Henry G. Strong; $1500 for Lots One, Two and Three in Block Seven of Grove Addition to Nevada, Missouri.

14. Estate Administration: 1907, Vernon County, Missouri. ⁶

Day of death is not readable due to poor quality of copy.

No Letters of Administration were issued because of the insufficiency of property. Assets listed in the Petition for Refusal of Administration for Insufficiency of Property included a family bible valued at $10, household effects valued at $20, 1 cow valued at $30, a road wagon valued at $20, 3 pigs valued at $5, and cash in bank of $225.

Henry married Mary Jane MEADOWS on 15 Oct 1854 in Cole County, Missouri.¹ (Mary Jane MEADOWS was born about 1837 in Missouri ³ and died before 1870 in Missouri ¹³.)

Henry next married Nancy E. about 1874 in Missouri.² (Nancy E. was born on 28 Mar 1841 in Missouri,^{2 5 20} died on 27 Aug 1912 in Vernon County, Missouri ^{5 21 22} and was buried on 29 Aug 1912 in Berea Cemetery, Ketterman, Vernon County, Missouri ^{5 21}.)