Dear Sharon: I checked many sources in our local genealogy library with pretty much zero results. I checked an 1860 and 1870 Census Index for the State of Oregon. I found a James Strong in Marion Co. in 1860 and in Multnomah Co. in 1870. 1860 Marion Co. Oregon Strong, James 24 IL farmer living with Cone, O.H. 29 m IN farmer Margt.J. (Strong) 19 f IL George 6 m OR Josephine 3 f OR I checked marriages for James Strong and Laura Ann Fletcher in the following counties: Linn, Multnomah, Marion, Clackamas, Benton and Polk. No marriage that matched. When I searched Marion County censuses for 1870 and 1880, I found a number of Cone families located in Butteville. I have a friend who has a listing for the cemetery at Butteville. I will check with her on the Cones, Fletchers and Strongs if you think this might be a possibility. Did your family go to eastern Washington to get free land in the 1860s as did many of the pioneers of the Willamette Valley? Sorry that I couldn't help more. It appears that your Strong family was probably just passing through. Pat