On Thu, 17 Sep 1998, Robert T. Strong, Jr. wrote: Thanks. I will do as you suggest, and I really appreciate your help. Sue > ATTENTION: Sue Strong Hassler <[email protected]> > > ============================================================== > > Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 11:23:12 -0500 > From: "Donald M. Hassler" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: STRONG, Isaiah > > I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Sue Strong Hassler, from Kent, > Ohio. My father was Marion R. Strong, b.. 1909 (Oklahoma). My grandfather > was William W. Strong, b. 1879 (Mo.). Greatgrandfather was James Ray > Strong, b. 1850 (Mo.), Greatgreat grandfather was Isaiah Strong, b. 1820 in > Tennessee. I'm stuck right there. Don't know who his father was at all. > He married Louisa Turesa Daily in 1844. I found him on an 1860 census in > Greene County, Mo., but haven't been able to go back any further. > > ----------deleted---------- > > Sue Hassler > > =============================================================== > > I believe you will find the Isaiah Strong household on Microfilm Page 379, > Jackson Township, 1850 census of Greene County, Missouri. > > On Page 281, Robinson Township, Greene County, Missouri, 1850 census, > the Noah Strong household is enumerated. > > So this raises the question: Were Isaiah and Noah Strong possibly related? > You might want to visit the archived messages for the Strong Mail List and > do a > search of the messages about Noah Strong, for example, "Noah and MO". > Start on this page. > > http://newsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > I believe Wade Watts <[email protected]> was the person who was doing > research on Noah Strong for a modemless friend. He is not a current Strong > Mail List subscriber. I will send him a carbon of this message. > > In conjunction with the discussion of Noah Strong, there were several other > subscribers to the Strong Mail List who indicated they were researching > Strongs in Southwestern Missouri. Although in different counties, some of > these may have been in fairly close proximity. You might want to do a > search of archived messages for any Strongs in "Missouri" and "MO". > > >From an LDS Family History Center near you, you should be able to order > on indefinite loan the court records of Greene County, MO, such as deeds, > marriage records, etc. These could contain some valuable clues. Nothing > takes the place of nitty-gritty study of courthouse records. It is a slow > process but can pay high dividends. Some records may not be indexed > or the index may be inadequate, so you just sit down before a microfilm > reader and scan every page. > > First, though, please abstract the 1850 census of Isaiah Strong in Greene > County, MO, and post the abstract on the Strong Mail List. > > "BoB T." Strong > > > > > Robert T. Strong, Jr. > 119 Mystic Way > Madison, Al 35757-8801 >