Anyone familar with this family? Precinct 1, Cooke, Texas 1880 Census W.R. Strong Male Married White age 46 Birthplace Ohio Parents: OH OH E. Strong Wife F Married White age 36 Birthplace MO Parents: TN TN T.J. Strong Son age 18 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO S.J. Strong Dau age 16 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO William W. Strong Son age 14 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO J.L. Strong Son age 10 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO M.C. Strong Dau age 8 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO M. M. Strong Dau age 2 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO I am wondering if they might be related to my husband's great great grandfather, RALPH BERNARD STRONG, born May 1857 in OHIO He can be found in nearby Collin County, Texas in 1880 Ralf B. Strang (sic) Male White age 23 Ohio Father OH Mother OH Mary E. Strong Wife Femalw White age 22 Missouri Father TN Mother TN (She is Mary Ella Hall, drtr of Meeshack and Eliza J (Neal) Hall. Born in Scotland Co, MO) Augustus H. Strong Son M White age 1 Texas Father OH Mother MO Ralph and Mary had eight more sons. These are about the only two families with connections to OHIO that I found in Texas in the entire 1880 census. I also noted they both had connections to Missouri. I suspect they may have some sort of relationship. Thanks, Melinda McLemore Strong

I spent a couple of hours at the San Antonio Library yesterday, and found out the following additional information regarding W.R. Strong. Unfortunately, I could find no apparent link to my Ralph Strong born May, 1857 in Ohio and settled in adjacent Collin County, Texas: Descendants of Anna (the widow) Strong 1 Anna (the widow) Strong b: Abt. 1804 in Pennsylvania .... 2 Rozella Strong b: Abt. 1831 in Ohio ........ +??? Willburn b: Abt. 1830 ........... 3 John W. Willburn b: Abt. 1855 ........... 3 William Willburn b: Abt. 1857 ........... 3 Cyrus Willburn b: Abt. 1859 ........... 3 Joanna Willburn b: Abt. 1861 ........... 3 Hiram Willburn b: Abt. 1866 .... 2 William R. Strong b: Abt. 1834 in Ohio ........ +Elizabeth ??? b: Abt. 1844 in Missouri ........... 3 Thomas J. Strong b: Abt. 1861 ........... 3 S. Jane Strong b: Abt. 1864 ........... 3 William W. Strong b: Abt. 1866 ........... 3 James Lewis Strong b: Abt. 1870 ........... 3 M.C. Strong b: Abt. 1872 ........... 3 M.M. Strong b: Abt. 1878 .... 2 W.A. Strong b: Abt. 1837 in <Champaign County,> Illinois .... 2 A.M. Strong b: Abt. 1843 in <Champaign County,> Illinois .... 2 Cyrus Strong b: Abt. 1844 in <Champaign County,> Illinois W.R. Strong wrote his reminisences in his late years, and parts of these are quoted in the book "The First 100 Years In Cooke County" by A. Morton Smith (The Naylor Co: San Antonio, TX, 1955). " (He) came to Cooke County with his family when he was 12 years of age, arriving by ox-wagon from Champaign County, Illinois in June 1846. At that time, he recalled the settlers were 'a man named Poplar who lived at Poplar Springs, Mr. Buchanan at Big Springs, Mr. Stamps near Nelson Grove, and Mr. Grimes at Grimes' Prarie, all of whom left the same year'....Frank Carpenter settled on Grimes' Prarie...Mr. Underwood and one son were killed by Indians at teh head of Beaver Creek in Grayson County, and that Mr. Carpenter and Henry Wilson helped young Strong make his first crop in the spring of 1847 after his father's death in October, 1846. Strong further noted that en route to Texas 'we fell in with the Dickson, Chadwell, Chambers ans William families, all going to join the Peters' colony just as we were.' In THE HISTORY OF GRAYSON COUNTY, Mrs. W.H. Lucas and Mrs. H.E. Hall report that in the extreme western part of Grayson County, along Cross Timbers, six families from Missouri arrived the evening of November 24, 1845. Among them M.L Webster, Charles Wheelock, Myron Mudgit, widow Underwood, Frank Carpenter, Dr. Leaky, widow Middleton. They were later identified as among the earliest Cooke County citizens. [Note: per census records, W. R. Strong's wife E. was born in Missouri] Strong relays details of the first social even of consequence, held at Fitzhugh's Fort 'and they danced the night through-July 4, 1847-commerating the 71st anniversary of the Declaration of Independence'. W. R. remembers visitors from Grayson, Collin and Denton counties attending. He remembers a similar festive event held in Grayson County on July 5, 1852. Strong (and presumably his siblings) attended the school taught by Miss Jane Shannon of Grayson County. In 1847, she began teaching in the home of Mrs. Underwood (11 miles southeast of Gainesville). Strong also writes of circuit rider Isaac Walker of Grayson County. According to the 1860 and 1870 census, he lived in Gainesville, Texas. Both W.R. and his younger brother, Cyrus, were listed on the Muster Roll of Company D, Mounted Regiment, Texas State Volunteers, Col J.E. McCord, 1 January 1864 Sources: 1850 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas 1860 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas 1870 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas 1880 Federal Census, Cooke County, Texas (as transcribed by Familysearch) Smith, A. Morton THE FIRST 100 YEARS IN COOKE COUNTY (Naylor Publishing: San Antonio, 1955) Wood, Sue and Howser, Ronnie FAIRVIEW CEMETERY, GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS (1983-1984) -----Original Message----- From: Melinda McLemore Strong [mailto:strong@texas.net] Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 9:06 AM To: TXCOOKE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: W.R. Strong b ca 1834 Ohio to Cooke Co, TX Anyone familar with this family? Precinct 1, Cooke, Texas 1880 Census W.R. Strong Male Married White age 46 Birthplace Ohio Parents: OH OH E. Strong Wife F Married White age 36 Birthplace MO Parents: TN TN T.J. Strong Son age 18 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO S.J. Strong Dau age 16 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO William W. Strong Son age 14 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO J.L. Strong Son age 10 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO M.C. Strong Dau age 8 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO M. M. Strong Dau age 2 Birthplace Texas Parents OH MO I am wondering if they might be related to my husband's great great grandfather, RALPH BERNARD STRONG, born May 1857 in OHIO He can be found in nearby Collin County, Texas in 1880 Ralf B. Strang (sic) Male White age 23 Ohio Father OH Mother OH Mary E. Strong Wife Femalw White age 22 Missouri Father TN Mother TN (She is Mary Ella Hall, drtr of Meeshack and Eliza J (Neal) Hall. Born in Scotland Co, MO) Augustus H. Strong Son M White age 1 Texas Father OH Mother MO Ralph and Mary had eight more sons. These are about the only two families with connections to OHIO that I found in Texas in the entire 1880 census. I also noted they both had connections to Missouri. 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