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Birth |
6 Jun 1851 |
Over Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom [5, 6] |
Gender |
Male |
Buried |
Sep 1856 |
On the plains, near Wood River, Hall, Nebraska, United States |
Died |
13 Sep 1856 |
On the plains, near Wood River, Hall, Nebraska, United States [7] |
Cause: Robert was weakened from having the measles while enroute to the United Stat |
Person ID |
I235 |
Jacob Strong and Sarah Hill |
Last Modified |
26 Apr 2013 |
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Father |
William Walsh, b. 10 Oct 1825, Accrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. Abt Nov 1856, Near Devil's Gate, Sweetwater,Wyoming,United States |
Mother |
Alice Fish, b. 16 Apr 1829, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom , d. 8 Aug 1924, North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States |
Married |
15 Jul 1850 |
Blackburn, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
Photos |
 | Jacob and Sarah Hill Strong Jacob and Sarah were married in Strongstown, Indiana County, PA where they joined the Mormon church. They moved to Nauvoo in 1840. In 1846 they emigrated west with the Mormon pioneers in the Silas Richards Company to Salt Lake. |
 | Brush Valley church on site of Lutheran Church Now called the Brush Valley church built on the site of the Lutheran church attended by the Strong family. South of the church is the Cememtery. |
 | Jacob and Sarah Strong with Sarah Elizabeth Mower Jacob Strong, Sarah Hill Strong and their grand daughter Sarah Elizabeth Mower. |
Documents |
 | Map of Pennsylvania (smaller version) Indiana and York counties are highlighted. Strongstown is located in Indiana County. |
 | Map of Indiana County, PA Shows Pine and Brush Valley Townships. Strongstown is located in Pine Township |
Histories |
Erastus Snow's Mission Erastus Snow was the missionary who baptized Jacob and Sarah Strong into the LDS church. |
Jacob and Sarah Strong. Taken from notes of a stepson, John Walsh, as assembled by Erma Strong Turner |
Jacob Strong & Family as told by James T. Strong The history of Jacob Strong & Family as told by James T. Strong at the Strong Family Reunion in 1902. |
Alice Fish Bury Walsh "Out There On the Plains" The story of Alice Fish Bury Walsh Strong and her family by Robert A Egbert. 8 pages. |
Family ID |
F5 |
Group Sheet |
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Event
 | Birth - 6 Jun 1851 - Over Darwen, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom |
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Notes |
- DEATH: Occurred while travelling with the Martin Handcart Co. Wood River is near Grand Island, Nebraska.
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Sources |
- [S17] THE DESCENDANTS OF JACOB STRONG, p.302.
- [S30] History of Alice Walsh Strong.
- [S109] [Journal], in Journal History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint, 30 Nov 1856, pp. 7, 71..
- [S110] Autobiographical Sketch of Alice Walsh Strong.
These papers are available at the LDS Church Archives, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. They are NOT in the Family History Library. Source of death and burial.
- [S14] Family Records.
From "Hall Moss, Over Darwen, Lancashire, England certificate." This notation was found on a family group sheet prepared by Harriet Strong Speirs.
- [S169] LDS.org; Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868.
Listed as age 4.
- [S945] Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847-1868, Edward Martin Company (1856): Robert Walsh.
The following sources are listed:
1) Bell, Stella Jaques, LIFE HISTORY AND WRITINGS OF JOHN JAQUES [1978], 306
2) Famiy Search
3) JOURNAL HISTORY, 30 Nov 1856, p. 71
4) Smith, Don, e-mail communication, 8 July 2003
5) Strong, Alice Walsh, Autobiographical skethc, in Josiah Rogerson, Paper [ca. 1895-1914]
6) Swinton, Heidi, SWEETWATER RESCUE: THE WILLIE AND MARTIN HANDCART STORY, [2006]
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