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Our Strong Pioneer Ancestors

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Arrived with the Silas Richards’ Company, 12 October 1849:
-Jacob and Sarah Hill Strong
-Henry and Susan Strong Mower, Jr. with their son, John Alburt Mower (who was
born in Kanesville. Iowa, 3 August 1848).
-James Thomas Strong
-Hyrum Strong
Arrived with the Mormon Battalion. 28 September 1848:
-William Strong


Arrived with the Martin Handcart Company. 30 November 1856
-Alice Fish Bury Walsh (widow of William Walsh who died at Devil's Gate. She
also lost a son, Robert, along the way. She was accompanied by her
children, John and Sarah Walsh).


Other Strong Members
1. Other Children of Jacob and Sarah:
-Lucinda Strong died in 1837.
-Sarah Strong Wilson remained in Illinois with her nonmember husband,
Samuel Wilson.
-John Albert Strong died at Council Bluffs.
2. Spouses of the children of Jacob and Sarah who married after arrival in the valley.
-William: a) Martha Bromley Alvord arrived with the Silas Richards Company,
12 October 1849. Later divorced.
b) Harriet Neeley (arrived in 1856 or sooner).
c) Sarah Garlick Richmond (arrived in 1856 or sooner). Later divorced
-James Thomas Stong's wife, Elizabeth Catherine Swaner, arrived at age 13 with her family in the Jacob F. Secrist/Noah T. Guymon Company (1855). They lost 2 children along the way.
-Hyrum: Mary Isabella Newton arrived with the John Brown Company in 1853.