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Strong, James Hooker

naval officer, was born April 26, 1814, in Canandaigua, N. Y. He was commissioned commodore in 1870; and in 1873 was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral, and placed on the retired list three years later. He died Nov. 23, 1882, in Columbia, S. C.

Strong, James Woodward

clergyman, educator, college president, was born Sept. 29, 1833, in Brownington, Vt. Since 1870 he has been president of the Carleton college of Northfield, Minn.

Strong, Jamin

physician, lecturer, was born Nov. 27, 1825, near Rochester, N. Y. For twenty years he practiced medicine in Elyria, Ohio, and in 1869 was elected to the state legislature. In 1891 he was appointed health officer of Cleveland, where he died Jan. 29, 1895.

Strong, Jedediah

congressman, was born Nov. 7, 1738, in Litchfield, Conn.

He was a delegate from Connecticut to the continental congress from 1782 to 1784. He died June 21, 1802, in Litchfield, Conn.

Strong, John

pioneer, lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Aug. 16, 1738, in Coventry, Conn. He represented Dorset in the Vermont legislature in 1779-82, and served as assistant judge of Bennington county in 1781-82. He returned to his old home in Addison, Vt., in 1783; sat again in the legislature in 1784-86; was first judge of the county court in 1785- 1801, and judge of probate in 1786-1801.

He died June 16, 1816, in Addison, N. Y.

Strong, Josiah

clergyman, author, was born Jan. 19, 1847, in Naperville, Ill.

Since 1886 he has been general secretary of the Evangelical alliance for the United States. He is the author of Our Country, of which nearly two hundred thousand copies in English have been sold. He is also author of The New Era of the Coming Kingdom; and other works.

Strong, Julius L

lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Nov. 8, 1828, in Bolton, Conn. He was a member of the Connecticut legislature for two years. In 1859 he was elected a representative from Connecticut to the forty-first congress; and was re-elected to the fortysecond congress as a republican. He died Sept. 7, 1872, in Hartford, Conn.

Strong, Latham Cornell

journalist, poet, was born June 12, 1845, in Troy, N. Y. He was a journalist and verse-writer of Troy, N. Y.; and the author of Castle Windows; Pots of Gold; Poke o' Moonshine; and Midsummer Dreams. He died Dec. 17, 1879, in Tarrytown, N. Y.

Strong, Nathan

was born Oct. 16, 1745, in Coventry, Conn. He was a congregational clergyman of Hartford; and the author of Sermons; The Doctrine of Eternal Misery Consistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God. He died Dec. 25, 1816, in Hartford, Conn.

Strong, Nehemiah

educator, clergyman, author, was born Feb. 24, 1730, in Northampton, Mass. In 1770 he became the first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Yale, which chair he held till 1781. He published Astronomy Improved. He died Aug. 12, 1807, in Bridgeport, Conn.

Strong, Selah Brewster

lawyer, jurist, legislator, was born May 11, 1792, in Brookhaven, Mass. He served in the war of 1812 and was made captain of his regiment in 1815. He took his seat in congress in 1843, and in 1846 was elected judge of the supreme court, and served until 1860. He died Nov. 29, 1872, in Setauket, N. Y.

Strong, Simeon

lawyer, jurist, was born March 6, 1736, in Northampton, Mass.

He was a representative in the general ccurt of Massachusetts in 1767-69; a state senator in 1793, and a judge of the state supreme court in 1800-05. He died Dec. 14, 1805, in Amherst, Mass.