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Strong, William Emerson

soldier, merchant, was born Aug. 10, 1840, in Granville, N. Y. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers. He was inspector-general of the Freedmen's bureau from 1865 till 1866, and from 1867 till 1873 was secretary of the Peshtigo Lumber company in Chicago, Ill., of which he has been president since the latter year.

STROTHER, DAVID HUNTER-Porte Crayon-soldier, artist, author, was born Sept. 16, 1816, in Martinsburg, Va. (now W. Va.). He was an artist of Berkeley Springs, W. Va., once popular as a magazinist. During the civil war he was a colonel in the union army, and in 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general. He was the author of The Blackwater Chronicle; and Virginia Illustrated. He died March 8, 1888, in Charleston, W. Va.