| Record Last Updated On:
4/25/2014 |
| Name: COL JAMES WILLIAM STRONG |
| Death Date: JUN/18/1886 |
Interment Date:
JUN/21/1886 |
Birth Date: SEP/24/1834 |
| Age at Death: 51 |
Cause of Death:
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| Location at Death:
SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI |
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| Sex: M |
Nativity: AMERICAN |
Ethnicity: WHITE |
| Occupation:Lawyer |
| Military Branch:Co I 33rd IA inf Col. |
Military Rank:Colonel |
War Service:James W. Strong, wounded and taken prisoner at Jenkins' Ferry. |
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| Spouse of: Eliza Jane Hedenberg |
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| Father of: John Palmer Strong, Katie Strong, Lucy Strong, Theron Orrick Strong, Walter Percy Strong, Lillian Janet Strong |
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| Brief Biography: Andrew County Democrat newspaper extract
25 June 1886 Col. J.W. Strong of the St. Joseph, Mo. Herald, was killed 18 June 1886 by Dr. S.A. Richmond of that city. He shot Strong in the Herald office and after the shooting, Dr. Richmond went to the sidewalk and fired a shot at his head, but his wound was a slight one. Col. Strong died a few minutes after he was shot; and he was buried 28 June 1886. Dr. Richmond is regarded as a insane man.
His daughter Janet Strong married Lucian Eastin and he became the editor of the newspaper. |
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