Ernest Strong

Notes:

FindAGrave shows him as a son of Thomas Jefferson Strong Sr. and Laura Bishop. However, he is not listed as one of their children in Benjamin Dwight's HISTORY OF THE STRONG FAMILY.

Thomas Jefferson Strong and Laura Bishop do appear to have a son his same age, shown on census records as Samuel vs. Lemuel. Additionally, Samuel/Lemuel is listed in the home of Thomas Jefferson Strong and Laura Bishop in 1850 and 1860, and a Samuel/Lemuel Strong was boarding in the Peck home in 1850, and living with wife Sarah and children Ralph, Harry and Mary in 1860. They may indeed be the same man, listed twice in error on the census, or twins, or different people entirely. It is possible that his parents gave the name of all their children to the enumerator in 1860, as their son Asa/Aspah is also listed with his parents and in a separate household with his wife in 1860.

From FindAGrave:

Id#: 0351033
Name: Strong, Lemuel B.
Date: April 11, 1902
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #078.
Notes: Strong-Lemuel B., Wednesday, April 9, aged 70 years, at the residence of E. J. Foster, Willoughby, O. Funeral from the home of B. L. Ferris, Willoughby, O., Saturday, April 12, 2 p. m.
(Headstone gives death date as April 10.)

Lemuel later married Sarah A Kent.





(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Ohio, Lake County, 220 Kirtland (Township) 85
16 Oct 1850
#124-130
Calvin H. PECK 37 m NY Farmer $2,000 New York Lydia PECK 38 f NY
Noah PECK 3 m NY
Lydia PECK 1 f NY
Samuel McCOWELL 14 m NY
Samuel (Lemuel) STRONG 18 m Carriage Maker NY

1860 OHIO CENSUS
Lake County Willoughby Township
Stamped 312
#1265-1211
(Very faint image on Ancestry.com)
Samuel (Lemuel) STRONG 30 Occupation: Wagon Maker Ohio
Sarah STRONG 38 (sic--s/b 28) Ohio
RALPH STRONG 4 Ohio
Harry STRONG 2 Ohio
Mary STRONG 1 Ohio

1870 OHIO CENSUS
Cuyahoga County Cleveland, Ward 14 #12-12
Strong, S.B. (L.B.) 38 M W Occupation illegible $3000 Ohio
Strong, Sarah 38 Keeping House Ohio
Strong, Ralph 14 M W Ohio
Strong, ???? 11 F W Ohio
Strong, ???? 9 F W Ohio

Could this be him, with second wife, Sarah A Kent, in 1880?

1880 Census
Ohio, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland
Lemuel Strong M 48 Ohio Vermont Vermony Drygoods Salesman
Sarah A Strong 31 NY NY NJ Keeping House
Earnest Strong M 9 Ohio Ohio NY
Paul Strong M 5 Ohio Ohio NY
Edna Strong F 4 Ohio Ohio NY


(Medical):arterio sclerosis senility (6-8 years)

Lemuel married Sarah Kent after 1870. Sarah was born about 1849 in New York; died on 10 Oct 1914 in East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

#: 0351087
Name: Strong, Sarah Kent
Date: October 10, 1914
Source: Source unknown; Cleveland Necrology File, Reel #078.
Notes: Strong-Sarah Kent, 74 Bender ave., East Cleveland. Funeral at residence Saturday, Oct. 10, at 1:30 p. m. Burial private.

Notes:

An 1840 Plat of Willoughby Township, Lake County also shows land owned by a Th. J. Strong

Benjamin Dwight writes (p. 176), that "Thomas Jefferson Strong was a farmer at Wickliffe (Lake County), Ohio and "to him the author is indebted for this very meagre account of his father's descendants which no continued correspondence served to improve." This may account for some of the inconsistencies in trying to better document this family.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1830 FEDERAL CENSUS
OHIO, CUYAHOGA COUNTY, CHAGRIN
1-0-0-0-1;1-0-0-0-1

1840 FEDERAL CENSUS
OHIO, LAKE COUNTY Willoughby Twp, Lake, Ohio
Thomas J. Strong
0-2-1-0-0-1; 1-0-1-0-1-1

1850 Census
Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby Distr 83
Enumerated 12 Sept 1850
Stamped 161
#207-211
(Indexed on Ancestry.com, in error, as STONG)
Thomas J. Strong age 48 M, Farming, $1700, Ct.
Laura age 47 F N.Y.
Asaph C. age 24 M Farming O.
Ann E. age 23 F O. ???
Lemuel B. (Lemuel?) age 18 M Farming O. ???? (Also listed in Peck boarding home in 1850?)
Thomas J. Jr age 15 M O.
Laura E. age 8 O.
Juliette age 5 O.

1860 Census
Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby Twp
Enumerated July 1860
Stamped 307
Original on Ancesty.com VERY FAINT
#1186-1133
Thomas STRONG 58 Farmer 3600 1000 Conn.
Laura STRONG 57 NY
Asa STRONG 33 O. (Also listed with wife and children in Euclid in 1860?)
Ann STRONG 31 O.
Samuel (Lemuel?) STRONG 28 O. (Also listed with wife and children in a separate household in Lake County in 1860?)
Thomas STRONG 25 O.
Sarah? STRONG 17 O.
Julia STRONG 15 O.

1870 Census
Ohio, Lake County, Willoughby, PO Willoughby
Page 5
Enumerated 14 Jun 1870, Stamped 180
37-37
Strong, Thomas J 68 M W Farmer 5000 660 Con
Strong, Laura 67 F W Keeping House New York
Strong, Ann E 41 F W At Home Ohio
Strong, Julia E 26 F W At Home $--- $100 Ohio

Thomas married Laura Bishop on 11 Apr 1824 in Ohio. Laura was born on 14 Apr 1803 in New York; died on 24 May 1877; was buried in Willoughby Village Cemetery, Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Said to be the daughter of Abram BISHOP and Hannah TRUMAN. (Robert S. Strong, SFAA Historian).

Notes:

According to Dwight's "History of the Strong Family," John Harris Strong was a farmer in Chatham, Ct. (1783-1811). In August, 1811, he removed to Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Here he was agent for the sale of lands in an about Cleveland (belonging to Lord and Barber, of Haddam, Ct.), and was Judge of the court of common pleas (1817-1823). (Dwight, p 174).

1810 Census Connecticut-Middlesex-Chatham John H. Strong 2-2-2-0-1|1-0-2-0-1

1820 Census Ohio-Cuyahoga-Euclid John H. Strong 0-1-0-2-0-1|0-1-0-1-1

1830 Census John was deceased. His widow, Elizabeth, appears to have been living in Ohio-Cuyahoga-Chagrin, with her son, Josiah C. Strong. One female member of Josiah's household was listed as between ages 60-70.

John married Elizabeth Cary. Elizabeth was born about Nov 1764 in Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut; died on 24 Nov 1830 in Euclid, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Wickliffe Cemetery, Willoughby Township, Lake County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]