Son of Eliphalet Srong and Marcia Groves
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Retire Grove Strong was born in Stafford, Conn., June 25, 1797. He came to Strongsville, October 1816, with the family of Guilford Whitney. He was employed by his uncle John S Strong, and for two years of service he was to have his choice of a farm. He accordingly selected one in the northern part of the township, then covered with a dense forest. After clearing a space for a home, he built a log cabin, and in June, 1819, was married to Miss Vina Whitney, daughter of Guilford Whitney. In this primitive home they lived, enduring many privations. The water they drank had to be brought from a spring nearly a mile distant, through the woods. Towards evening they would often hear the wolves howling, and the common black bear troubled them frequently. The cabin was built without the use of a nail, had a shake roof, consisting of boards split about three feet in length and a stick chimney, which was so large that the children remember standing in front of the fireplace, and counting the stars in the heavens above them. The doors had wooden hinges, and latches. This was a Christian home, both Mr. and Mrs. Strong having united with the Congregational Church at the Center, soon after their marriage. Mrs. Strong died June 2, 1842, and Mr. Strong married his second wife Miss Orra Merrill, May 1844, with whom he lived until his death, which occurred May 3, 1859,. She survived him several years.
Retire Grove Strong and his first wife Vina, had thirteen children together, those that survived to adulthood are:
Marcia Ann 1823
Mary Delight 1825
Samuel Sanford 1827
Vina W 1834
Newton G 1838 (Civil War Vet)
David Merrick 1829
Harriet E
Son of Eliphalet Srong and Marcia Groves
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Retire Grove Strong was born in Stafford, Conn., June 25, 1797. He came to Strongsville, October 1816, with the family of Guilford Whitney. He was employed by his uncle John S Strong, and for two years of service he was to have his choice of a farm. He accordingly selected one in the northern part of the township, then covered with a dense forest. After clearing a space for a home, he built a log cabin, and in June, 1819, was married to Miss Vina Whitney, daughter of Guilford Whitney. In this primitive home they lived, enduring many privations. The water they drank had to be brought from a spring nearly a mile distant, through the woods. Towards evening they would often hear the wolves howling, and the common black bear troubled them frequently. The cabin was built without the use of a nail, had a shake roof, consisting of boards split about three feet in length and a stick chimney, which was so large that the children remember standing in front of the fireplace, and counting the stars in the heavens above them. The doors had wooden hinges, and latches. This was a Christian home, both Mr. and Mrs. Strong having united with the Congregational Church at the Center, soon after their marriage. Mrs. Strong died June 2, 1842, and Mr. Strong married his second wife Miss Orra Merrill, May 1844, with whom he lived until his death, which occurred May 3, 1859,. She survived him several years.
Retire Grove Strong and his first wife Vina, had thirteen children together, those that survived to adulthood are:
Marcia Ann 1823
Mary Delight 1825
Samuel Sanford 1827
Vina W 1834
Newton G 1838 (Civil War Vet)
David Merrick 1829
Harriet E
Family Members
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Marcia Ann Strong Ashley
1823–1853
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Mary Delight Strong Ashley
1825–1854
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Samuel Sanford Strong
1827–1901
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David Merrick Strong
1829–1906
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Clarinda Strong
1831–1831
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Harriet Elizabeth Strong Reed
1832–1880
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Vina Whitney Strong Spencer
1834–1888
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Newton Grove Strong
1838–1908
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Jubil W Strong
1840–1840
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Betsy L Strong
1842–1842
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