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- - History of Southeast Missouri: Embracing an Historical Account of the Counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron, and Including a Department Devoted to the Preservation of Personal, Professional and Private Records (Goodspeed Publishing Co. 1888). Pg 807. [I have a digital "photo replica" of the pages on computer file.]
Mrs. Eliza J. Strong was born on November 20, 1833. Her father, Hardy Brooks, a native of South Carolina, came to Missouri with his parents when a young man. He was there united in marriage to Susan Dunham, a native of Tennessee. He located in the bend five miles above Cape Girardeau City, where he resided until his death in August, 1879. He and wife had a family of six children -- three sons and three daughters -- of whom three are living -- one son and two daughters. Eliza J. grew to maturity in her native county, and was married in January, 1851, to William M. Armstrong, a native of Illinois. After their marriage they resided in the husband's native State for one year, when they removed to Cape Girardeau County, where Mr. Alexander [sic] died on August 17, 1864. There are four children living by this marriage, viz.: Annetta (Mrs. James W. Young, of Cape Girardeau County), Orlando (of Stoddard County), Albert (residing with his mother), and William J. (residing on an adjoining farm). The subject of this sketch was married to William J. Strong on August 17, 1871. Mr. Strong was a farmer and a native of Cape Girardeau County. He resided on the farm where his widow now lives for seven years, and then removed to a farm near the river, where he died on January 26, 1880. Mrs. Strong has two children by her second marriage, Effie ( a young lady) and Alma (who died when seven years of age). After the death of her husband Mrs. Strong returned to her present farm, which her boys have managed for several years. She is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
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