Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - B. F. Strong

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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B. F. Strong, druggist, of Porter, was born September 14, 1810, in 
Ohio County, W. Va. His father, Samuel Strong, was a shoemaker by 
trade, and served in the War of 1812 under Capt. Reaves, dying in 
January, 1815, from the effects of exposure. The mother, Elizabeth 
(Huffman), was born in Ohio County, W. Va., in 1790, and died in 1862. 
William Strong, the grandfather, was born in Germany, and came to 
America in the colony founded by William Penn. He located in West 
Virginia, where he engaged in farming until his death, in 1830. His 
wife was also a native of Germany. The maternal grandparents, Benjamin 
and Sarah Huffman, were natives of Germany, who settled upon the 
Potomac after coming to America, and engaged in farming. Mr. Huffman 
died in 1833. Our subject is the only living child of a family of 
three. In 1840 he moved to Illinois, and from there went to St. Louis, 
Mo., in 1845. Two years later he went to Iowa, and the next year went 
to Mercer County, Mo. In 1869 he settled in Crawford County, where he 
has since resided. The years from 1850 to 1853 were spent by Mr. 
Strong in California. In 1863 he enlisted in the United States 
Militia, under Capt. Smalley, operating in Northern Missouri until 
discharged in 1863, after six months' service. Mr. Strong is a 
carpenter and mill-wright by trade. He is a well-to-do citizen, and 
besides his drug business owns five lots in Porter and three good 
houses. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a 
Republican, though his first presidential vote was cast for Andrew 
Jackson in 1828. December 26, 1833, Mr. Strong was united in marriage 
to Miss Sarah Antill, who was born in Ohio on October 2, 1814, and is 
a daughter of James and Elizabeth (Guess) Antill. Mrs. Strong is the 
only living child of a family of eleven, and is the mother of four 
children living and five deceased. Those living are George W., Mrs. 
Sarah Elizabeth Ballew, Mrs. Emeline Lane and Mrs. Ellen Rankin. Those 
deceased: Samuel Strong, James M., William H., Thomas J. and Benjamin. 
James Antill and his wife, Elizabeth, the parents of Mrs. Strong, were 
descendants of William Penn, and died in 1876 and 1852, respectively. 
The father was born January 1, 1790, and was a mill-wright by trade. 
From Maryland he immigrated to Ohio, and from there to Virginia. 

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