Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Strong, Lorenzo A 1841 - 
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Author: Portrait & Bio Album, 1890

LORENZO A. STRONG owns and occupies a farm of one hundred and fourteen acres 
in Lockport Township, to which he came in March, 1876. His possessions are the 
result of his own industry and good judgment, and his commodious residence 
with its surroundings is represented by a lithographic view elsewhere in this 
volume. He is engaged in the business of general farming and dairying, 
conducting his worldly affairs with the same prudence which has heretofore 
characterized his successful career, and in his personal life perpetuating the 
strict integrity and devotion to principles which he has inherited from 
honorable ancestry. Mr. Strong is a descendant in the seventh generation of 
Elder John Strong, of Taunton, England, who came from the mother country in 
the ship "Mary and John," which landed at Nantasket, Mass., May 30, 1630. His 
immediate progenitors were Amasa Strong, born in Hawley, Mass., February 27, 
1814, and Lucy (Fuller) Durkee, daughter of Martin Durkee, of Brimfield, whose 
natal day was July 1, 1821. The birth of our subject took place in Claridon, 
Geauga County, Ohio, December 8, 1841, and he remained with his parents until 
twenty-two years of age. He then began life for himself as a farmer, 
continuing his peaceful pursuits until August 23, 1864, when he enlisted in 
the One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Ohio Infantry. He was enrolled at Sandusky 
in Company I, under Capt. McDonald, and with his comrades did duty on 
Johnston's Island under Col. Hill, Commander of that post. Mr. Strong 
faithfully discharged the duties which were set before him until after the 
close of the war, receiving his discharge July 17, 1865. He then returned to 
his native State and to the pursuits in which he had formerly been engaged, 
changing his location after some years, and since March 2, of the Centennial 
year, being numbered among the residents of Will County, Ill. The estimable 
lady who became the wife of our subject, and under whose care his dwelling 
place is a home of comfort and enjoyment, bore the maiden name of Mary E. 
Ryder. She was born in Rochester, N. Y., and during her maidenhood lived in 
Branch County, Mich., and later in the Prairie State. The happy union has been 
blessed by the birth of one son, Royal Walter, who was born July 28, 1889, and 
bids fair to perpetuate the sturdy qualities of his long line of ancestry. The 
Strong family has been characterized by deep religious convictions, and he of 
whom we write is as steadfast in his determination to do what he thinks right, 
as any who have preceded him.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page 
Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens 
of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890

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