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Rh other Papers, 1800-1807" (Newburyport. Mass., 1808); and "The Strong Family," by Benjamin W. Dwight (2 vols., Albany, 1871).

STRONG, George Crockett, soldier, b. in Stockbridge, Vt., 16 Oct., 1832; d. in New York city, 30 July, 1863. Losing his father early in life, he. was adopted by his uncle. Alfred L. Strung, of Easthampton, Mass. He was graduated at the U. S. military academy in 1857, assigned to the ordnance, and in 1859 became assistant at Water- vliet arsenal, of which he took command in May, 1861. He was ordnance officer on Gen. Irvin Mc- Dowell's staff at Bull Run. and was then attached successively to the staffs of Gen. George B. Mc- C'lellan and Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, whose chief of staff he became in May, 1862. He had previous- ly been engaged in the organization of the New Orleans expedition, and on 1 Oct., 1861, had been commissioned major and assistant adjutant-general. He commanded the expedition from Ship island to Biloxi, Miss., in April, 1862, and that to Poncha- toula in September, when he destroyed a large train and inflicted much damage on the enemy. He was made brigadier-general of volunteers, 29 Nov., 1862, was on sick-leave in New York from the following December till June, 1863, and then commanded a brigade in the operations against Charleston, S. C. He had been commissioned captain of ordnance, 3 March, 1863. He led the successful attack on Morris island, where he was the first to land. At the assault on Fort Wagner on 18 July, while he was leading and cheering on the storming column, he was mortally wounded. He was at once removed to New York city. Gen. Strong was the author of " Cadet Life at West Point " (Boston, 1862).

STRONG, James, scholar, b. in New York city, 14 Aug.. 1822; d. in Round Lake, N. Y., 7 Aug., 1894. His father came to this country in 1815. The son was left an orphan at an early age, and began the study of medicine, but the failure of his health led to its abandonment. He was graduated at Wesleyan in 1844, taught two years in Poultney, Vt., and then failing health again compelled his retirement to a farm in Newtown. Long Island. Eighteen months later he settled at Flushing, where he followed bib- lical studies. He held various local offices, took an active interest in the development of the town, and projected and built the Flushing railroad, of which he was president. He gave gratuitous private in- struction to classes in Greek and Hebrew, which led to his first literary labor, the preparation of brief manuals of Greek, Hebrew, and Chaldee grammar, which were afterward published (1836-'69). From 1858 till 1861 he was professor of biblical literature and acting president of Troy university, where in the former year he delivered an inaugural on " Scholastic Education and Biblical Interpretation " (Troy, 1859), and he then returned to Flushing to engage in public improvements. Since 1868 he had been professor of exegetical theology in Drew theo- logical seminary, Madison, N. J. Wesleyan gave him the degrees of D. D. and LL. D. in 1856 and 1881 respectively. Dr. Strong travelled in Egypt and Palestine in 1874, and was a member of the American branch of the Palestine exploration committee. He was also one of the Old Testament company of the committee for the revision of the authorized vtT-ion of the Bible. In 1872 he was a lay delegate to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was the author of " A New Harmony and Exposition of the Gospels " (Xew York, 1852): "Harmony in Greek" (1854); "Scripture History delineated from the Biblical Records and all other Accessible Sources " (Madi- si m, X. J., 1878) ; " Irenics, a Series of Essays show- ing the Virtual Agreement between Science and the Bible " (New York, 1883) ; and " The Tabernacle of Israel in the Desert " (1888). He had edited, for the American edition of Lange's commentary, the parts on -'Daniel" (1876) and "Esther" (1877), and published a " Literal Trans- lation of Eccle- siastes" (1877). The chief work of his life is the. " Cyclcipa'dia of Biblical, Theo- logical, and Ec- clesiastical Liter- ature" (10 vols., 1867-81 ; supple- ment. 2 vols., 1885-"7). In the preparation of the first three volumes of this work, which was begun in 1853, he was the associate of its projector, Dr. John McClintock (q. v.), who took charge of the theological part, while he attended to the department of biblical literature, but since the death of Dr. McClintock Dr. Strong had had sole charge. He had also prepared various question manuals for Sunday-schools and Bible classes, based on his " Harmony of the Gospels," several of which were edited by Daniel P. Kidder, D. D. (New York, 1853-'4), and with Orange Judd and Mrs. Julia M. Olin lessons for every Sunday in the year (4 vols., 1862 '5), on the plan afterward used in the " International Lessons."

STRONG, James Hooker, naval officer, b. in Canandaigua, N. Y., 26 April. 1814 : d. in Columbia, S. C., 23 Nov.. 1882. He was appointed a midshipman in the navy while he was a student in the Polytechnic college at Chittenango, N. Y., 2 Feb., 1829, but remained at the college until he was graduated in 1833. He made his first cruise on the Brazil station in 1833-'5, and, while attached to the sloop "Lexington," commanded a boat expedition that captured a piratical establishment in the Falkland islands, where he had a hand-to-hand conflict with the pirates, and won credit by his valor and ability. The vessels that had been captured were restored to their crews, and the pirates were taken to Buenos Ayres for trial by the Argentine government. He became passed midshipman. 4 June, 1836, and lieutenant, 8 Sept., 1841, and after various cruises commanded the store-ship " Relief " in 1859. He was commissioned commander. 24 April. 1861. and had the steamers "Mohawk" and "Flag," on the South Atlantic blockade in 18(!l-'2, and the steamer " Monnngahela " on the Western Gulf blockade in 1863-'5. in which he rendered good service at Arkansas pass and especially at the battle of Mobile bay, where he was the first to ram the iron-clad " Tennessee," and was highly commended. After being commissioned captain, 5 Aug., 1865, he was on duty at the Brooklyn navy-yard in 1866-'7, and com- manded the steamer "Canandaigua," of the Medi- terranean squadron, in 186fl-'?0. He was commissioned commodore, 2 March, 1870, and served as light-house inspector for two years. He was promoted to the rank of rear-admiral, 10 Sept., 1873, was commander-in-chief of the South Atlantic squadron from 1873 till 1875, and was placed on the retired list, 25 April, 1876.