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Rh of Private Civil Law." He had also delivered a course of lectures to the profe or- and -Indents nf t he Union theological seminary of New York, and for several years lectures In i he law department .if Columbian university, Washington. Lafayette gave him the degree of LL. I), in ISI',7. ami Yale and Princeton in IS70. The portrait of Justice Strong is copied from an engraving that appeared in the " DC -rat ic K<-v jew ' in IS5II.

STRONG, Josiah, clergyman, b. in Naperville, Du Page co.. III., 19 Jan., 1847. His father, of the same name, removed in 1N52 to llud-on. Ohio, where the son was graduated at Western Reserve college in 1809. lie studied at Lane theological seminary in 1809-'71, and after holding Congrega- tional pastorates in Hudson, Sandnsky. and Cin- cinnati, Ohio, became in 1880 general agent of the Fvangelieal alliance in the United States, resign- ing in 1898. He has published "Our Country" and other works (New York, 1886).

STRONG, Nathan, clergyman, b. in Coventry. Conn., 10 Oct., 1748; d. in Hartford, Conn., 25 Dec.. 1810. His father, of the same name, was pas- tor at Coventry, Conn. The son was graduated at Yale in 1 709, and was tutor there in 1772-':!. He had begun to study law, but abandoned it for di- vinity, and on 5 Jan., 1774, was ordained pastor of the 1st church in Hartford. He acted as a chap- lain in the Revolutionary army, and served the patriot cause, ably with tongue and pen. Prince- ton gave him the degree of D. D. in 1801. Dr. Strong was a man of wide erudition, and great natural powers. His sermons were clear and pit hv. and In- had great facility in extemporizing. In 17'.i5 In- inve-ied part of the estate that his father had !eft in a mercantile establishment, where fail- ure involved him in pecuniary difficulties. He pro- jected and sustained the " Connecticut Evangeli- cal Magazine," which was continued from 1800 till 1815; and he also was the chief founder of the Connecticut missionary society in 1798, and its principal manager till 1800. Besides separate dis- courses, he published " The Doctrine of Kternal Misery consistent with the Infinite Benevolence of God," in reply to a work by Rev. Dr. Joseph Hunt- ington (Hartford, 1790), and two volumes of "Ser- mons " designed to give aid and direction to reviv- als (1798 and 1800). He also projected and was the principal compiler of the " Hartford Collection of Hymns," several of which he wrote (1799). His brother, Joseph, clergyman, b. in Coventry, Conn., 21 Sept., 1753 ; d. in Norwich, Conn., 18 Dec., 1834, was graduated at Yale in 1772, and was for fifty- six years pastor of the 1st church in Norwich. He was known for his wide information, winning man- ners, and the fervency and solemnity of his pray- ers. Princeton gave him the degree of D. D. in 1807. lie published several single discourse-.

STRONG, Nehemiah, educator, b. in North- ampton. Mass., 24 Feb., 1730; d. in Bridgeport, Conn.. 12 Aug., 1807. He was graduated at Yale in 1755, was tutor there in 1757-'00. and served as pastor of a church at Granby. Conn., in 1701-'8. In December, 1770, he became the first professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Vale, which chair he held till 1781. He then resigned and studied law, but practised little, and after residing in New Milford, Conn., removed to Bridgeport. Prof. Strong married a woman whose first hus- band, as was universally believed, had perished at sea, but he returned unexpectedly, and claimed his wife, who left her second hu-band for her first. President Timothy Dwight spoke of him as " a man of vigorous understanding." He published "As- tronomy Improved" (New Haven, 1784). His brother, Simeon, jurist, b. in Northampton. Max*., r, March. i;:!0; d. in Amhcrsl, Mass., 14 Dec., I Mi:,, was graduated at Yale in 1750, and sltidied the- ology, but after preaching several years, anil de- clining offers of parishes on account of his lieall li. left the mini-try and studied law in Springfield, .Mass, lie was admitted as an attorney in 1701, and attained reputation at the bar. He was a representative in the general eourl in 1 707-'9, a state senator in 17!))!, and a judge of the state su- preme court in 1HOO '5. Harvard gave him the de- gree of LL. 1 >. in ISO.",. Simeon's grandson. Mar- shall Mason, lawyer. I,, in . mhersl. Mass.. :i Sept., lsi:: : d. in Racine, Wis.. 9 March, 1SOI. was I he son of llexekiah W. Strong, who attained reputa- tion as a lawyer in Troy, N. Y. The son Mud led two years at Amherst and one at Union college. read law and was admitted In I lie liar at Trov. and in June. ls:iO. removed to Racine. Wis. In 1K!9 he was elected to the territorial council, where he was one of a committee to revise the law- of the terri- tory, and he served again in IS44 '~. | M Islli he was in the convention that framed a state const] tution, where he took mi aciive part, but resigned before the close of the session, and labored success- fully for its defeat at the polls. In 1S49 In- vva- elected again to the legislature, and took an im- portant part, in the revision of the state statutes. Mr, Strong was an active supporter of i he Nation- al government during the civil war. He vva- a large contributor toward the establishment of K'a- cine college. Marshall .Mason's nephew. Latham Cornell, poet, b. in Troy. N. Y., 12 June. 1S45; d. in Tarrytown, N. Y., 17 I>ec., 1N79, was the son of Henry Wright Strong, a lawyer of Troy, who was six years recorder of the city, and live years in the stale senate. The son was graduated in ISlis at Union college, where he was das- poet. and. after studying at. Heidelberg, was for three years asso- ciate editor of the Troy " Daily Whig." snbsei|iient- ly devoting himself to literature. His first verses were written when he was fifteen years old. and he continued to contribute poetry to periodicals till his death. He was also the author of letters from Europe, and "Sleepy Hollow Sketches" in Troy newspapers. His published volumes include ( 'as- tle Windows " (Troy, 1870) ; " Poke ( ('Moonshine " (New York, 1878); and " Midsummer Dream- " (1879). Simeon's great-grandson, William Kmcr- son, soldier, b. in Granvfllc, N. Y., Ill Aug.. is.|0; ,|. in Florence. Italy, 10 April, 1891. He was the -on of John E. St rong, a merchant, who in 1853 removed to Wisconsin and became a farmer. The son si ndied law in Racine, Wis., in 1857-'G1, and was admitted to the bar in the latter year. He then raised a company, which was assigned to the 2d Wisconsin regiment, and as its captain served at Blackburn's Ford and Bull Run. He wa- promoted major of the 12th Wisconsin on 12 Sept., and saw service m Mis-unri. Kansas, and New Mexico, lie was then on stall' duly with the Army of the Tennessee, with rank of lieutenant-colonel, served in I he Vieks- burg campaign, and in 1804 became inspector-gen- eral of the Department and Army of the Tennessee. He was chief of stall' to (Jen. Oliver O. Howard in the march through the Carolinas. was promoted colonel, to rank from 22 July, 1804. for gallant ry on the field of battle" at Atlanta, and on 21 March. lsi;."i, was I, revet ted brigadier-ei-ncral of volunteers. Ilewas inspector-general of the l-'reedmen's bureau from May, 1805, till September. ISlHi, and from 1H07 till 1S7H was secretary of the Pe-h-tigo lumber company in Chicago, 111., of which he had been president since the latter year. William Kcrlcy, soldier, grandson of Simeon's first cousin,