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Mary <I>Foote</I> Strong

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Mary Foote Strong

Birth
Cayuga County, New York, USA
Death
24 Jun 1924 (aged 90)
Burial
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Ridgeland Lot 175 Grave 11
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Mrs. Mary F. Strong, widow of John B. Strong, for many years a resident of Auburn, but residing for a number of years past with her son, Dr. Frank Strong of the State Uni­versity at Lawrence, Kan., died at his home June 24, 1924. Her body will be brought here for burial in Fort Hill Cemetery following burial services at Bradley Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 3:15.

She is survived by one son, Dr. Frank Strong, and a sister, Mrs. Caroline F. Lester of Seneca Falls, N. Y. Mr. Otis Strong, connected for so many years with our high school here, was also a son of Mrs. Strong.

THE AUBURN CITIZEN, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1924.

Funeral services for Mary Foote Strong were held at Bradley Chapel, Tuesday afternoon, July 15, 1924, with burial in Fort Hill Cemetery.

She was born at Venice, March 21, 1834, and died June 24, 1924, at Lawrence, Kansas, in her 91st year. She was the daughter of Dr Jared Foote and Eliza Clark. She was of Mayflower stock on one side, be­ing of the eighth generation in di­rect line from William Bradford, se­cond governor of Plymouth, and of Puritan stock on the other, being of the eighth generation in direct line from Nathaniel Foote, who came to Massachusetts Bay with the great immigration about 1630 and was one of the founders of Wethersfield, Conn., in 1635.

She married on November 24, 1852, John Butler Strong of Scipio, N.Y. They lived in Venice, N.Y., until 1871. They had three chil­dren, Inez Eliza who died in 1860, Frank and Otis G., the last named formerly superinten­dent of schools in this city, who died in February 1923.

Mr. and Mrs. Strong removed to Moravia in 1871 and to Auburn in 1874, when Mr. Strong was appointed collector of internal revenue for the 24th district of New York by President Grant.

THE AUBURN CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1924
Mrs. Mary F. Strong, widow of John B. Strong, for many years a resident of Auburn, but residing for a number of years past with her son, Dr. Frank Strong of the State Uni­versity at Lawrence, Kan., died at his home June 24, 1924. Her body will be brought here for burial in Fort Hill Cemetery following burial services at Bradley Chapel Tuesday afternoon at 3:15.

She is survived by one son, Dr. Frank Strong, and a sister, Mrs. Caroline F. Lester of Seneca Falls, N. Y. Mr. Otis Strong, connected for so many years with our high school here, was also a son of Mrs. Strong.

THE AUBURN CITIZEN, SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1924.

Funeral services for Mary Foote Strong were held at Bradley Chapel, Tuesday afternoon, July 15, 1924, with burial in Fort Hill Cemetery.

She was born at Venice, March 21, 1834, and died June 24, 1924, at Lawrence, Kansas, in her 91st year. She was the daughter of Dr Jared Foote and Eliza Clark. She was of Mayflower stock on one side, be­ing of the eighth generation in di­rect line from William Bradford, se­cond governor of Plymouth, and of Puritan stock on the other, being of the eighth generation in direct line from Nathaniel Foote, who came to Massachusetts Bay with the great immigration about 1630 and was one of the founders of Wethersfield, Conn., in 1635.

She married on November 24, 1852, John Butler Strong of Scipio, N.Y. They lived in Venice, N.Y., until 1871. They had three chil­dren, Inez Eliza who died in 1860, Frank and Otis G., the last named formerly superinten­dent of schools in this city, who died in February 1923.

Mr. and Mrs. Strong removed to Moravia in 1871 and to Auburn in 1874, when Mr. Strong was appointed collector of internal revenue for the 24th district of New York by President Grant.

THE AUBURN CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1924


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65443525/mary-strong: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Foote Strong (21 Mar 1834–24 Jun 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 65443525, citing Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York, USA; Maintained by DJCTLC (contributor 47236215).