great-granduncle of Enid Weston

Private    Co. H     12th MI Infantry

Dates of Service:  18 Sep 1864 - 25 Sep 1865

My 2nd great-grandfather, Lucius Milton Strong (1803-1861) and Mary Ann (Marion) Culver (1807-1874) had ten children, two daughters and eight sons (six lived to adulthood). Four of the six served in the Civil War for Michigan.

   *  Hiram F Strong (1833-1911)               my g-granduncle
   *  Henry F. Strong (1835-1925)              my g-granduncle
   *  Howell Fillmore Strong (1840-1913)   my g-granduncle 
   *  Hayden E. Strong (1843-1909)           my g-grandfather

My 2nd great-grandfather, Lucius, would have been proud but he died in 1861, so he never knew. The boys’ mother, Mary, lived to witness their service. My 4th great-grandfather, Nathaniel Strong, served in the Revolutionary War. 

Hiram F Strong was born in October 1833 in New York, to Lucious and Mary Ann (Culver) Strong. He married Elizabeth McLaine on November 12, 1859 in Hillsdale County, Michigan and their divorce was granted on September 30, 1905. There were no children.  

Hiram enlisted in Company H, Michigan 12th Infantry at the age of 29 at Kalamazoo, MI and mustered out at Little Rock, AR.

He died on February 11, 1911, in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 77 years.

GRAVESITE: Oak Ridge Cemetery, Buchanan, Berrien County, Michigan

Written by Enid Weston, March 2020

Updated by Susan Norder, March 2020