Esther Dorcas Strong

1815 - Aft 1871  (56 years)

• Name	Esther Dorcas Strong  [1]
  Birth	10 Oct 1815  [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft 1871	Burr Oak Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan
  Notes	Dwight recounts that when she was five years of age she wandered off after her brother up the Catskill Mountains, and became lost. The whole neighborhood was aroused at once to search for her, and guns were fired and torches kept blazing all night to scare away wolves. She was found the next day, her clothing nearly torn off from her by brambles. (Dwight, p. 485).
  Person ID	I19338	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Elijah (Dea.) Strong,   b. 12 May 1776, Connecticut d. 3 Oct 1826, Windham, Greene County, New York (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Mary Robertson,   b. 5 Apr 1778   d. 31 Mar 1850, Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F7009	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Evelyn Merwin,   b. 22 Jan 1806, Durham, Greene County, New York d. 27 Oct 1869, California (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	22 Apr 1837	Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio   [1]
  Family ID	F7011	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 22 Apr 1837 - Elyria, Lorain County, Ohio Death - Aft 1871 - Burr Oak Township, St. Joseph County, Michigan  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] Dwight, Benjamin "The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass." (Orig. published Albany, NY, 1871, Reprinted by Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 2000), p 485 (Reliability: 3).