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  William Strong (judge) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Strong was elected to the United States House of Representatives for two terms as an abolitionist Democrat, and served as the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Elections during his second term.
Strong was one of five Justices who sat on the Electoral Commission that was convened to resolve the disputed electoral votes in the U.S. presidential election of 1876.
Strong served on the Supreme Court until December 14, 1880, when he retired despite still being in good health, partly to set an example to several infirm justices who refused to give up their seats.
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 William Strong (judge) -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Strong was born in (A New England state; one of the original 13 colonies) Connecticut and later moved to (A Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies) Pennsylvania.
Strong was elected to the (The lower legislative house of the United States Congress) United States House of Representatives for two terms as an (A reformer who favors abolishing slavery) abolitionist (A member of the Democratic Party) Democrat, and served as the chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Elections during his second term.
Strong resigned from the court in 1868 to return to a lucrative private practice in (The largest city in Pennsylvania; located in the southeastern part of the state on the Delaware river; site of Independence Hall where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were signed; site of the University of Pennsylvania) Philadelphia.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_strong_(judge).htm   (473 words)

  
 William Duncan Strong / 1933 Honduras Journal / Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Duncan Strong (1899–1962) was one of the 20th century's preeminent anthropologists.
Strong was educated at the University of California at Berkeley and obtained his doctorate in anthropology in 1926, studying under Alfred Kroeber.
From this position, Strong organized a field expedition to Honduras in 1933, focusing on the Bay Islands and the northeastern mainland of the country, a region which lies outside the area of Mayan occupation and remains poorly understood by anthropologists to this day.
www.nmnh.si.edu /naa/features/strong.htm   (274 words)

  
 The Adventures of a Pioneer Judge & His Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Strong, the third of seven sons of the Reverend Henry Pierce Strong and his wife Laura, was born in 1817 in St. Albans, Vermont, and graduated from Yale with honors in 1838.
William was aware that his wife could not handle all the chores of raising a young family and caring for the house by herself while he was away.
William was so impressed with her intelligence and neatness, to say nothing of her beauty, that he asked if she would consent to come live with his family and help his wife around the house.
www.wshs.org /wshs/columbia/articles/0402-a1.htm   (4117 words)

  
 Watros
William W. Watros was a veteran of the War of 1812, called up for two months in the militia with the 16th New York Regiment as a private, participating in the unsuccessful invasion of Canada at the Battle of Queenston in 1812.
William Deane died in 1634, and is buried in the Chapel of Ease in Chard.
John Strong was chosen as an Elder of the Church in 1663, an office he held for the remainder of his life.
www.angelfire.com /sc/Sources/Watros1.html   (1341 words)

  
 The William Strong House Bed and Breakfast - History
The William Strong House was built in 1879 by William Strong, a banker and businessman in Spring Valley.
Strong was a native of Pennsylvania who relocated to Minnesota.
The house remained in the Strong family until 1944, after which it served as a doctor's office, a hotel, and a retirement home before being purchased in 1969 for use as a single family dwelling.
www.williamstronghouse.com /history.html   (282 words)

  
 WILLIAM STRONG CHAPTER, NSDAR
The William Strong Chapter was chartered April 19, 1930 with Mrs.
William Strong was chosen as the chapter name to honor the ancestor of the Organizing Regent.
William Strong was a Revolutionary soldier, pioneer plantation owner, merchant, and shipper in Northeast Arkansas and neighboring territories.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Village/7020/williamstrong.htm   (134 words)

  
 FISH ANCESTRY: Strong Family Line
It has been pointed out that John Strong married Margery, the sister of Walter Deane, and that this is the reason he was called the brother-in-law of Walter deane; also that Eleanor Cogan, the daughter of William Cogan, is called the wife of Walter Deane in her father's will.
STRONG was born in 1560 in Chard, Somerset, England.
STRONG was born in 1490 in Berminster, Dorset, England.
www.dallas.net /~mcmanus/Strong0.htm   (1156 words)

  
 Stebbins Descendants - steg316.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
William Strong Wilcox (Mary Elizabeth Strong, Daniel Strong, John Pierson Strong, John Strong, John Strong, Thomas III Strong, Mary Stebbins, John, Rowland, Thomas Francis, William, William) was born 18 Aug 1868 in Chemung, NY.
Mary Anne Wilcox (Mary Elizabeth Strong, Daniel Strong, John Pierson Strong, John Strong, John Strong, Thomas III Strong, Mary Stebbins, John, Rowland, Thomas Francis, William, William) was born 28 Jun 1877 in Mosherville, Bradford County, PA. She died 1959 in Mosherville, Bradford County, PA.
Pearl Lois Wilcox (Mary Elizabeth Strong, Daniel Strong, John Pierson Strong, John Strong, John Strong, Thomas III Strong, Mary Stebbins, John, Rowland, Thomas Francis, William, William) was born 22 Jun 1890 in Mosherville, Bradford County, PA. She died 16 Jul 1945.
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 Albert Martinez: I have to be strong for William - May 26, 2004
William was arrested last month after he was found to be carrying a shabu tooter while checking in at the Centennial Terminal of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on his way to the South.
William and Yayo were reported to be on their way to Dakak beach resort in Zamboanga del Norte, when airport inspectors found in one of William's pockets a three-inch glass tube, or "tooter," which could be used to sniff shabu.
William and Yayo were married in 1985 and lived in the United States with their three children-Patricia, Dana and Danielle-for six years.
www.inq7.net /ent/2004/may/26/ent_1-1.htm   (542 words)

  
 Labrador Winter: The Ethnographic Journals of William Duncan Strong, 1927-1928. by Jenifer S.H. Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Strong, who died in 1962, worked in a number of subfields of his discipline, becoming best known for archaeological studies in both North and South America.
Strong completed about half his manuscript within three or four years after his field experience; it was then set aside until after his death, when his former student Eleanor Leacock took on the task of completing the work from his notes.
Strong's completed draft of the first eleven chapters of his book presents an outline of northeastern Algonquian groupings and their environment and a modest historical overview, followed by portraits of seasonal travels and camps in summer, autumn, and winter.
www.utpjournals.com /product/chr/764/labrador9.html   (1036 words)

  
 William Strong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A native of Portland, Oregon, Dr. Strong attended the University of California at Berkeley during the mid 1920's.
In 1937, Strong took a position as Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University in New York.
Strong was often described as an effective and a stimulating instructor even if he was not the most brilliant lecturer.
www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/information/biography/pqrst/strong_william.html   (283 words)

  
 Guide to the Collections of the National Anthropological Archives (#S7)
In 1934, Strong became a trustee of the Laboratory of Anthropology at Santa Fe, and he eventually became a research associate of the American Museum of Natural History and the University of Pennsylvania University Museum.
In 1937-1938, Strong was vice president of the American Anthropological Association and, beginning in 1937, chairman of the National Research Council Committee on Basic Needs in American Archeology that was originally concerned with the quality of Work Projects Administration archeology.
Material concerning Strong's 1933-1934 work in the southern San Joaquin Valley (Kern County, California) is described in the entry for the Tulamniu Project.
www.nmnh.si.edu /naa/guide/_s7.htm   (2733 words)

  
 March 3: William Strong founded mission in Chile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Strong was born on this day, March 3, 1877, to Presbyterian parents.
William M. Strong and Jessie, courtesy of their grandson Robert Strong (who is also a missionary to South America).
William Strong worked for his Gospel Mission thirty-seven years, redeeming the thirty-five years he had lived without Christ.
www.gospelcom.net /chi/DAILYF/2003/03/daily-03-03-2003.shtml   (773 words)

  
 William Strong
Thus it was that Judge Strong's district included all of what is now Washington, Idaho and Montana north of the 46th parallel, and west of the Rockies, besides the county of Clatsop in Oregon, of which Astoria is the county seat.
The first Legislature of Washington Territory was in politics, Democratic; yet William Strong, the late Whig Judge, was by an unanimous vote associated with Chief Justice Edward Lander and Associate Justice Victor Monroe, as a commission to sit during the session of the Legislature, to report laws from day to day.
Judge Strong was retained by the Governor as his law adviser; perhaps it would be proper to say that his duties [page 502] partook of the nature of Attorney General as also of Judge Advocate General on the Governor's Staff, although no commission was issued to him.
www.rootsweb.com /~ormultno/History/Scott/biogM-S/strong.htm   (2109 words)

  
 William Strong (#000001)
William Strong, buried May 28 1866 Twillingate age 76 yrs (bc 1790).
Fanny STRONG was born Oct 5 1860 Jenkins Cove, Twill, the dau of William & Hannah.
When William was born and somebody suggested the Armstrong name he was reported to have said "That nonsense has gone on long enough".
home.earthlink.net /~lkstrong/s00001.htm   (1132 words)

  
 Old soldiers never die   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Strong, who outlived four wives and eight children, lived a life more colourful and interesting than the hero of any Hollywood story.
Through their work, and that of his great-grand-daughter Cindy Leep, the U.S. government will be sending to Canada, a Civil War headstone to be placed on the grave of the long-lost William Strong, on the Thanksgiving weekend of Oct. 18.
She was the mother of Leep’s grandfather Frank Strong who was a young buck of 18 at the time.
www.torontofreepress.com /2003/edesk100603.htm   (1220 words)

  
 Beginnings 2: Gordon D. Cooper and William A. Strong: an Exhibit at The Holden Arboretum. Kirtland, Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Although Strong's official role as consulting landscape architect to The Holden Arboretum did not begin until 1950, his interest in the institution goes back at least to 1932 as shown by this correspondence with Cooper in which he is offering herbarium specimens to the Arboretum.
Most of Strong's Arboretum records are now here in the archives as he kept them in a series of well organized notebooks and numbered plans.
Strong served 27 years as landscape architect to The Holden Arboretum, and served a similar function for various periods at Kent State University and Lake View Cemetery.
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 William A. Strong- Founder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William A. Strong founded the Strong companies in 1959 specializing in precast concrete products and lightweight concrete.
Strong diversified his business over the next 40 years to include the design and production of application equipment, lightweight concrete products for a variety of uses, potting soils, processed vermiculite for industrial and horticultural use, and cementitious products for rehabilitating municipal sewers and pipes.
Strong received his degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Tennessee.
www.strongseal.com /html/founder.php   (99 words)

  
 William Strong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William Strong was born and raised in Connecticut but moved to Pennsylvania, where he started his legal career, following his graduation from Yale.
Strong resigned from his judgeship in 1868 in order to make more money.
Strong lost his bid for a Supreme Court appointment when backers of Edwin Stanton, the former secretary of war, mustered majorities in Congress to support the nomination.
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 Register to the Papers of William Duncan Strong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Strong served as the anthropological consultant to the Bureau of Indian Affairs during the Roosevelt administration and advised on new directions to be taken in Indian Service policy.
Strong's papers include correspondence, field notes, diaries, newspaper clippings, teaching notes and student papers, manuscripts of his writings, writings by other authors, papers from the various organizations in which he served, maps, and a considerable number of photographs from his field work.
Strong was appointed chairman, with Clark Wissler, A.V. Kidder, Fay-Cooper Cole, W.C. McKern, J.O. Brew, and W.S. Webb comprising the remainder of the committee.
www.nmnh.si.edu /naa/fa/strong.htm   (11639 words)

  
 01-6377 -- Strong v. Laubach -- 06/16/2004
In 1994, the Strongs obtained a default judgment against Laubach in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, in the amount of $484,432.29.
On January 15, 1999, the Strongs filed a motion with the district court requesting that a judgment be issued against SBTC for the entire amount of the underlying principal judgment, plus interest, costs and attorney's fees, due to SBTC's failure to answer the March 1998 garnishment.
Whether the procedure utilized by the Strongs to obtain service of process of their garnishment on SBTC provided SBTC with actual notice of the garnishment and was sufficient to confer jurisdiction over SBTC in the garnishment action.
www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/2004/06/01-6377.htm   (2340 words)

  
 Strong Genealogy Network Home Page
Interested in the genealogy or history of the family name Strong and its variations Stronge, Strang, Strange, L'Estrange etc? This web site is intended to serve as an information exchange as well as a master index to the E-mail addresses and web pages of all persons researching the Strong name.
Strong Research in Britain and Ireland, by David B. Strong.
Jeanne Waters Strong is a professional genealogist with 50 years of experience in research, lecturing, teaching, writing and publishing.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Meadows/5744   (290 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Strong   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Strong, Cora — of Slocum, Anderson County, Tex. Democrat.
Strong, Selah Brewster (1792-1872) — of New York.
Strong, Theron Rudd (1802-1873) — of New York.
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 WILLIAM STRONG
Sarah Strong b: 24 JUL 1742 in VA
Elizabeth Strong b: 21 JUL 1744 in Halifax Co., VA
William Strong b: BET 10 MAR 1835 AND 1836
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 Material: How strong is strong
I know by looking at fiberglass that 6 oz is stronger than 4 oz and 9 oz is stronger again.
I can understand that a white water craft should be very strong because it gets hit by rocks or other obstructions.
William -- Friday, 23 January 2004, at 12:39 a.m.
www.kayakforum.com /cgi-bin/Building/index.cgi/noframes/read/98117   (483 words)

  
 Biographies : MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT WILLIAM STRONG JR.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Major General Robert William Strong Jr., is chief of staff of the Eighth Air Force, Westover Air Force Base, Mass.
General Strong was born in Painesville, Ohio, in 1917.
General Strong returned to SAC in July 1965 as commander of the 817th Air Division, Pease Air Force Base, N.H., where he served until his present assignment as chief of staff, Eighth Air Force, in July 1966.
www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=7293   (620 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
William died 25 Jul 1770, Pittsylvania Co. Va.
William died 13 Jan 1924, Clay Co., Tenn., buried: Moss, Tenn., Macedonia Cemetery.
He married Dessie M. Edmund H., (son of William M. RICH and Amanda Isabelle HEAD) b.
members.odsy.net /drich/descendants_of_john_strong.htm   (1737 words)

  
 CSO plots a slow and steady fiscal course
But with so much at stake, CSO Association President Deborah R. Card and Board Chairman William H. Strong are charting a course that values slow and steady over fast and furious.
Georg Solti, who became CSO music director in 1969 and led the orchestra to unprecedented heights of international acclaim, was at the helm for 22 seasons.
Though a strong contingent of CSO musicians and fans wanted Claudio Abbado to succeed Solti, Barenboim was also an obvious candidate.
www.suntimes.com /output/delacoma/sho-sunday-cso23.html   (1238 words)

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