Newton Deming Strong (October 17, 1809 – August 8, 1866) was an American lawyer and politician. Strong, the second son of Rev. William Lightbourn Strong, and Harriet (Deming) Strong, was born October 17, 1809, while his father was settled at Somers, Conn. He graduated from

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in 1831. During one year, 1834–35, he was a tutor in the college. He then settled in

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, in the practice of the law, and in partnership with his classmate, Junius Hall. After about ten years residence at Alton, during a part of which time he was a member of the

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, he removed to Reading, Pa., being there in partnership with his brother, Hon. William Strong. He afterward practiced law in

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, where he died, August 8, 1866, aged 56 years.'An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln: John Nicolay's Interviews and Essays,' John George Nicolay and Michael Burlingame, SIU Press: 2006, pg. 127-128 He married Matilda B. Edwards of Alton, in Sept., 1846, who died February 7, 1851, leaving no children.

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