Elisha Beebe Strong (Nov. 29, 1788 – Oct. 14, 1867) was an American lawyer and politician. Strong, son of Elisha and Mary Strong, was born in

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, on November 29, 1788. He graduated from

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in 1809. He studied law at the

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, and subsequently in

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, where he was admitted to the bar in 1812, and commenced practice in partnership with Win. H. Adams, Esq. In 1816, he purchased, jointly with Elisha Beach, Esq., one thousand acres of land in the vicinity of

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, and removed to that place. From 1819 to 1820, he was a member of the

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from Ontario County, and after the organization of

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and in 1821, he was appointed first Judge of the County Court. His sons having settled in the West, Judge Strong moved to

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in 1851, and there spent the rest of his life. He married Dolly G., daughter of Nathaniel and Mary (Chaffee) Hooker of Windsor on June 24, 1813. Shortly after his removal to Detroit, he married Miss Ellen O'Keefe, who survived him. He died in Detroit, Michigan after a brief illness on October 14, 1867, aged 79.

External links

''Litchfield Ledger''
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