Emily Strong
Emily Strong (maiden name: Maxfield) was born around 1817 in New York to Joseph and Esther Maxfield. She moved to Michigan by the late 1830s and married George Strong. They had at least three children: Charles, born around 1841; Sylvester, born on October 7, 1843; and Albert, born around 1847. They moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, around 1850, and her husband opened a grocery store. By 1860, they owned $600 of real estate. Her husband joined the city’s police force in 1866, and they 1870, they owned $2,000 of real estate and $200 of personal property. She died in Milwaukee on December 13, 1879.
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(1462)Strong, Emily ~ Maxfield, Emily18171879-12-13
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 20

  • (3235) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 15 December 1862
  • (5405) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 16 August 1862
  • (5406) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 22 August 1862
  • (5407) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 22 August 1862
  • (5408) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 28 August 1862
  • (5409) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 1 September 1862
  • (5410) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 6 September 1862
  • (5411) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 3 October 1862
  • (5416) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 24 October 1862
  • (5419) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 31 October 1862
  • (5424) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 25 January 1863
  • (5426) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 13 February 1863
  • (5428) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 22 March 1863
  • (5430) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 6 April 1863
  • (5431) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 21 April 1863
  • (5432) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 1 May 1863
  • (5433) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 9 May 1863
  • (5434) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 6 June 1863
  • (5435) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 2 June 1863
  • (5436) [recipient] ~ Sylvester Strong to George Strong and Emily Strong, 15 July 1863

People - Records: 4

  • (1462) Strong, Emily is the [parent of] (1460) Strong, Sylvester
  • (1462) Strong, Emily is the [wife of] (1461) Strong, George
  • (1558) Strong, Charles E. is the [child of] (1462) Strong, Emily
  • (1559) Strong, Albert C. is the [child of] (1462) Strong, Emily

Places - Records: 2

  • (67) [birth] ~ New York
  • (170) [death] ~ Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Washington Death Index, 1808-1907, available from Ancestry.com; History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Chicago, IL: The Western Historical Company, 1881)