Joseph Adolphus Strong (1894 - 1930)

Born 11 Mar 1894 in Littleton, Grafton, New Hampshire, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Ellen May Backus — married 1921 in Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 17 Nov 1930 at age 36 in Ithaca, Tompkins, New York, USA

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Biography

Frederick Adolphus Strong was born Joseph Frederick Strong on 11 March 1894 in Littleton, New Hampshire. He married Ellen May Backus in 1921. He died 17 November 1930 at Ithaca Memorial Hospital in Ithaca, New York as a result of burns from a car fire. He was refueling his automobile in Lansing when flames erupted, he saved his step-daughter Stella Bailey from inside the burning automobile.

Sources

• "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FLPD-TYL : 12 December 2014), Joseph Frederick Strong, 11 Mar 1895; citing Littleton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 1,001,045.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPFZ-9HG : 29 October 2015), Fred D Strong in household of Gilbert Strong, Coventry, Orleans, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 158, sheet 5B, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,628.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZN4-GL5 : 12 December 2014), Fred A Strong, 1917-1918; citing Taunton, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,674,459.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MF9K-2DY : 7 December 2015), Fred A Strong in household of Mary Moran, Fitchburg Ward 4, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; citing sheet 5A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,746.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4L5-DMK : 8 December 2015), Fred Strong, 1930.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVB-F898 : 13 December 2015), Frederick Adolphus Strong, 1930; Burial, King Ferry, Cayuga, New York, United States of America, West Genoa Cemetery; citing record ID 29101327, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.