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James Madison Strong was called "Colonel". He was born Dec. 30, 1830 in
Clarke County, Georgia and lived in Marshall County, Georgia and in 1837
Carroll County, Miss.. J.M. Strong sailed to around the Horn to
California on the SS "John S. Colley", arriving in San Francisco on June
10, 1850. He was a teamster around Sacramento, Healdsberg and Grass
Valley. Moving to Mariposa County in 1855 he became a Deputy Sheriff
from 1856 to 1857. In 1871 he started one of the first cotton
plantations in the Snelling area along the Merced River. He was a
Democrat and a delegate to the California Constitutional Convention from
Mariposa and Merced Counties. Strong died in Sacramento while a delegate
in 1878. His body was sent to Merced for internment. There are no
records as to where J. M. Strong is buried in Merced or Mariposa Co.s,
It is possible that he is buried with his wife, Polly Ann, who died 41
years later. See NOTE on Polly Ann. J. M. Strong was a member of the
Merced Lodge #76, F.&A.M. This Masonic Lodge was organized in Snelling,
CA in August or October in 1865. At that time E. G. Rector was the
Master and J. M. Strong was Senior Deacon. This Merced/Snelling Lodge
was disbanded in October of 1879.
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NOTE: Two letters have been found in the Strong's memorabilia: One is
from a brother, "Jack", [who is about 12 years younger], to J. M. from
"Holly Grove Plantation", Arkansas, dated September 13, 1866. In it Jack
writes about the ruin and devastation caused by the Civil War and the
existing famine in the area. Also mentions that he, Jack, was a prisoner
in New Orleans when his father died and was "here" when his Mother died
and "unconscious of her illness".
The second is from J. M. to his wife in Merced County, CA and was written
October 1869 from "Holly Grove Plantation" in Arkansas. J. M. writes of
promising his wife, Polly Ann Pool, a house, "if not here, at least in
California". The names of "Thompsons, William & George and Henry and
Lucy" were mentioned as being in the area. Also "Jabes wife has a son"
and "Sister Margie wants to meet you". There is also mention of a "my
cousin, Sam "Mack" and "Jane" in California. There is no reference to why
and how J. M. got to Holly Grove, Ark., unless it was to help out his
brother on the Plantation and earn money so he can return to California
and start his cotton plantation.
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Hugh Simmons, at 18, married his cousin: Hannah Cathcart Simmons. His
mother didn't like the girl, so they moved to Burlington, Iowa and
finally to Salinas, KS. He did trucking for the Union Army.
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