A confirmed report comes to us this week of the death of John P. Strong, well-known in Olds during the period of his residence here, who passed away in the Iowa Soldiers' Home at Marshalltown, Iowa, on Saturday, February 27th, at the age of 85 years. The funeral was held Tuesday, March 1st, interment being made in the Soldiers' Home cemetery.

The deceased was born in Vermont, U.S.A., in 1847, later going with his parents to Illinois, where the family lived for several years, the next moved being to Buchan County, Iowa. Mr. Strong enlisted for Civil War service, an active member of his regiment for two years. Still a young man, he homesteaded in Colfax County, Nebraska, where he farmed and engaged in his teaching profession. After his marriage to Minnie E. Simmons of Iowa in 1874, the residence was a farm-home in Nebraska until 1894, when the family emigrated to Alberta and took up homestead in the Berrydale district, later moving to Olds.

There were seven children in the family, Herbert, the eldest son, passed away in 1929. Besides his widow, four daughters and two sons survive his death, Mrs. Blanche Head Victoria, B.C.; Mrs. Olive Fletcher, Calgary; Mrs. Grace Walrod, Rockyford; Mrs. Merle Peck, Cochrane; Walter of Anacortes, Wash., and Floyd of Sibbald, Alberta.

The Olds Gazette, Olds, Alberta, March 4, 1932

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Name: John P Strong
Enlistment Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1846
Birth Place: Vermont, USA
Enlistment Date: 29 Feb 1864
Enlistment Rank: Private
Muster Date: 29 Feb 1864
Muster Place: Iowa
Muster Company: C
Muster Regiment: 12th Infantry
Muster Regiment Type: Infantry
Muster Information: Enlisted
Muster Out Date: 20 Jan 1866
Muster Out Place: Memphis, Tennessee
Muster Out Information: Mustered Out
Side of War: Union
Survived War?: Yes
Residence Place: Fremont, Iowa
SOURCE- Roster & Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of Rebellion

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Kent Gebhard
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