When Mary Preston Strong was born on 9 April 1833, in Claridon, Geauga, Ohio, United States, her father, William Kellogg Strong, was 23 and her mother, Polly Preston, was 21. She married David S. Clough on 22 March 1855, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 15 January 1896, in Claridon, Geauga, Ohio, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Claridon, Geauga, Ohio, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
English: nickname from Middle English strong(e), strang(e) ‘strong, powerful’ (Old English strang).
Americanized form of French Trahan .
Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish Stark .
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