When Augustus Hopkins Strong was born on 3 August 1836, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, his father, Alvah Strong, was 27 and his mother, Catharine Hopkins, was 28. He married Harriet Louisa Savage on 7 November 1861, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Monroe, New York, United States in 1900 and Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1920. He died on 29 November 1921, in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States.