William Augustus Strong was born in Groton Township, of what was then Huron County, Ohio, to Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Elderkin Strong. During the Civil War, William A. Strong enlisted in Company E of the 72nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry. Though his tombstone and obituary state that he was a Captain, his military record on file at Ancestry Library Edition states that he achieved the rank of 1st Lieutenant during his military service in the Civil War. During the Vicksburg campaign, William Strong suffered a heat stroke, from which he never fully recovered. On April 4, 1898, William A. Strong died in Cook County, Illinois. His remains were returned to Ohio, where he was buried in the Strong's Ridge Cemetery in Huron County, Ohio. This obituary for William A. Strong appeared in the April 11, 1898 issue of the Norwalk Reflector.
Rest in peace William A. Strong.
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