| The Press Lawrenceburg, Indiana May 15, 1912 |
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sounded and another one of the boys in blue answered to the call of the death angel. Thomas Drake Strong was born in Twillingate, Newfoundland, Oct. 31, 1844, and passed away at his residence at 348 Price street, Indianapolis, May 2, 1912. He, with his parents and other members of the family, left Newfound- land for the United States in October, 1856, and located at Aurora Jan. 1, 1857. In August, 1861, at the age of seven- teen, he joined the army under Cap- tain Junker of Manchester, and was as- signed to Company K, Twenty-sixth Indiana. On the night of April 6, 1865, at Spanish Fort, Alabama, he was tak- en by the rebels and held in prison twenty days, undergoing all the hard- ships and horrors of being with the sick and wounded. The exposure of prison life proved too great, and he became seriously ill. The following June at Camp Chase, O., he received his dis- charge, having served his country three and ten months. On Oct. 18, 1867, he was united in marriage with Ruth A. Hunter, who preceeded him to the heavenly home Oct. 24, 1908. To this union were born five sons and four daughters. All of them except the eldest, Mrs. William F. Ward, who lives near Guilford, re- side in Indianapolis. All that loving hands could do was done for him, but to no avail. A short time before his death he called his children around him and told them he was ready to go, and urged them to seek salvation, for "as in Adam all die, so in Christ all shall be made alive." Who sent him calm release, 'Tis only we are weeping, He dwells in perfect peace." Funeral services were conducted by Rev. T. H. Nelson in the Pentecost Tabernacle Saturday, May 4. Inter- ment in Crown Hill cemetery, Indianap- olis. |