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The subject of this sketch was born September 29, 1860, in
Walker County, Georgia, second son of William Strange, a stockman and ex-sheriff of Walker County, having served eight years in that capacity. William's mother was the daughter of Henry
Boss, also a stock raiser of Walker County. William, after attending public school till seventeen years of age, entered the mercantile
business at Ringgold, Georgia. Selling out three years later, he
moved to Vinita, Indian Territory, and began clerking for W. C.
Patton & Co. Here he remained five years, till 1885, when he
moved to Chelsea, and there embarked in the mercantile business
on his own account, and is conducting it at the present time. In 1886, he was appointed postmaster, and still holds the office. In
October, 1887, Mr. Strange married Miss Mary, daughter of A.
C. Raymond, then a merchant at Vinita. Mr. Strange carries a
stock of $2,000 in general merchandise, and owns about 1.000
head of cattle, 50 head of horses, and a farm of 600 acres, 350 of
which is in cultivation, near Chelsea, besides some real estate property. Mr. Strange is nearly six feet in height, weighing 185
pounds. He is a man of intelligence and good business ability, is
kind and courteous in numner, and much respected in the community. He is a member of the Methodist Church and a Master
Mason of Vinita Lodge, No. 5. His wife, Mrs. M. Strange, is a
graduate of Worcester College, Cherokee Nation, and is a lady of
refined and attractive manners, exceedingly popular among all with
whom she is accjuainted: she also is a member of the Methodist
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