SOLOMON STRONG

Strong, Solomon (1780-1850), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Amherst, Mass., March 2, 1780; was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Mass., in 1798; studied law; was admitted to the bar in Northampton, Mass., in 1800 and commenced the practice of law; member of the State senate in 1812 and 1813; judge of the circuit court of common pleas in 1818 and judge of the court of common pleas from 1821 until his resignation in 1842; elected as a Federalist to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Congresses (March 4, 1815-March 3, 1819); was not a candidate for renomination in 1818; again a member of the State senate in 1843 and 1844; died in Leominster, Worcester, Mass., on September 16, 1850; interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
Parents: Simeon Strong, Mindwell Clapp
Spouse: Martha Janes
Born: 16 Sep 1776 in Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts
Died: 4 Apr 1816
Marriage: 3 Jan 1799
Children:
Foster Churchill Strong - Birth: 1809 - Massachusetts
Adelia Strong - Birth: 28 Feb 1812 - Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Sources:
United States Federal Census
Massachusetts Vital Records
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell