Biography of Ephraim B. Strong, page 718. History of De Kalb County, Indiana. Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885. Ephraim B. Strong, section 7, Newville Township, was born in Geauga County, Ohio, Jan. 5, 1815, a son of Daniel and Eunice (Bundy) Strong, natives of Northamptom, Hampshire Co., Mass., a grandson of Daniel Strong, a hero of the Revolution. His grandfather’s brother John was a Colonel in that war. His father was Captain of a military company in the early days of Ohio. His parents moved to Geauga County, Ohio, in 1813, and in 1836 to De Kalb County, Ind., landing in Newville Township, June 4. There were no roads through from Defiance County, Ohio, and they were obliged to cut their way through the woods. They settled on section 7, where our subject now lives, which at that time was heavily timbered. They cleared the timber from four acres that fall and sowed it to wheat, without plowing the ground, dragging it in, and harvested a crop of 102 bushels. There was a family of twelve children, but five of whom are living---Ephraim B., Eunice, Stephen W., Nancy and Albert B. Two died in childhood and five, Daniel B., Lucy, Laura, Triphosa, and Israel, had reached maturity. Albert B. was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion. Ephraim B. Strong remained with his parents till manhood, assisting his father to clear and improve a frontier farm. He was married, May 28, 1840, to Marietta E., daughter of Ralph F. Robison. To them have been born five children, three of whom are living--- Henry B., William L., and Ida G. Lisbon E., and an infant are deceased. Henry married Anna L. Leitch, and has one child. He lives in Clay Center, Neb. Ida is the wife of Andrew C. Harrod, of Newville Township. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com