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John Strain

Birth	:	21 Feb 1832 Tippecanoe County, Indiana, USA
Death	:	11 Feb 1897 Nemaha County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Nemaha Cemetery, Nemaha, Nemaha County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.3469009, -95.6596985
Inscription	:	John Strain Feb 21, 1832 Feb 11, 1897
Description	:	Thank you contributor Laura L. JOHN STRAIN, farmer, P. O. Nemaha City, was born in 1832, in Tippecanoe County, Ind.; removed in 1854, to Iowa, thence to Missouri, and thence to Kansas. In this then new Territory, during the years 1855-56, he saw much of " border ruffianism" in its worst phases. Himself a strong Abolitionist, he was warned repeatedly to leave the Territory, on pain of death, but instead, organized and became Captain of a company of thirty determined Northern men, who were bound to defend themselves and each other against all comers. By skillful night marches Capt. Strain got... Read More	Thank you contributor Laura L. JOHN STRAIN, farmer, P. O. Nemaha City, was born in 1832, in Tippecanoe County, Ind.; removed in 1854, to Iowa, thence to Missouri, and thence to Kansas. In this then new Territory, during the years 1855-56, he saw much of " border ruffianism" in its worst phases. Himself a strong Abolitionist, he was warned repeatedly to leave the Territory, on pain of death, but instead, organized and became Captain of a company of thirty determined Northern men, who were bound to defend themselves and each other against all comers. By skillful night marches Capt. Strain got his company through to Topeka, at one time making an organized band of pro-slavery men believe be had several hundred men at his disposal by scattering them along a ravine. At Topeka, his company surrendered to the United States forces, but were purposely allowed to escape; joining a party of 200 Free-Soilers, they marched to Lawrence, Kan., and joined the main body of Abolitionists under Robinson. The pro-slavery men (2,500 strong), surrounded the town, threatening to burn it. The Free-Soilers, then only eighty in number, threw up intrenchments, resolved upon a good defense. Gov. Geary, with the United States Regulars, now appeared upon the scene, and inviting Capt. Strain with his men to join him, they did so. Geary then rode to the camp of the women-whippers and told them that if they entered Lawrence it would be over his corpse, assuring them that he, as Chief Executive, had "back-bone" enough to enforce the laws. This caused the dispersion of the " chivalry ". Late in 1856, Mr. Strain removed, with his family to Nemaha County, Neb., settling on the farm he now owns, where by building and tree-planting he has made a homelike home. He married in Missouri, Letitia Sales, a native of McLean County, Ill. They have eight living children--Elizabeth, Mary, Celia, Martha, Nettie, Margaret, John C. and J. Arthur. The eldest was born in Des Moines, Iowa, and the others in Nebraska. http://www.kancoll.org/books/andreas_ne/nemaha/nemaha-p10.html

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John Strain's memorial is located at: Nemaha Cemetery, Nemaha, Nemaha County, USA.
When did John Strain death?
John Strain death on 11 Feb 1897 in Nemaha County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 40.3469009
Longitude: -95.6596985

Family Members:

Parent

William Strain

(1799 - 1863)

Elizabeth Strain

(unknow - 1871)

Spouse

Lettitia Adelice Sayle Strain

(1840 - 1904)

Siblings

Mary Strain Dutton

(1821 - 1852)

Isabel Strain Dutton

(1829 - 1854)

Samuel Clark Strain

(1838 - 1923)

William Harrison Strain

(1841 - 1906)

Children

Sarah Elizabeth Strain Hacker

(1856 - 1918)

Mary L. Strain Morris

(1860 - 1903)

Celia L. Strain Coulon

(1868 - 1900)

Nettie C. Strain Kuwitzky

(1870 - 1942)

Margaret Ann Strain Farson

(1872 - 1946)

John Clark Strain

(1877 - 1955)

Arthur James Strain

(1881 - 1948)

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