Simeon Strong Explained

Simeon Strong
Office1:Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Term Start1:1801
Term End1:1805
Birth Date:6 March 1736 or 1736
Birth Place:Amherst, Province of Massachusetts
Education:Yale College
Relatives:Nehemiah Strong (brother)
Henry W. Strong (grandson)
Marshall Strong (grandson)

Simeon Strong (1736–1805) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

Biography

Simeon Strong was the son of Nehemiah Strong and Hannah French. He was born in Amherst, Province of Massachusetts on March 6, 1736, and graduated from Yale College in 1756. He studied Christian theology and preached in various locations in Massachusetts. Strong then studied law and was sworn as an attorney in 1761. Strong became a well-known attorney and practiced in Amherst. He was selected as a representative to the General Court (1767-9), Massachusetts State Senate (1793) and justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1800–05). He married Sarah Wright on January 12, 1763 (1739/40-1783). Strong died on December 14, 1805, aged 69.[1]

New York State Senator Henry W. Strong (1810–1848) and President of the Wisconsin Territorial Council Marshall Mason Strong (1813–1864) were his grandsons.

Notes and References

  1. Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight, The history of the descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass v. 2, (J. Munsell, 1871) https://books.google.com/books?id=GWJmAAAAMAAJ&q=simeon+strong+supreme+judicial+court