True Strong

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Military Service Notes

• United States Army, Private, Infantry, ICOTS, 5th Company, 3rd Battalion, dates of service 9/10/1918 to 12/8/1918 (World War I). True Strong, birth date 2/13/1888 in Montague, Texas, death date 2/20/1941, residence in Dallas. FamilySearch. United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949 United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940

Other Resources

• Obituary and photo, "True Strong, Formerly of Dallas, Dies: Texas Representative in 1925 Succumbs at Hospital in Illinois . . . World War Veteran and Lawyer Passes," 2/22/1941, p. 3. Dallas Morning News.
• Obituary, "Former Resident of Denton Succumbs," 2/22/1941, p. 2. Denton Record-Chronicle.
• Census of 1900 - Francis T. Strong, Montague County, age 12, born February 1888 in Texas, son of Sterling O. and Alice S. Strong.
  Census of 1910 - True Strong, Dallas, Dallas County, age 22, born circa 1888 in Texas, collector, son of Sterling P. and Alice S. Strong.
  Census of 1920 - True Strong, Dallas, Dallas County, age 32, born circa 1888 in Texas, wife Mary.
  True Strong, birth date 2/18/1888 in Texas; death date 2/20/1941 in Proviso, Cook County, Illinois; burial in Dallas. FamilySearch. 1900 1910 1920 Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998
• True Strong, birth date 2/18/1888, death date 2/20/1941, burial in Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, Dallas County. Find a Grave.
• "'Eyes of Texas' for State Song: Dallas Solon Wants 'U' Anthem Adopted", 2/18/1925, p. 10. Port Arthur News.
• "Strong Would Defeat His Own Boxing Measure," 1/29/1925, p. 15. San Antonio Express.

Photographs

• Photograph. True Strong, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

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