| Marker Number |
11072 |
| Atlas Number |
5401011072 |
| Marker Title |
John Strong and Mary Ann (Whatley) Strong |
| Index Entry |
Strong, John and Mary Ann |
| Address |
|
| City |
Henderson |
| County |
Rusk |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
342720 |
| UTM Northing |
3560617 |
| Subject Codes |
pioneers; women |
| Marker Year |
1981 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
7 mi. east of Henderson via US 79 and FM 3135 to S. CR 333, left on CR 334 to cemetery |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
grave marker |
| Marker Text |
Georgia natives John (1806-1854) and Mary Strong (1809-1898) migrated to Texas about 1849 and were pioneer settlers of eastern Rusk County. They helped set aside land for the local Methodist congregation, the Church Hill Male and Female Academy, which operated in the 1850s, and this cemetery. Their home was located near a spring east of this site. |
