LUKE STRONG

Photographer, was born in Clarendon, Rutland county, Vermont, in 1825. His parents were Luke and Esther (Call) Strong. When he was two years of age his parents moved to Indiana and settled near Indianapolis ; and in 1839 they again moved westward and settled in Galesburg, Illinois.

Mr. Strong graduated from Knox College, Galesburg, in 1850, when he went to Pottsdam, New York, and read law for a year ; thence going to Oquawka, where he taught school for two years. He then embarked in the photograph business at the latter place, where he remained for twenty-one years. In April, 1874, he came to Aledo and engaged in business, building the large gallery which he now occupies. He was married in 1855 to Miss Ann McKinney, eldest daughter of John McKinney, of . Aledo; has two children (boys) living, Fred H. and Geo. McK., who are both graduates of the Aledo high school. Mr. Strong is a member of the masonic fraternity, and politically a republican.

 

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