Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Baraboo:

R. H. Strong, born in Rochester, Monroe Co., N.Y., Aug. 20, 1820; when 16 years of age, he went to Charleston S.C., where he remained three years in the wholesale dry-goods house of Miller, Ripley & Co., when he came to Wisconsin; was Clerk in Territorial Legislature in the winter of 1839-1840; in the spring of 1840, he went to Michigan and engaged in the fur trade, and remained there until 1844; in the spring of this year, went to Milwaukee and engaged in the forwarding and commission business, having an elevator in connection therewith; continued in this business for about four years prior to his removal to Baraboo; at the time the railroad was completed, he received the first freight (by special car) that came over the road, to this place; has been connected with the First National Bank most of the time since its organization; also carrying on an extensive flouring mill, dealing in grain, etc. Was married in Marshall, Mich., in 1845 to Emiline R. Ganson; she was born in Leroy, Genesee Co., N.Y., and died in Milwaukee; had three children by this union - Bertha L., now Mrs. Dr. O.W. Carlson of Milwaukee; Emeline M., the wife of Fred Noonan, died in Kansas City, in May, 1879; and Frank H., now associated with his father in carrying on his business. Mr. Strongs's second wife was Mrs. Edmund Sanderson; she was born in Springfield, Mass.; they have three sons and one daughter - Warner B., Beebe H., Robert D. and Evelyn L.

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