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B. F. Strange, farmer and resident of the Thirteenth District, is a son of Jesse and Martha G. (Boyd) Strange. He was born on the farm where he now lives, in 1853, and is the only child. The father was of Moravian ancestry, born in Davidson County, N. C., in 1812. He was raised in that State, with few educational advantages. He came to Tipton County in 1838 and a few years later moved to Texas, and upon the breaking out of the Mexican war joined the Texas Rangers, under Col. Jack Hays; served until the war was over, and was disbanded in Texas. In 1849 he returned to Tipton County; was twice married, the first time to a Miss Smith, who died soon after the Mexican war, and in 1851 he married the mother of our subject. He was a farmer and a mechanic, and died in 1878, while on a visit to his native State. The mother was born in Georgia in 1826, and is still living in Tipton County, and in October, 1884, she married Isaac E. Clark. B. F. Strange was educated at Tabernacle and at Covington, finishing his studies at Lebanon, Tenn., in 1874. September 1, 1880, he married Willie E., daughter of James and Jane A. Lanier, of Tipton County. She was born in same county in March, 1855; is finely educated, being a graduate of Ward’s Seminary in 1875, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Strange continued to reside at the old homestead, owning over 500 acres of land in the Thirteenth District, four miles east of Covington. Although Mr. Strange is still a young man, he is one of the most progressive farmers and influential citizens of the county. In August, 1882, he was elected magistrate and still holds the office. In politics he is a conservative Democrat. His first presidential vote was for S. J. Tilden, in 1876.