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Rev. James H. Strong, a well known and popular minister of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church and a resident of Tipton County, is a native of Chester County, S. C., born May 14, 1827, and a son of John and Martha (Strong) Strong, who were both na tives of Chester County, S. C. In 1837 they came to Tipton County, and settled ten miles south of Covington, and were among the first settlers. They had four sons, and three daughters that lived to be grown. The Strong family has always been a substantial one, and one of the most interesting ones in the county, well known for their good morals, and Christian traits and have been a remarkably temperate people. The father was a successful farmer, a sound Democrat, and an influential member of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church; he died April 14, 1874, and was buried at Salem Church grave yard. The mother was born in 1795, and was a devout member of her husband’s church and a woman who exerted a wide influence for good in the community in which she lived. Rev. James Strong, was the fourth child of a family of eight children, and had good educational advantages. In 1850 he went to Erskine College, South Carolina, where he received his diploma in 1856, then returned home and taught school for two years, and entered the ministry of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, and was called to take charge of Shiloh Church, Fayette County, Miss., and was pastor of this church for five years, then returned to Tipton County in 1862 and took charge of Salem Church, and for twenty-four years has been pastor of that church. August 14, 1854, he married Miss Hibernia A. Ellis, who was born in Abbeville, S. C., September 18, 1833, and they have had six sons and two daughters; one son and one daughter have died. Mr. Strong is a Democrat but not a party man, supporting first, always, principles and not parties. He has accomplished a great deal of good in his work, and is highly esteemed by the citizens of Tipton County.