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W. H. Strange, farmer and miller, is a son of Edmund and Sarah (Smith) Strange, and was born in Tipton County, Tenn., in 1840. He and his sister, Mrs. S. G. Hicks, are the only children born to their parents’ union. The father and mother were born in North Carolina in 1810 and 1820, and died in 1882 and 1885, respectively. The father came to Tennessee about 1838, locating In Tipton County, Tenn., where he was engaged in milling and farming until his death. He was in early life, engaged in carpentering and manufacturing cotton-gins and threshers. He was a blacksmith and an inventive genius. W. H. Strange, our subject, was educated in Covington under the instruction of Judge Byars. On his twenty-first birthday he joined the Confederate Army, Company B, Seventh Tennessee Cavalry, and was in the service nearly four years. He was surrendered at Gainesville, Ala., in May, 1865, and returned home. In October, 1866, he married Miss S. E., daughter of J. B. and Pheriba Boyd. To them were born six children, four of whom are living: Clarence, Anna B., John B. and Sallie E. After his father’s death Mr. Strange assumed control of the mill, which was destroyed by fire in 1884. He owns about 1,000 acres of land, and his home farm consists of over 300 acres, in a high state of cultivation. He was elected magistrate in 1876, and held the office one term of six years to the general satisfaction of the public. He was formerly a Whig, and he and wife are members of the Old School Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Strange was born in Shelby County about 1850.