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Cora Strong

Mrs. N.R. Strong
Full Name: Cora Strong
Other surnames: Gray
Birth date: September 4, 1882
Death date: March 21, 1959

Terms of Service

  • House, 42nd Legislature
    1/13/1931 - 1/10/1933
    Democrat

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Other Resources

  • Biographical sketch, Cora Gray Strong, pp. 253-254. A Centennial History of Anderson County Texas 1936.
  • Photo and biographical sketch, Cora Gray Strong, pp. 95-96. One of the first two widows of legislators elected to the Texas Legislature (with Frances Mitchell Rountree). Relatives: N.R. Strong - husband, Cora Strong - wife. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999 2000.
  • Nelson R. Strong and Cora Gray were married on 10/4/1905 in Coke County. FamilySearch . Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
  • Cora G. Strong (1882-1959), burial in Strongs Memorial Park, Slocum, Anderson County. Find a Grave .
  • Death notice, Mrs. Cora E. Strong, "Ex-Anderson County Representative Dies," 3/22/1959, p. 11. Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph .
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