 1856 - 1930 (~ 73 years)
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| Name |
STRUNK James |
| Birth |
Mar 1856 |
Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton, PA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
1930 |
| Burial |
Cemetery Upper Mt. Bethel PA |
| Notes |
- Obituary supplied by niece Phyllis Storms. James Strunk, one of Portland 's most respected residents, died at his home from a carbuncle on the ba ck of his neck. His age was 73 years and 11 months.
James was born in Upper Mt. Bethel township, near Slateford, and was a lif elong resident of that section. He was a son of the long since deceased B enjamin Strunk and Jeanette Wise Strunk. He conducted the Riverdale far m, now occupied by his son, George T. Strunk, until 1916 when he mov ed to Portland on the property he purchased from the estate of the late Wi lliam Wise. He was survived by his wife, also by two sons, George T. Stru nk, of Mt. Bethel, R.D.1 and Benjamin Strunk, of near Washington, N>J> a nd 9 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren; also by four sisters and a b rother, Mrs. David Miller, Mrs. Minnie Mann, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Arndt, a ll of Dunmore, Mrs. Joseph Brewer or Portland, and John T. Strunk of Hartf ord, Conn.
Funeral was at his late home on Saturday at 2 p.m. Conducted by Re b. Phillip H. Pearson, pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran church, Stone Churc h, of which Mr. Strunk was a member, assisted by Rev E.L. Kennedy, past or of the Portland Presbyterian church. Interment was made in the Stone C hurch cemetery.
1870 Census PA Northampton Upper Mt. Bethel sheet 445
1880 Census PA Northampton Upper Mt. Bethel Ed 134 sheet 35
1900 Census PA Monroe Paradise Twp Ed 134 Page 130A
1910 Census Northampton Co Ed 123 Visit 311
1920 Census Northampton Portland Ed 157 sheet 1A
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| Person ID |
I7039 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2013 |
| Father |
STRUNK Benjamin, b. 17 Sep 1825, Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton, PA d. 10 May 1882, Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton, PA (Age 56 years) |
| Mother |
WEISS Jeannette, b. 1827, Upper Mt. Bethel Township, Northampton, PA d. 3 Apr 1890 (Age 63 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Nov 1845 |
Warren, New Jersey |
- Source: Marriage Records from New Jersey data base
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| Family ID |
F2503 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
PEARSON Jane, b. 29 Sep 1858, PA d. 7 Dec 1940, Washington, Northampton, PA (Age 82 years) |
| Marriage |
5 Nov 1884 |
Bloomsbury , N.J. |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F2508 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2008 |
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