Birth: December 20, 1831
Death: January 5, 1917
Location: Lot 14, Section 3, Outside the Old Cemetery
photo courtesy of Carmelletta Childers
Daughter of Abner and Mary Ellington Arnold.
Grand Island (Nebraska) Daily Independent
Tuesday, 9 January 1917
The death of Mrs. Rebecca Strong, one of the oldest residents of Wood River, from an attack of grippe occurred yesterday morning. Mrs. Strong was 85 years old on the 20th of last December. She is survived by one son, Thomas Evans Strong.