Name | John Higgins Strain | |
Prefix | Capt. | |
Birth | 10 Nov 1812 | Maryville, Blount Co., Tennessee ![]() |
Gender | Male | |
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1870 | Brighton, Montgomery Co., Maryland ![]() |
Residence | 1879 | Mechanicsville District, Montgomery Co., Maryland ![]() |
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Mechanicsville Precinct, Montgomery Co., Maryland (1879) This is the northern half of the precinct. |
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1880 | Mechanicsville District, Montgomery Co., Maryland ![]() |
Military Service | A member of the failed Santa Fe Expedition. According to family notes, "He was in Texas in 1841, participated in the ill-fated Santa Fe Expedition as Captain of E Company of the Texas troops. He was captured by the Mexicans, and imprisoned there for more than a year. He was later an Indian agent in the Indian territory; went to Washington where he married Cornelia Houston, and died in Montgomery Co, MD." He is mentioned a few times in Thomas Falconer, Letters and notes on the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, 1841-1842 (Falconer was on the expedition) and George Kendall, Narrative of the Texan Santa Fé Expedition. [5] | |
Obituary | Obit., Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH), 8 Aug. 1888: Death of an Old Timer Rockville, Md., Aug. 7 - Captain John H. Strain died last night, aged 70 years. He participated in the Santa Fe expedition, serving as captain. Subsequently he was with General Sam Houston, to whom he was related, in Mexico and Texas. His wife, who is a sister of Mrs. Buchanan Houston, President of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, and a niece of Commodore Truxton, with six children, survives him. [This seems to have been widely copied; the same obit. appeared in the Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago, IL), 8 Aug. 1888. It’s also not clear whether that was related to Sam Houston.] | |
Death | 5 Aug 1888 | Montgomery Co., Maryland ![]() |
Burial | Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C. ![]() |
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Patriarch & Matriarch![]() |
James Strain, Sr. b. Abt 1755 d. 1789, Augusta Co., Virginia ![]() ![]() Jennet Bogle d. 3 Aug 1821 (Grandmother) ![]() |
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Person ID | I3864 | |
Last Modified | 4 May 2025 |
Father | Allen Strain b. 28 Jun 1786, Augusta Co., Virginia ![]() d. 3 Mar 1858, Blount Co., Tennessee ![]() | |
Mother | Jane Higgins b. 4 Aug 1793, Tennessee ![]() d. 29 May 1865, Washington, D.C. ![]() | |
Marriage | 28 Nov 1811 | |
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Spouse / Partner | Cornelia Nancrede "Nellie" Houston b. 21 Aug 1834, Washington, D.C. ![]() d. 23 Nov 1892 (Age 58 years) Marriage |
17 Jan 1856 [1] |
Children |
4 sons and 5 daughters |
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Reference | Pitard, D. "Capt. John Higgins Strain". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I3864&tree=1sttree (accessed May 16, 2025). |
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