Capt. John Higgins Strain

1812 - 1888  (75 years)

• Name	John Higgins Strain
  Prefix	Capt.
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	10 Nov 1812	Maryville, Blount Co., Tennessee   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1870	Milar, Sulphur Twp., Sebastian Co., Arkansas
  aged 55, farmer; real estate worth 5,000; estate valued at 30,000
  Census	1880	Mechanicsville, Montgomery Co., Maryland
  aged 67, farmer; father was born in VA, mother in Tennessee
  Military Service	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."  [2]
  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 neice 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 how he was related to Sam Houston.
  Died	5 Aug 1888	Montgomery Co., Maryland   [1]
  Buried	Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.   [3]
  	http:/​/​www​.findagrave​.com/​cgi-bin/​fg​.cgi?page=gr&GRid=59585110
  Notes	He is the "John" after whom John Lansdale Sr. was named. His two oldest children, Sally and Cornelia, were apparently born in D.C., according to the 1880 census, which is where they lived during the War; after that the children were born in Maryland. There is a window dedicated to he and his wife in St. John's Church, Olney. I assume that they were dedicated by his neice Eliza Wimberly and her husband Thomas F. Lansdale (b. 1844). [4]
  Person ID	I3864	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2018

  
  

  Father	Allen Strain           b. 28 Jun 1786, Augusta Co., Virginia           d. 3 Mar 1858, Blount Co., Tennessee  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Jean Or Jane Higgins           b. 4 Aug 1793, Tennessee           d. 29 May 1865, Washington, D.C.  (Age 71 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1811
  Family ID	F2664	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Cornelia Nancrede "Nellie" Houston           b. 21 Aug 1834, Washington, D.C.           d. 23 Nov 1892  (Age 58 years)
  Married	17 Jan 1856  [1]
  Children	1. Cornelia Houston "Nellie" Strain           b. Mar 1856, Washington, D.C.           d. 1936, Sandy Spring Friends Meeting, Montgomery Co., Maryland  (Age ~ 79 years)   2. John Houston Strain           b. 24 Sep 1858           d. 10 Sep 1859  (Age 0 years)   3. Sarah A. "Sally" Strain           b. Abt 1859, Maryland   4. Allen Strain           b. 30 May 1860           d. 5 Nov 1865  (Age 5 years) + 5. Thomas Truxton Strain           b. 1 May 1869, Olney, Montgomery Co., Maryland           d. 25 Mar 1923, Pomona, Los Angeles, California  (Age 53 years) 6. Gertrude Strain           b. 1870           d. 1940  (Age 70 years)   7. James Strain           b. Abt 1874, Maryland   8. Mary Strain           b. Dec 1877, Maryland           d. 1927  (Age ~ 49 years)
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2016
  Family ID	F2666	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 10 Nov 1812 - Maryville, Blount Co., Tennessee  Census - 1880 - Mechanicsville, Montgomery Co., Maryland  Died - 5 Aug 1888 - Montgomery Co., Maryland  Buried - - Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown, Washington, D.C.   = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones		Strain graves at Oak Hill Cemetery, Georgetown
  		John Higgins Strain (d. 1888)
  		John Higgins and Cornelia N. Houston Strain This is a memorial window in St. John's in Olney.
  		St. John's and the Strain window This is the inside of St. John's at Olney; the Strain window is just visible on the left side.
  		John H. Strain, d. 1888

  
  

• Reference

  "Capt. John Higgins Strain". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I3864&tree=1sttree (accessed April 9, 2020).