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    Ellen Caroline Strong (Ruggles)

    Birth: 7-21-1833

    Death: 1891

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Accomplished singer and pianist, wife of music patron and Civil War diarist, George Templeton Strong. Married in 1848. During the Civil War, Ellen worked for the U.S. Sanitary Commission as a nurse. Mentioned in Fanny Seward's 1862-1863 diary in Washington, D.C. 

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Accomplished singer and pianist, wife of music patron and Civil War diarist, George Templeton Strong. Married in 1848. During the Civil War, Ellen worked for the U.S. Sanitary Commission as a nurse. Mentioned in Fanny Seward's 1862-1863 diary in Washington, D.C.
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Source Citation National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington D.C.; Roll #: 28; Volume #: Volume 048: France Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007. Original data: Selected Passports. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Source Citation Record of Wills, 1665-1916; Index to Wills, 1662-1923 (New York County); Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (New York County); Probate Place: New York, New York Source Information Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: New York County, District and Probate Courts.