Hardy Strickland
Born: November 24, 1818
Birth Place: Jackson County, Georgia
Father: Hardy Strickland Sr. 1775 – 1872
Mother: Priscilla Ann Strickland 1777 – 1841
Wife: Ann Elizabeth Hammond 1829 – 1897
(Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Georgia)
Children:
Octavia Strickland Humphries 1855 – 1932
(Buried: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Georgia)
Julia Strickland Looper 1859 – 1936
(Buried: West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia)
Jefferson David Strickland 1862 – 1930
(Buried: Lafayette Cemetery, Lafayette, Georgia)
Lewis Henry "Coon" Strickland 1863 – 1944
(Buried: Chickamauga Cemetery, Chickamauga, Georgia)
Education:
Tutored at home and attended local schools
Occupation before War:
Owner of Strickland Old Gold Mine in Forsyth County, Georgia
1847 – 1858: Georgia State Representative
1860: Breckinridge Democratic Presidential Elector
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Georgia State Secession Convention
1861: Private in the Confederate Army Cavalry Cobb's Brigade
1862 – 1864: Confederate States Congressman from Georgia
1862 – 1864: Member House Accounts Committee
Supporter of a Confederate Mint being placed in Dahlonega, Georgia
Supporter of General improvement of Confederate Hospitals
1864 - 1865: Brigade Quartermaster for Georgia State Reserves
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1884: Suffered from rheumatism that caused him not be able to walk
Died: January 24, 1884
Place of Death: Acworth, Cobb County, Georgia
Cause of Death: Articular Rheumatism
Age at Death: 65 years old
Burial Place: Liberty Hill Cemetery, Acworth, Georgia
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