Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1894-07-26
MOSES M. STRONG.
A Remarkable Career Ciosed---A Great
Light Extinguishsd.


of Mineral Point and the state of
Wisconsin is closed. Mr.. Strong
ceased to be of earth on the morn
ing of Friday, July goth, a little
before five o'clock, and the tene-
ment that had been the habitation
Of the great soul for four score and
four years, was deposited in Grace
land cemetery, in the founding of
which he was prime mover, on Mon
day afternoon. His last illness
came in the form Of heart-failure,
which suddenly stretched him in
sensible on the floor of his room.
Through two weeks he fingered, at
times rallying slightly, but steadily
failing to the end. He appeared 70
suffer keenly at intervals, from the
gradual dissolution of vital powers
and the oppressive heat. His in
tellectual forces were the last to
yield to the king of terrors, as
shown by his responses when spok-
en- to.
Moses Mcclure Strong was s4
years of age on May 20. He was Of
Puritan stock, as his ancestors set.
tied at Dorchester, Mass, in 1929.
His father was distinguished law .
yer. Mr.. Strong was born in Rut-
land, VT, and educated at Castle
ton, (Vt.) Grammar school, Middle.
burg college and Dartmouth college,
graduating at the latter Institution
in 1929. He studied law in the Of
flee of Rodney G. Royce and in the
celebrated law school at Litchfield,
Conn, for two years, and in 1881
was admitted to practice. He mar
ried Miss Caroline f. Green, of
Windsor, Vt, ir 1892, and came
west to Wisconsin in 1886, after
holding the appointment Of deputy
surveyor general of Vermont for a
year or two. He cut loose from the
democratic party and supported Van
Buren for the presidency. He set
tied at Mineral Point in 1886 and
opened law and land office. In
1897 he was appointed government
surveyor to survey lands on the west
side of the Mississippi. He was APP
pointed United States attorney for
the territory of Wisconsin, i'll 1888,
by President Van Buren,, which
office he held three years. He CON
Quoted the proceedings by which
the capitol park at Madison was
transferred to the state in 1899. The
warranty deed was dated Mineral
Point, Jan. l6, 1899, and it convey
ed the land in the capitol SOU are to
the state in considerati on Of the pay
ment Of 81 and the benefits and ad
vantages to be derived from the To-
cation by Steven T. Mason, Julia
G. Mason, and Knitting Prichett,
Of Detroit, and through their attor-
ney, Moses NJ. Strong. In l84l he
was elected a member of the legis.
lative council from Iowa county.
lie was a personal witness Of the
killing Of Charles G. Z. Arndt by
James Vineyard, Feb. IL, 1912, on
the floor of the council chamber,
and defended Vineyard in the trial
which ensued His client was ac-
quilted Of murder, on the ground of
self defense. In 1912 Mr.. Strong
was reelected TO theconncil for a
term Of four years, aud was elected
president, but resigned March Is,
when Morgan L. Martin, of Brown,
was elected to fill the vacancy. 1t
is a singular coincidence that at the
second session Of the council, held
in ls43, Marshal NJ. Strong, of Ra-
cine, (no relation of the Iowa man)
was chosen president Of the council.
AT the session of ls45, Moses M.
Strong was again elected president
of the body.
Mr.. Strong was one Of the dele.
gates To the first constitu tional con.
vention, and took leading part in
framing the first constitution. lie
was chosen member Of the first
assembly in l849, and was elected
speaker in 1850.
In 1852 be devoted much time 10
railroad building, being active in