Strobridge, Richard Ransom

6 June 1817–16 Aug. 1873. Merchant. Born at Solon, Cortland Co., New York. Son of James Gordon Strobridge and Nancy Maybury. Moved to Mount Pleasant, Brantford Township, Wentworth Co. (later Brant Co.), Gore District (later in Ontario), Upper Canada, before Oct. 1833. Baptized by JS, 27/28 Oct. 1833, at Mount Pleasant. Married Olleda J. Hardy, 19 Apr. 1836, in Mount Pleasant. Purchased Eleazer Freeman Nickerson’s mercantile store in Mount Pleasant, 1837, before Nickerson family moved to Missouri. Lived at Brantford, Brant Co., Canada West, by 4 Sept. 1847. Appointed magistrate in Brant Co., 1 Feb. 1864. Moved to Hamilton Co., Ohio, after 1866. Died at Hamilton Co.