Samuel Eberhart Strickland
Lifespan: 1840 - 1923
Birth: 1840 in Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA
Occupation: Farm laborer, later Farmer
Marriage: Chaney Watkins
Children: Wiley J Strickland, Martha Strickland, Emily Strickland, Augusta Strickland
Parents: Bob Eberhart & Louise Strickland
Death: 22 August 1923 in Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA
Burial: Unknown
No biography available.
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