The Collegian, Volume [3], Number 1-2, September-October [1903] Page: 10
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0B IT UARY.
On the fifteenth of September we received the sad news of the death
of 'Hon. J. S. Strother, the father of our president. Mr. Strother was a
member of the Legislature, and madefrequent visits at the College Home,
last session coming down from Austin for a night and a day. These
visits were always anticipated with pleasure by all of us, for Mr. Strother's
many noble traits, as well as his kindly, genial manner, won for him a
lasting place in our regards.
The following is a part of the account of his death, as published in the
Dallas News of September sixteenth:
Hon. Joseph S. Strother, for three terms, including the last, sent to
the Legislature from this county, died yesterday morning at his home
near Garland, at the age of 67.
Mr. Strother came to Dallas when a young man,from Huntsville, Ala.,
settling first in Dallas about forty years ago, where about that year he
taught school. Afterward he went to the northeastern part of the county
and also taught school, many prominent citizens of Dallas going to school
to him, including Judge Thomas F. Nash and others.
At the breaking out of the war between the States, he joined the Con-
federate army, enlisting in a company in Speight's regiment, and fighting
through the battles of the Confederacy for four years, being in service
in Louisiana part of the time.
Before the war he married Miss Emily McCullough, whose parents for-
merly lived at Garland. By her he had six children, three girls and three
boys.
His widow and three sons survive him, one of his sons being William
K. Strother, who is president of a Methodist College in South Texas.
Another is Dr. Edward B. Strother, who lives at Reinhardt, this county,
and the third is Archie, a young man who has been living with his father.
The three daughters of Mr. Strother married and all have since died.
Mr. Strother had a wide State acquaintance and a circle of friends
which was envied, and it is expected that a great many of hiss old-time
friends will attend the funeral, which will take place from the Methodist
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Chappell Hill Female College. The Collegian, Volume [3], Number 1-2, September-October [1903], periodical, 1903; Chappell Hill, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth981986/m1/12/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Chappell Hill Historical Society Museum.