Jason W. Strevell
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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
| − | Strevell was born in 1832 in a Dutch Reformed household on the Hudson, in Albany, New York to Harvey & Elizabeth (Lewis) Strevell, natives of New York. Harvey was a teacher, then a farmer. His grandfather, Woolrick Strevell, was wagon master in Gen. Washington's army during the Revolution, in which he served until the close of the war without injury. He located in the state of New York more than 2 centuries ago. His wife was a niece of Col. Lyman Lewis, an officer in the Continental army of the Revolution. She became the mother of six children, Jason W. Strevell being the fifth in order of birth. Jason W. Strevell was educated in the Rensselaerville Academy, in Albany county, N. Y., and then began reading law with Peckham & Tremaine, prominent members of the Albany bar. | + | Strevell was born in 1832 in a Dutch Reformed household on the Hudson, in Albany, New York to [http://albanyhilltowns.com/wikiBio/index.php?title=Harvey_Strevell Harvey] & Elizabeth (Lewis) Strevell, natives of New York. Harvey was a teacher, then a farmer. His grandfather, Woolrick Strevell, was wagon master in Gen. Washington's army during the Revolution, in which he served until the close of the war without injury. He located in the state of New York more than 2 centuries ago. His wife was a niece of Col. Lyman Lewis, an officer in the Continental army of the Revolution. She became the mother of six children, Jason W. Strevell being the fifth in order of birth. Jason W. Strevell was educated in the Rensselaerville Academy, in Albany county, N. Y., and then began reading law with Peckham & Tremaine, prominent members of the Albany bar. His siblings were: Estes H. who was for some years a merchant at Ravena and died there May 22, 1896; [http://albanyhilltowns.com/wikiBio/index.php?title=Strevell,_Amidon_M. Amidon M.]; Emily; William; Edwin. |
==Illinois== | ==Illinois== | ||
