William Lightbourn Strong

William Lightbourn Strong (October 18, 1782 – August 31, 1859) was an American pastor.

He was the son of Adonijah Strong, and was born in Salisbury, Connecticut, October 18, 1782. He graduated from Yale University in 1802. He pursued a course of theological study and, on April 3, 1805, he was ordained and installed pastor of the church in Somers, Connecticut. Here he remained until July 2, 1829. After this he was pastor of the church in Redding, Connecticut, for about five years. From Redding, he went to Vienna, New York, where, in 1835, he was installed pPastor of the Presbyterian Church. The failure of his eyesight obliged him to leave the active duties of the ministry five or six years after this period. He then moved to Fayetteville, New York, where the last 20 years of his life were passed. He was an occasional contributor to the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine and was the author of several published discourses and of one or two of the tracts issued by the American Tract Society.

He was the father of William Strong and Newton Deming Strong.

He died in Fayetteville on August 31, 1859, aged 76.

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