Elijah T. Strode
Elijah T. Strode On a spring day in March of 1851, a baby boy was born somewhere in Monroe County, Kentucky. He was christened Elijah T. Strode and would go on to have a life as a farmer and soldier until tragedy struck a month before his 30th birthday. Strode lived a humble life as a farmer in Kentucky until October 15, 1872, when he visited Elizabethtown at the age of 21 and enlisted in…