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Robert Long was born just eight days after the American Revolution began with the Battle of Lexington. The 1850 Federal Census for Jefferson Co, IA states Robert was born in Tennessee. His son Samuel D. Long's death report in "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990" also reports that Robert was born in TN. However Tennessee did not become a state until 6/1/1796. In 1775 there were settlements in what is now eastern Tennessee: Watauga, Nolichucky, and Holston River valleys, of which most settlers migrating from Virginia via the Great Valley. Possibly Rev. Robert Long was born in one of these...
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Robert Long was born just eight days after the American Revolution began with the Battle of Lexington. The 1850 Federal Census for Jefferson Co, IA states Robert was born in Tennessee. His son Samuel D. Long's death report in "Iowa Deaths and Burials, 1850-1990" also reports that Robert was born in TN. However Tennessee did not become a state until 6/1/1796. In 1775 there were settlements in what is now eastern Tennessee: Watauga, Nolichucky, and Holston River valleys, of which most settlers migrating from Virginia via the Great Valley. Possibly Rev. Robert Long was born in one of these settlements.
The 'History of Pike County' by Charles C. Chapman, 1880 states, in the biography sketch of Robert's son, John Franklin Long, that Robert and wife Betsy (Wasson) were 'natives of North Carolina'. Robert died on 12/12/1850 in Abingdon, Locust Grove Township, Jefferson Co, IA, buried at Smith Branch Cemetery (now called Smith Cemetery), in Section 6 Locust Grove Township, Jefferson Co, IA.
Robert Long was probably Ulster-Scot. His two oldest known sons (John and Abner) certainly had children with Ulster-Scot names: Samuel, Elizabeth, Jacob, Joseph, John, William, James, Mary, Sarah, and Robert. Plus, they tended to follow the Ulster-Scot naming pattern. There were German Longs about everywhere they settled such as in Rowan Co, NC, Gibson and Posey Co, IN, and in Pike Co, IL; and Robert Long's line did marry into the German Long line in Pike Co, IL. The German Longs had names like Nicholas, Simeon, Reuben, and Levi.
Possible relatives of Rev Robert Long:
1. John Long the iron worker, and Joseph Long who married Ann Crockett. (see below)
2. Samuel Long of Fourth Creek (Statesville), Rowan Co, NC, and probably related to William Long, Sr. of South River in Old Augusta. Rev. Robert Long of this sketch is most likely the son of this Samuel Long.
(see below)
3. Samuel Long progenitor of the Roodhouse Longs was born about 1748 VA, died 8/?/1812 Shelby Co, KY, married Alsey. (see below)
4. Robert long who sold land in Iredell Co, NC to Andrew Kilpatrick. This is very likely Rev. Robert Long of this sketch. (see below)
5. Robert Long who bought land from a widow named Mary Traverse on 9/23/1799 in Iredell Co, NC. It was 143 acres for $252. The land was on the north side of the South Yadkin River, joining, at times, to the lands of William Traverse, William Allison, James Sharpe, William Chipley, James Callahan, _____ Lard, and _____ McCorkle. This is, also, very likely Rev. Robert Long of this sketch.
5. Robert Long, Esquire, Justice of the Peace, Laurens District, SC. (see below)
John Long the iron worker and sickle maker: he came from Scotland in about 1726. He was the progenitor of the Long family of Chestnut Level, Drumore Township, Lancaster Co, PA. Most of his Longs stayed in Pennsylvania. His line married into many Ulster-Scot families: Bailey, Buchanan, Culbertson, Helm, Irwin, Jordan, Lemon, McPherson, Penny, Ross, Watson, McCullough, Boyd, and Steele. Hugh Long may have been a The names Samuel, Joseph, John, Robert, James, William, Elizabeth, Martha, Sarah, and Jane are used a lot in several of the families, as was the same names in Rev. Robert Long's family tree. One known Long of this family was Joseph Long (b.1680 in Lancaster Co, PA or Londonderry, Ireland, d.1757 in Augusta, VA). He married Anne Crockett. They migrated to old Augusta Co, VA.
Samuel Long of 4th Creek: This is probably the father of Rev. Robert Long of this sketch. He was born about 1730, and died before 1800. This Samuel Long was granted a track of land in Rowan Co, NC on 11/4/1784. His plantation was very close to Rev. Robert Long's first wife Betsy Wasson's relatives: Archibald Wasson, James Wasson, Samuel Wasson (father of Betsy Wasson), and Joseph Wasson. Samuel Long and all these Wassons were members of the old 4th Creek Church which now is known as the First Presbyterian Church of Statesville. Also members were William and James McCrary of which James was the father of Rev. John Cephas McCreary/McCrary who married Ruth Wasson, daughter of the afore mentioned James Wasson, and cousin of Betsy Wasson. Rev. John Cephas McCrary/McCreary was the preacher who performed the marriage ceremony of both Rev. Robert Long's sons John Franklin Long, and Abner Nelson Long.
Also deeds in Iredell Co, NC
Samuel Long of 4th Creek's tract of land:(In 1788 this part of Rowan Co became Iredell Co.) It was located about 4 miles southeast of the present day 4th Creek Presbyterian Church (in downtown Statesville, NC), half way between 4th Creek and 3rd Creek. From the records of the Secretary of State in Raleigh, reads, "No. 741. Know Ye that We have granted unto Samuel Long five hundred & forty three (543) Acres of Land in Rowan County Lying on the waters of Fourth Creek Beginning at a white Oak Christopher Erwin's corner russ along his line South thirty five (35) chains to a stake thence East fifty (50) chains to a post Oak thence North sixty three (63) chains to a post Oak on Richard Allison's line thence along his line West eight and half (8 1/2) chains to a post Oak thence West Sixty five (65) chains to a black Oak thence along John Scott's line South fifty three (53) chains to a black Oak his corner on said Erwin's line thence with his line East to the Beginning To Hold unto the said Samuel Long, His Heirs and assigns forever dated the fourth day of November 1784. (4 November 1784)".
"The State Records of North Carolina", collected and edited by Walter Clark, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of NC, shows Samuel Long to be head of household with one son 16 or older, two sons under 16 (very possibly one could be Rev. Robert Long), and two free white females (age not specified).
William Long, Sr. of South River: He was a neighbor to Gabriel Alexander, Sr. and James Patton. These families intermarried. He is related to Joseph Long who married Ann Crockett. Rev. Robert Long's son John Franklin Long married a Sarah Alexander Patton.
SAMUEL LONG, projenitor of the Roodhouse Longs of Greene Co, IL, was born about 1748 VA, died 8/?/1812 Shelby Co, KY, married Alsey. He married AlSeymour 'Alsey'_____(b. ABT 1750). 'Alsey' may be either:
1. a play on the surname 'Allison'.
2. short for Elizabeth or a play on words combining 'Elizabeth' and 'Allison'
3. a play on words from the older spelling of the surname Elston which was Alston. The Elstons married into Samuel's line.
Rhoda Martin's sister Jane married an Isaac Allison. They're mother's given name was, also, Elizabeth. Samuel was a Lieutenant in the Rev War in the 1st Carolina Regiment under Col Jervin. Samuel bought 100 acres on Guist Creek, Shelby Co, KY from James Patton on 3/1/1798 (Kentucky land abstracts, book C, page 174). Contemporaries of Samuel Long were: Anderson Long, James Long, Jacob Long, William Long, Abrham Long, Aaron Long, Abner Long, and Jeremiah Long. A Samuel and James Long was granted 1286 acres on 10/30/1792 in Bourbon Co, KY on Red River.
The James Patton, mentioned above, is possibly related to Sarah Alexander Patton who married Rev. Robert Long's son, John Franklin Long in 1826 in Vanderburgh Co, Indiana. John was a brother of my 3rd great grandfather, Abner Nelson Long. The Census of 1820 reports a James Patton in Vanderburgh Co, IN.
Samuel Long progenitor of the Roodhouse Longs was also the father of Samuel Long, Jr. who married Hannah Griffith. They had a son Edward Long (born abt 1811 in Shelby Co, KY) who married Priscilla Truitt. Edward and his family ended up in Roodhouse, Greene Co, IL just about 10 miles east of Pearl and Montezuma, Pike Co, IL where Rev. Robert Long's two known sons settled.
Children of Edward Long and and Priscilla Truitt: at least six known
1. Benjamin Franklin Long b: 10 OCT 1834 in Shelby Co, KY (went by 'Franklin' on some census records)
2. Israel Long b: 20 JAN 1839 in Greene Co., IL
3. James Lausen Long b: 15 FEB 1841 in IL.
4. Isabel Long b: 11 FEB 1843 in IL.
5. Squire Long b: 17 MAY 1846 in IL
6. John Thomas Long b: 20 DEC 1850 in IL. Son Frank Long, Daughter Ada Bell Winters
If Samuel Long progenitor of the Roadhouse Longs was an uncle to Rev. Robert Long, then Samuel Long's son, Robert, who married Rhoda Martin, could have been a first cousin to Rev. Robert Long. This Robert was the same generation of Rev. Robert Long. Also, both Long family lines married into the Waggoner family. Rev. Robert Long's great granddaughter Emily Frances Long married George Byron Waggoner on 4/17/1883 in Montgomery Co, IL, and Robert who married Rhoda Martin had a brother, Samuel, who's granddaughter, Elizabeth Long married Joseph Waggoner on 10/17/1850 in Greene Co, IL. Josephs paternal grandparents were David Waggoner and Mary Sirls which are the paternal great grandparents of Rev. Robert Long's great granddaughter's husband, George Byron Waggoner.
Children of Samuel Long and Alsey _______: six known
1. Elizabeth Long b. 11/9/1770 Hyde Co, NC, died 12/23/1859 in Trimble CO, KY. She married on 11/18/1786 in Burke Co, NC to Benjamin "Franklin" W. Elston (b.12/25/1759 Elizabeth, Unjon Co, NJ). Elizabeth secured a Rev War veteran bounty land warrant, based on her husband's service record, on 3/3/1855. She sold the interest in her brother John Long's estate on 4/3/1847. Soldiers of the American Revolution records record that she was issued a widow's pension on 5/9/1854. She declared in her pension application that she was married in Burke Co, NC to Benjamin on 11/18/1786 in one application and in 1791 in another. A listing of her family members, which appears to be from a bible record was attached to the application.
Children of Elizabeth Long and Benjamin "Franklin" W. Elston: eleven known
1. Sarah Elston b. 4/23/1790 NC, died AFT 1860.
2. Mary Elston b. 3/2/1792 NC
3. John Elston b. 2/26/1795 NC, died 8/8/1851 Lincoln Co, MO. He married twice, 1st on 1/17 or 18/1816 in Henry Co, KY to Matilda Ransdell(b.7/20/1793 Fayette Co, KY). 2nd on 1/16/1851 in Lincoln Co, MO to Mildred Smith. During the War of 1812 he served as a Private from 5/20/1813 to 11/19/1813 in Captain William Rice's Company, Col. Richard M. Johnson's M.T.D. Kentucky Volunteers. He was in the Battle of Thames. He applied for bounty land in Lincoln Co, MO on 11/19/1850.
Children of John Elston and Matilda Ransdell: nine known
1. Willett Elston b. 10/15/1816 KY
2. Nancy Elizabeth Elston b. 12/1/1818 Mill Creek, Henry Co, KY, died BEF 6/26/1821.
3. Nancy Elston b.6/26/1821
4. Martha Elston b. 9/30/1821 KY
5. Benjamin Elston b. 10/12/1823
6. Mary Elston b. 12/30/1826
7. John Elston b. 11/18/1828 HENRY CO, KY.
8. Margaret Elston b. 12/29/1830 HENRY CO, KY.
9. Joseph Elston
Children of Elizabeth Long and Benjamin "Franklin" W. Elston: eleven known, cont'd
4. Anna "Nancy" Elston b.6/24/1797 KY
5. Martha "Patsy" Elston b. 7/14/1799 KY
6. Jonas "Jonah" Elston b. 10/14/1800 KY
7. Jonathan Elston b.10/24/1803 Drennon Creek, Henry Co, KY.
8. Elizabeth Elston b.3/7/1806 Drennon Creek, Henry Co, KY.
9. Caroline Jane Elston b. 8/28/1809 Drennon Creek, Henry Co, KY.
10. Benjamin Franklin Elston b. 5/23/1810 Drennon Creek, Henry Co, KY.
11. Fernita Elston b. 4/15/1813 Drennon Creek, Henry Co, KY. She married on 2/10/1831 to Thomas Hayden. They lived in Tippecanoe Co, IN in 1854.
Children of Samuel Long and Alsey ___: six known, cont'd
2. Mary Long b. ABT 1772, Death: BEF 1845 2 . She married ________ Patterson. Note: She is named Mary Patterson in her father's 1812 will.
3. James Long b. ABT 1774, died 3/?/1815, Shelby Co, KY
4. Samuel Long b.ABT 1776 in VA (probably), d.BEF 1840 in Shelby Co., KY. He was named in his father's 1812 will and was co-executor with Brother John. Samuel was neither listed with a household in 1840 Greene Co, IL, nor counted in the household of likely sons David, Edward, or John Long. He married on 7/27/1798 in Shelby Co, KY to Hannah Griffith (b. ABT 1778 in Shelby Co, KY.)
Children of Samuel Long and Hannah Griffith: five known
1. James Long b: 1798 in Shelby or Henry Co, KY
2. David Long b: ABT 1800 in Shelby Co. or Henry Co, KY
3. John Long b: ? in KY
4. Elizabeth Alcy Long b: ABT 1808 in KY
5. Edward Long b: ABT 1811 in Shelby Co, KY
Children of Samuel Long and Alsey ___: six known, cont'd
5. John Long b. ?/?/?, died 1/?/1845 near Rockhaven, Meade Co, KY. He married on 7/29/1822 to Elizabeth Prewitt. She was a daughter of Nathaniel Prewitt. In, or just after, 1822 John moved to Meade Co, KY. Elizabeth remarried on 9/18/1845 to William Ditto. John Long's will, dtd 1/3/1845, was proved 3/3/1845 in Meade Co. His will indicates he and Elizabeth had no offspring. However, they raised Harriet (Truman) Clarkson, wife of Jesse M. Clarkson, and her sister Lucinda Truman, who married Richard S. Moreman/Moorman (1st administrator of John Long's will). John was named in his father's 1812 will, and was co-executor with brother Samuel. John was also administrator of brother James Long's 1817 estate. It appears he moved to Meade Co, KY, by late 1822 or later.
Children of John Long and Elizabeth Prewitt: they had none of their own but fostered some
1. Harriet Truman. She married on 1/19/1834 in Meade Co, KY to Jesse M. Clarkson.
2. Lucinda Truman. She married on 7/30/1839 in Meade Co, KY to Richard S. Moreman.
Children of Samuel Long and Alsey _______: six known, cont'd
6. Robert long b. 1/8/1784 VA, died 9/17/1856 Harrison Co, IN, buried at Martin Hogan Long Burying Ground, New Amsterdam, Harrison Co, IN. He married on 3/26/1805 in Shelby Co, KY to Rhoda Martin(b.6/13/1785, d.1/21/1846, buried at Martin Hogan Long Burying Ground, New Amsterdam, Harrison Co, IN). Her parents were John Martin, Sr. (b. ABT 1758) and Elizabeth _____. Robert was one of the earliest settlers of Harrison Co, IN around 1800. He was a prominent farmer of Harrison Co, IN, and a member of the old Whig Party. At one time he was Justice of the Peace and County Commissioner of Harrison Co, IN. He is named in his father's 1812 will. He migrated from VA or NC to KY with his father by 1798.
Children of Robert Long and Rhoda Martin: four known
1. Louisa Long b. 12/23/1805 in Shelby Co, KY, d. 7/13/1841
2. Elizabeth Long b. 8/20/1807 in Shelby Co, KY, d. 6/19/1891 in Harrison Co, IN
3. Samuel Strother Long b. 10/9/1809 in Shelby Co, KY, died 9/11/1865 Harrison Co, IN. Samuel married twice. 1st to Mary Ann Current (b.7/12/1815, d.1/21/1846). She was a daughter of Samuel Current and Mary Applegate. His second marriage was to Mary J. ______ (b.?/?/1822 IN, married between 1850 and 1858.
Children of Samuel Struther Long and Mary Ann Current: six known
1. James Long b. 7/17/1835 Harrison Co, IN. He married on ?/?/1855 to Elizabeth Mock, daughter of Joseph Mock, Esq. (b. ?/?/? VA, d.2/?/1862).
2. Harvey Current Long b. ?/?/1837/38 IN, d. 1888 CA
3. Samuel Current Long b. 10/31/1839 IN
4. Robert Long b. 9/30/1841 Harrison Co, IN
5. Craven Long b. between 1843 AND 1844 IN
6. Nancy A. Long b. ?/?/1846 IN
Children of Samuel S. Long and Mary J. ___: four known
1. Albert Long b. ?/?/1859 IN
2. Hamlin Long b. 8/13/1861
3. Lincoln Long b. 8/13/1861
4. Rozella Long b. 12/12/1866
Children of Robert Long and Rhoda Martin: 4 known, cont'd
4. Craven Long b. 9/29/1816 in Harrison Co, IN, d. 9/19/1855.
A Robert Long (This possibly is Rev. Robert Long of this sketch or surley a relative of his.) who sold land in Iredell Co, NC to Andrew Kilpatrick. Mr. Kilpatrick willed Robert Long's plantation to his son on 8/23/1811. Andrew Kilpatrick (a generation older than Rev. Robert long) was born March 28, 1745 in Ulster, Ireland, and died March 27, 1813 in Iredell Co, NC, buried at Bethany Presbyterian Church Cemetary, Statesville, NC. His son, Joseph N. Kilpatrick, married Ruth Wasson McCreary's sister-in-law, Rebecca McCreary (sometimes spelled McCrary). Ruth Wasson was a cousin to Betsy Wasson (Rev. Robert Long's first wife). Andrew Kilpatrick, Ruth Wasson, John McCreary, and the Robert Long of Laurens Co, SC (see next paragraph) were all of Ulster/Scot descent...all from family lines that had come over to America in the early, or mid, 1700's from from Counties Down and Antrim, the two counties of Northern Ireland closest to Scotland. Initially, most likely, settled in Pennsylvania, specifically in Chester, York, and Lancaster Counties. Andrew Kilpatrick resided in the Salisbury District of Iredell Co., NC, at Kilpatrick's Ford on the south side of the Yadkin River. Kilpatrick was an Ensign in the First Regiment of Rowan Militia of North Carolina. He was a member of th 4th Creek Church in 1773, and also an elder in the Bethany Presbyterian Church at one time.
Robert Long, Esquire, Justice of the Peace, Laurens District, SC was a generation older than Rev Robert Long of this sketch. Both Roberts lived about 112 miles apart, and both had very close associations to McCreary families. An article dated May 31, 1859 in the Charleston Mercury, entitled "From the Laurensville Herald, Old Recollections," mentions the McCrary's, and relates a very interesting story from 1781 that includes Robert Long of Laurens, SC: "In the "Annals of Newberry," pages 41 and 42, it is clearly proven that Col. Tarleton [of British infamy] left Tea Table Rock in Newberry District, S.C., on the 9th of January 1781, en route for Cowpens; and that he was eight days marching from that point to Cowpens, a distance of 75 miles. History has represented him as pursuing Morgan at this time with all haste. But here seems a discrepancy, and I think the authority given above sufficient to establish the fact of Col. Tarleton's leaving the Tea Table Rock on the 9th of January - the battle of Cowpens being on the 17th. This difference in the statements in history, has suggested the inquiry in my mind as to where Col. Tarleton was during those eight days. Failing to glean additional light from all histories of that period within my reach, I have endeavored, through other sources, to trace it out. As yet, I have only been able to find out where he spent one-and-a-half days of that time. As the fact of his spending one-and-a-half days in Laurens District at that time, and his object in so doing is not generally known, the following recollections, for which we are indebted to a friend, may not prove uninteresting to your readers: "Col. Tarleton, after leaving "Tea Table Rock" on the 9th of January, proceeded to what was then known as Duncan's settlement on Duncan's Creek, which runs through the northeastern portion of Laurens District. Here he halted at the house of Robert Long, a well-known Whig, who had done enough hard fighting in the cause of liberty to render Tarleton particularly anxious to capture him. Here (at Long's), Tarleton fixed his headquarters. Dwelling in the same neighborhood, and not far from Long's, lived another prominent Whig, named McCRARY, whose descendants still live there, as also do those of Long, whom Tarleton was eager to capture also. Long was absent from home when Tarleton took possession of his house; but when returning, and being within a few miles of his home, his heart beating with the fond anticipation of meeting his wife and children, and in their arms for a moment to forget his toils, and to gather new strength to battle for his bleeding country. He was astonished when, on meeting a friend, he was told of the occupation of his house by Tarleton. Turning aside, he wended his way to the house of his friend McCRARY, there to seek shelter and concealment. Tarleton, with his lynx-eyed followers, was not long in finding out that McCRARY and Long were both at the house of the former. He immediately sent out a patrol to capture them. McCrary and Long seeing the patrol coming along the road, ran out the back of the house, endeavoring by that mode to escape; they were quick in this attempt, yet not enough so to elude the vigilant eye of the patrol, who gave chase. McCrary made his escape through the woods, but Long was captured and brought back to the house, which they fired, and proceeded to a convenient tree for the purpose of hanging their prisoner, their orders being to kill them in case of capture. The patrol remained mounted, except the few whose duty it was to hang Long. The rope was placed around his neck, and one of the party had begun to climb a tree for the purpose of fastening it to a limb, when several loaded guns in the house, which they, in their hurry, had not discovered, coming in contact with the flames of the burning building, began firing off, one at a time. The Tories, suspecting it to be a party of Whigs coming to the rescue, put spurs to their horses, leaving Long standing beneath the tree, from which he immediately escaped. The alarm was given in camp, and another patrol sent out, but they failed in finding an enemy. Long lived many years after the war, to enjoy the liberty he fought so hard to obtain. The spring, from which Tarleton procured water, is upon the plantation of Dr. Thomas Weir. Recently, whilst making some excavations below the spring, a cartridge box full of balls were found about six feet below the surface. It was presented by Dr. Weir to the museum at Greenwood, which has since been removed to the Laurensville Presbyterian College."
The family of Robert Long of Laurens, SC may have split from the family lines of the Rev. Robert Long's around 1730 to 1750 in Pennsylvania with Rev Robert Long's forebears going to Virginia, Tennessee, and then to the area around Statesville in Iredell Co, NC; and the forebears of Robert Long of Laurens, SC settling in South Carolina in 1750.
In 1730 Thomas Adair immigrated to America with his wife, and three of their sons (one being Joseph Alexander Adair who later married the mother of Robert Long of Laurens, SC's, widow Susanna Murdough Long). They settled in Chester Co, PA, near Philadelphia. These sons were James, Joseph, and William. (If Thomas had other children left behind, I do not know.) The family came from County Antrim, Northern Ireland, where all had been born. Thomas was born in 1680 the son of Alexander Adair and the grandson of Rev. Patrick Adair. Patrick had married his cousin Jean Adair, the daughter of Sir Robert Adair, also of County Antrim. This family line was descended from the Adairs of Galloway which is a branch of the Anglo-Norman family of the FitzGeralds of Ireland. Thomas's son James acquired from the British Crown a grant of land near Waxaw Colony in what is now the lower part of Lauren s County, South Carolina. Most all of Thomas Adair's family moved about 1750 to develop that tract of land called the Adair Grant. The 'Laurens, SC Robert Long' reported in his Revolutionary War pension application that he was born about 1763 or 1764 in the County of Antrim, Ireland, and had arrived in Pennsylvania, with his family, when he was only 4 or 5 months old. Then in 1765/6 his family moved to Duncun Creek, Laurens District, SC. He stated that his father's people were a kind of Presbyterians called Covenanters in Scotland during Charles the 2nd's reign (Reign: 29/5/1660 to 6/2/1685) who fled to Ireland. This was probably in 1678 when Charles II raised an army of 6,000 Catholic Highland Scots, who had no love for the Presbyterian lowland Scots, that swept through the west and south of Scotland, looting and plundering. They remained for many years, quartering themselves on the already impoverished Covenanters; impoverished through taxation, religious persecution, and slavery since James VI/I (Reign: 7/24/1567 to 3/27/1625). At this time there were new foreign lands, colonies, to which transgressors could be banished. Transportation to the colonies was almost routine for even the simple offence of stealing a loaf of bread, or a piece of cloth. Children as young as four years old were employed in the collieries (coal mines).
So this very well could have been the plight of Rev Robert Long's forebears, as well. In which case they could have lived from 1678 to about 1766 in one of the northern counties of Ulster, Ireland such as Antrim, or Donrgal, or Armagh.
Rev. Robert Long married at least twice. His first known wife was Elizabeth "Betsy" Wasson (b.ABT 1779 NC, who probably died between 1818 and 1822 in or around Cynthiana, IN). Her gravesite is not known. They probably got married about 1800 in either Virginia or North Carolina. Virginia at that time basically consisted of the present day states of VA and WV. Robert's second known wife was Sarah H. Blackburn Davis (b.3/23/1789 in North Carolina {the 1850 Federal Census for Jefferson Co, IA states that Sarah was born in North Carolina}, d.5/20/1855 Locust Grove, Jefferson Co, IA, buried at Smith Branch Cem (now called Smith Cem), Section 6 Locust Grove Township, Jefferson Co, IA), next to Robert.
By 1805 Rev Robert Long and Betsy Wasson had moved to Williamson Co, Tn, from Iredell Co, NC (Iredell originally was the western part of Rowan County until Iredell was formed in 1788) where their son John Franklin Long was born on 1/31/1805 in or around the area of present day city of Columbia, which presently is in Maury County. Maury County was formed from Williamson County and Indian lands, on 11/16/1807. Columbia was laid out in 1808 and lots were sold. The original town, on the south bank of the Duck River, consisted of only four blocks. The town was incorporated in 1817. So Robert Long and his family were some of the first pioneers of Columbia, Maury Co, TN area. Their second known son, Abner Nelson Long, was, also, born in this vicinity, on 12/8/1807. It is interesting to note that the book "The History of the Bone Family in America 1692-1850" by Robert Gehlmann Bone (1972 Edition) tells how, "in 1805 a group of Bones, Lansdens, Knoxes, Polks and WASSONS moved from North Carolina to Wilson County, TN. In the group were Samuel and Jane Knox Polk and their children including 9 year old James Knox Polk (11th president of the US), Robert Knox, Thomas Knox and their mother Lydia Bone Gillespie Knox. Very Possibly Rev. Robert Long and wife Betsy, with a few of their children, may, quite possibly, been in this group. In about 1806 the Polks, Wassons and some of the Knoxes moved on to Maury Co, TN. Lydia Gillespie Knox died in Maury County on February 18, 1828, at age 72. Among the Bones that moved in 1805 to Wilson Co, TN were Thomas, a son of William III, moved with his wife and 6 children to Wilson Co, TN and later to Davidson Co, TN; three of William's grandchildren moved to Wilson Co, TN: William Bone IV; Margaret (Bone) Wasson, with her husband, John Franklin Wasson, son of Lt. Samuel Wasson and Elizabeth ______, and family (Lt. Samuel Wasson may have been Betsy Wasson's father); and Artimicia (Bone) Wasson, with her husband Josiah Wasson (brother of Lt. Samuel Wasson), and children. A few years later William Bone moved to Dickson Co, TN and the Wassons moved to Maury Co, TN, (where Robert Long and Betsy Wasson were living). The Josiah Wasson family left Maury and settled in Lawrence Co, AL, which was just a short distance south of the John Wasson's farm in Tennessee. After the death of William Bone IV in Iredell TN in 1828, his widow Elizabeth Potts Bone went to the home of her daughter, Artimicia Wasson in Maury Co, TN, where she died."
In 1810 Ruth Wasson McCreary, cousin to Rev Robert Long's first wife, Betsy Wasson, with her husband, Rev John Cephas McCreary, and family, along with Rev. Robert long and wife Betsy and children left Tennessee and settled in the Cynthiana, Indiana area, where they spent a quarter of a century where Rev. Robert Long built the first grist mill in the western part of the town of Cynthiana, Posey Co, IN in 1811. Cynthiana, IN was originally a place name of lands which embraced a large area of land in southern Indiana. The area included the present day towns of Owensville, Armstrong, Poseyville, Stewartsville, Bugtown, and the Evensville metropolitan community. Robert was also in partnership with Clement Whiting in a local tavern and mill there. Robert, also, sold logs to the Regular Baptists for construction of the first church in Cynthiana of which prior meetings were held at the home of Clement Whiting. Clement Whiting was, also a tobacco merchant and ran the town's post office. In 1835, Ruth Wasson McCreary and her family along with Rev. Robert Long and second wife Sarah H. Blackburn and their children all migrated to McDonough County, IL. Abner Nelson Long and wife, also, moved with them. After one year, and one of the coldest winters on record, they continued on their westward journey into the Wisconsin Territory to what is now Van Buren County, Iowa, Except for Abner and his family which they moved back down south to Pike Co, IL rejoining his brother John Franklin Long.
In 1812 Rev. Joseph Wasson (Betsy Wasson's cousin), with wife, Jane Adams Wasson (cousin to President John Quincy Adams) and family, and mother Catherine Wasson, moved from Maury Co, TN to Gibson Co, IN. They settled a short distance east of what is the present day Cynthiana, IN, in the same area that Abner Nelson Long (a son of the Robert Long of this sketch) had his farm in 1830. Rev Joseph Wasson and Jane Adams had a hand in helping form the little community of Liberty. This Liberty was at the northwest corner of the present day boundaries of the town of Cynthiana, IN where Liberty Cemetery is today. (This defunct village should not be confused with the present day Liberty, IN, which is in east central IN in Union County.)
Sometime between 1818 and 1822 Rev Robert Long's first wife Betsy Wasson died, and Robert married his 2nd wife, Sarah H. Blackburn Davis (a widow or divorcee of William Davis (b. 11/11/1780 in Rutherford Co, NC, married Sarah ), the founder of the town of Cynthiana, Posey Co, IN. To this marriage Sarah brought at least four known children: James B. Davis (b.4/23/1808, Harrison Co, KY, d.2/3/1885, Jefferson Co, IA), Robert George Davis (b.4/8/1810, Harrison Co, KY, d.9/25/1891, Abingdon, Jefferson Co, IA), John B. Davis (b.7/11/1815, Harrison Co, KY, d.2/18/1875, Wapello Co, IA, buried at Smith Cem (2 miles west of Abingdon), Jefferson Co, IA, married on 8/6/1835 in Blandinsville, McDonough Co, IL to Betheany Parthena Jobe, born 11/3/1813 TN, died 8/3/1879 Jefferson Co, IA, buried at Smith Cemetery Abingdon, Jefferson Co, IA, daugher of Zilphia 'Zilfrey' Norris and William Jobe, founder of Jobe Settlement, 1825 in present Blandinsville Township, McDonough Co, IL), Thomas Jefferson Davis (b.6/23/1817, Harrison Co, KY, d.2/22/1861 or 1864, McDonough Co, IL, married on 11/24/1833 in Blandinsville, McDonough Co, IL to Parmelia Jobe born 7/17/1815 MO, died 8/5/1894 Blandinsville, McDonough Co, IL, sister of Betheany Parthena Jobe). Sarah's first husband was William Davis whom she married on 2/12/1807. (Harrison County was created from Bourbon Co, KY in 1794). William Davis's family and Sarah Blackburn's family had settled in Bourbon Co, KY (made from Fayette Co, KY in 1786) in 1790.
The state of Indiana was admitted to the union on 12/11/1816, and soon after on 3/6/1817 William Davis layed out the town of Cynthiana, Smith Township Posey Co, IN. Organized by William Davis on 3/24/1817, but Cynthiana wasn't incorporated until 4/22/1896. It was a very suitable area in southern Indiana to build a town embracing some of the finest lands of the Black River bottoms.
In "The Lincoln Country of Southwestern Indiana" ARRANGED BY Southwestern Indiana Civic Association, I. J. Robinson, Chairman Tourist Committee, originally published in 1923 tells, "It was in the year 1816 that a colony of about forty persons immigrated from the vicinity of Cynthiana, Ky., coming by boat to West Franklin, then across country through the wilderness to locate here (Cynthiana area of southern Indiana). On March 6, 1817, the town was laid out by William Davis, giving it the name of his former home town, Cynthiana (Cynthiana, Harrison Co, KY). Thomas Lincoln, father of President Abraham Lincoln, according to land grant records at Vincennes, once owned for a short time a farm just southeast of Cynthiana, now known as the Martin homestead. After a short ownership Mr. Lincoln traded this farm for land in Spencer County and as far as records go the Lincoln family never lived here. Thus Cynthiana is included in the Lincoln Country."
The 'colony of about forty persons', mentioned above, actually arrived in the Cynthiana, Indiana area on 9/1/1815 and was lead by the Joseph and Rebecca Endicott (with five sons) that left their homes in the small community known as Colville (on the border of the present Harrison and Bourbon Counties in Kentucky near Cynthiana, Harrison Co, KY and headed for Indiana. On that first day of September, 1815, departure day for the colony of 44, they divided into two companies. Part of the men traveled by land with horses, wagons and cattle. The women and children with men enough to man the boats embarked at Augusta, Ky and traveled by water, landing at Diamond Island, now known as West Franklin, from which point the journey continued by land. On September 25, they arrived in Posey County, Indiana, settling about a mile from present day Poseyville in Robb Township. It was the largest recorded migration from the Blue Grass Country of Kentucky to the Cynthiana area of Indiana, The country was an almost unbroken wilderness. Game was abundant. Venison and wild turkey were common features on the daily menu. Bears, panthers, wolves, and Indians added to the daily hazards of life. The flaming plumage of pheasant and parrotquet brightened the dark green of the forest; the sweeping eagle menaced the safety of the flocks.
To Rev Robert Long and second wife, Sarah Blackburn, the following children were born: William Kinkade Long born 1823, Elizabeth Jane born 1825 (notice the name, often times the name of the first wife is given to the first born female of the second wife, for rememeberance and honor), Samuel Davis Long born 1828 in Indiana, and Sarah Alexander Long born 1831 in McDonough Co, IL (married Wm Smith, son of Sampson Smith). In 1836 Robert and Sarah moved with Robert's first wife's relatives and life long friends to Iowa (Wassons and McCrearys). It was in the State of Indiana that the Longs met a family by the name of Sampson Smith. They were to meet later in the State of Iowa.
In the latter part of 1830 Robert had moved his '2nd' family to McDonough Co, IL, in the vicinity of present day Blandinsville, which was then in Schuyler County, but is presently in the bounderies of McDonough County. Robert's family, at that time consisted of him and his 2nd wife, son William R. (age 7), daughter Elizabeth J. (age 5), and Samuel D. (age 2). In the move with them was Robert's newly married son from his first marriage to Betsy Wasson, Abner Nelson Long, age 23, and Abner's wife Martha Jane Gale, age 23 also. The 1830 census reports Robert to be between 50 and 60 years of age, and that in his household was a female between 40 and 50, 2 males between 15 and 20, one male between 5 and 10, one female between 5 and 10, and one male under five. Also in McDonough County in the 1830 federal census was there was Abner Nelson Long (Robert's son), a George Long, and a John Long were shown to be in McDonough Co, IL, and each between 20 and 30 years of age. Abner had married on 1/1/1829 in Gibson, Co, Indiana, and soon after moved to McDonough Co, IL. Maybe this John Long was his dad's little brother. Abner's own brother John had moved to Green Pond, Pike Co, IL in October of 1828. George Long was probably no relation as 'George' is a German name. In 1835 Abner moved his family to Pike Co, IL next to his brother, John Franklin Long, at Greenpond by Pearl.
Robert Long and his son Abner helped start the first Christian Church of Blandinsville, IL, in 1832 which was the first church of that denomination in McDonough County, IL. Like Robert helped start the Liberty Church in Cynthiana, Smith Township, Posey Co, IN in about 1816, they were both called "Liberty Church" The Liberty Church of Blandinsville was originally built two miles north of town. In 1849 the congregation changed its place of worship to Blandinsville. The name was changed to the Christian Church of Blandinsville, which is still in existance today.
By 1835, the new state of Indiana, was headed for economic collapse culminating in the year of 1837. The two major reasons for this were: A mania in land speculation that started after the Erie Canal was built which started a vast influx of settlers; and secondly, the state legislature started selling stock in eight railroad companies, being caught up in the mania of land speculation. The result of these two reasons plus other undertakings the state entered into was a $14,057,000 debt, and a general bankruptcy. So with all this going on and the eastern portion of the new and promising Wisconsin Territory admitted to the Union on 7/3/1836, Rev Robert Long and family moved with the his first wife's relatives, Ruth Wasson McCreary (suspected sister to Robert's 1st wife, Betsy Wasson) and her family to the Wisconsin Territory (which then included the present day state boundaries of Iowa). Maybe some of Robert's brothers and sisters moved to Iowa as well, but Robert's son Abner Nelson Long (my third great grandfather) relocated down in Pike co, IL, next to his brother, John Franklin Long, in a small area just north of Pearl, IL, called Greenpond.
In the 1840 Census Robert and family were reported as being residents of Polk Township, Jefferson Co, IA. In 1844 Robert Long helped organize the first Church of Christ in Abingdon, IA. The congregation consisted of a small group of early settlers who went by ox cart to the home of Jimmy Leisure. It was the Leisure home through the effort of Robert Long that the Church of Christ was organized and the first service held. For the first two years meetings were held in homes of church members, then in 1846 a small frame church was built. Ministers were members of the congregation. Some of the charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Spurlock, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Spurlock, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ream, Sally Cline, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Leisure, Mr. and Mrs. John Downey, and Archibald Downey. By 1855 (only five years after Robert Long died) the church had a membership of 250. In 1866 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ream donated two lots in the Fleener addition for a church building. In 1867 a brick building was erected on the site. This building was used for 32 years. Every winter a meeting was held which lasted from six to eight weeks. People came from all over the area to attend the meeting. There was no specific starting time for the services. They began whenever the church was full. The sermons at these services lasted from one and a half to two hours. In 1898 rock was hauled from Rock Creek for the foundation of the new church building during the winter. The next spring the brick structure was torn down and the new building erected at a cost of $1800.00. The building was dedicated on October 29, 1899. Sunday school and worship services are held every Sunday morning. Attendance is around 20. Students of Midwestern School of Evangelism conduct worship services at the church. The church is still active today and conducts regular services. Nelson's Grove located northwest of the town was the scene of Fourth of July celebrations, homecoming events and baseball games.
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Children of Robert Long and Elizabeth "Betsy" Wasson: two known, but only two names are known. Rev. Robert Long and Betsy Wasson could have had (and probably did have) about 4 to 6 children before their first known son, John Franklin Long was born in 1805. They also could have had about 4 to six children, or more, after their second known son , Abner Nelson Long, was born in 1807.(The children of Rev Robert Long and Sarah H. Blackburn Davis are at the bottom of this site.)
1. John Franklin Long was born 1/31/1805 TN, died 5/25/1882 Green Pond, Montezuma Township, Pike co, IL, buried at Green Pond Cem, row 28, lot 72. He married on 2/23/1826 in old Liberty, IN, at the New Light Liberty Church to Sarah "Sally" Alexander Patton (b.7/30/1809 Vanderburgh Co, IN, d.11/22/1886, buried with husband at Green Pond Cem, Green Pond, now included with Pearl, Montezuma Township, Pike Co, IL, row 28, lot 71). (Sarah may have been previously married to _______ Patton; and 'Alexander' may have been her maiden name.) John and Sarah were married by Rev John McCreary, the husband of Betsy Wasson's suspected sister, Ruth Wasson. In October 1828 John and wife moved to just 6 miles west of Milton, Pike Co, IL. Between their first child Phoebe (born 1829) and their second child, Robert (born 1836) they quite possibly may have had at four or five children.
Children of John Franklin Long and Sarah "Sally" Alexander Patton: eight known.
1. Phoebe (or Phebe) Jane Long was probably born between 1826 and 1835 in Greenpond, Montezuma Township, Pike co, IL. She married on 5/16/1850 to Joseph W. Hall.
2. Robert Nelson Long was born 11/16/1835 in Greenpond, Pike Co, IL, died 4/27/1911, buried at Shickley Cemetery, Shickley, Fillmore Co, NE, Plot #278. He married on 2/19/1857 in Pike Co, IL to Ann Ghent Sleigh(b.1832 in Lincolnshire, England), Fed census of 7/28/1870: Montezuma, Pike Co, IL and was a farmer with real estate worth $10,000 and personal items worth $100. Fed census of 6/26/1860: Detroit, Pike Co, IL. Fed census 1900: Logan & Solomon Townships, Sheridan Co, KS. Fed census 1910: Jackson Co, KS, in home of widowed daughter-in-law, Cora E. McClellan Long who married Robert's son William Wasson Long.
Children of Robert Nelson Long and Ann Ghent Sleight: six known
1. Albert Nelson Long b: 11/14/1857 in Pike Co, IL, d. 6/9/1934 in Twin Falls, Twin falls Co, ID, buried at Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co, ID, Plot: Grave: 6; Lot: 11; Block 71. He married Almeda 'Meda' B. Wire (b.12/3/1868 in Morrison, Whiteside Co, IL, d.11/17/1951 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co, ID, buried at Twin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co, ID Plot: Grave: 5; Lot: 11; Block 71). Fed Census of 28 JUL 1870: Montezuma, Pike Co, IL and attending school at that time. Fed Census of 26 JUN 1860: Detroit, Pike Co , IL. His occupation was in the real-estate business.
2. Emily Francis Long b: 12/24/1859 in Pike Co, IL, d. 3/12/1925 in Baxter Springs, AR. She married on 4/17/1883 in Montgomery Co, IL to George Byron Waggoner (b.12/2/1857 in Waggoner, Montgomery Co, IL, d.5/13/1928 in Baxter Springs, AR . George's parents were George W. Waggoner (b: 10/8/1826 in Hardin County, KY) and Elizabeth Jane McCullough. His paternal grandparents were Adam Waggoner (b.1/3/1800 in Montgomery Co, VA) and Mary Ann Terry (b. ABT 1805 in Hardin Co, KY). His paternal great grandparents were David Waggoner (b: ABT 1771 in Botetourt Co, VA) and Mary Sirles (b. ABT 1775 in Virginia).
3. William Wasson Long b: 5/1/1862 in Pike Co., IL, d. 9/15/1908 in Mayetta, Jackson Co, KS, buries at Mayetta Cemetery, Mayetta, Jackson County, KS, Plot: # 1 Lot # 76 in Old Cemetery. He married Cora E. McClellan (d. 3/19/1952 in Jackson County, KS, buried at Mayetta Cemetery, Mayetta, Jackson County, KS, Plot: # 2 Lot # 96 Old Cemetery).
4. Charles Franklin Long b: 4/9/1866 in Milton, Pike Co, IL, d. 2/6/1940 in Litchfield, Montgomery Co, IL, buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Litchfield, Montgomery Co, IL. He married Sarah Clarissa McCullough (b. 1869, d. 3/?/1962 in buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Litchfield, Montgomery Co, IL, Plot: Block 30 Lot 02).
5. Robert Nelson Long b. ?/?/1872 in Pike Co, IL, d. ?/?/1944 in Hoxie, Sheridan Co, KS, buried at Hoxie Cemetery, Hoxie, Sheridan Co, KS. He married on 10/14/1914 to Eva Isabella Karnes (b. 7/21/1884 in Kansas).
6. Hugh LeRoy Long b. 10/3/1875, Waggoner, Montgomery Co, IL, d. 3/5/1939, Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co, ID. He married on 1/8/1899 to Myrtle Amy ROWLISON (b: 3/3/1879 in Peru, Nemaha Co, NE, d. 11/29/1967 in Twin Falls, Twin Falls Co, ID. Her parents were James Demetris Rowlison (b. 4/3/1839 in Indiana) and Rhoda Walton (b.9/14/1843 in Deputy, Jefferson Co, IN).
Children of John Franklin Long and Sarah "Sally" Alexander Patton: eight known, cont'd
3. William H. Long was born ?/?/1838/39 IL
4. James H. Long was born ?/?/1840/41 IL. He married twice. 1st on 9/8/1867 to Sarah Hammond. 2nd on 11/4/1869 to Alice Hoover.
5. Samuel Alexander Long was born 10/?/1843 Greenpond, Montezuma Twp, Pike Co, IL, died ?/?/1915 Roodhouse, Greene Co, IL, buried at Fernwood Cem, Roodhouse, Greene Co, IL, Plot: Section 2A. He married on 10/7/1869 in Pike Co, IL to Sarah S. Scott(b. 7/?/1851 OH).
6. Mary Elizabeth Long was born ?/?/1845/46 IL. She married Frank Bowman (b.?/?/1844)
Children of Mary Elizabeth Long and Frank Bowman: five known
1. William Bowman
2. Robert Bowman
3. John O. Bowman
4. Leroy Bowman
5. Henry M. Bowman
Children of John Franklin Long and Sarah "Sally" Alexander Patton, continued: eight known, order not known.
7. Louisa Jane Long was born 3/8/1849, died 2/3/1867,Louisa Jane Long was the seventh known child of John Franklin Long and Sarah 'Sally' A. Patton. She died just about a month past her 18th birthday. She is buried at Greenpond Cemetery between Cynthia McPherson and Mary R. Long, the daughter of Joseph Harrison Long and Mary Elizabeth "Molly" Ligon.(Row 28, lot 69)
8. Sarah Martha Long was the youngest child of John Franklin Long and Sarah Alexander Patton. She was born 2/11/1852 Greenpond, Pike Co, IL, died 1/27/1929 at Roodhouse, Greene Co, IL (just 10 miles east of Greenpond), buried on 1/29/1929 at Greenpond Cemetery, Greenpond (now part of Pearl, IL), row 28, grave 67 or 68. She may never have married. In the 1880 fed census she is reported as being 26 yrs. old living with her parents. This would have made her 54 yrs. old at her death. She is buried next to Cynthia McPherson nee Barrett, third wife of William McPherson who had married the second time to Martha Jane Gale's sister Mary Ann. In the 1850 census Cynthia Barrett McPherson and her husband, William, and three children were living in Scott Co, IL, in a community with many other McPhersons. In 1870 Cynthia is 77 and living in Montezuma with Samuel A. Long (son of John F. Long) and his newly married wife Sarah. In Charles C. Chapman's 1880 "History of Pike County " , Sarah Emily Long (the actual sibling of Abner Nelson Long, John F. Long's brother) has mistakenly been reported briefly as 'Miss Emily, daughter of John Long', on page 455.
Info incerpt: { Mary Ann Gale was born 8/23/1798 Harrison Co, KY, died 4/4/1831 Glasgow, Scott Co, IL, buried at Bowers Cemetery, Near Alsey, Scott Co, IL. She married on 10/2/1821 in New Harmony, Posey Co, IN to William McPherson (b.8/10/1789 Loudoun, Scott Co, VA, d.9/1/1862 Winchester, Scott Co, IL, buried at Bowers Cem, Scott Co, IL). He was a son of Jesse McPherson Sr.(b.2/15/1765 Chester Co, PA, d.5/14/1849 Rosewood, Mulhenberg Co, KY) and Ann Ash (married to Jesse on 9/4/1788 in Frederick, VA). William married three times: 1st on 2/22/1810 to Mary Elizabeth Cox (b.1/24/1798); 2nd to Mary Ann Gale; 3rd on 2/12/1832 in Pike Co, IL to Cynthia Barrett(b.4/10/1803 KY).}
Children of Robert Long and Elizabeth "Betsy" Wasson, continued: two known, cont'd
2. Abner Nelson Long was born 12/8/1807 Columbia, Maury Co, TN, died 5/10/1869, Green Pond, Montezuma Township, Pike Co, IL, buried at Greenpond Cem, Greenpond, now included with Pearl, Montezuma Township, Pike Co, IL, row 28, lot 74. He married on 1/29/1829 (in either Gibson Co, IN or Vanderburgh Co, IN) at 'old' Liberty, IN at the New Light Liberty Christian Church to Martha Jane Gale (b.3/17/1807 Coleville, Harrison Co, KY, d.8/5/1896 Green Pond, Montezuma Township, Pike co, IL, buried on right side of husband when facing his stone, at Greenpond Cem, row 28, lot 75). Her stone is missing ever since the caretakers placed many stones in cement about the year 2000.
Children of Abner Nelson Long and Martha Jane Gale, 8 known:
1. Caroline Long b. ?/?/?
2. Phoebe Ann Long b. ?/?/1836 McDonough Co, IL (near Blandensville, IL, in Blandinsville Township).
3. William Franklin Long b. ?/?/1837 Greenpond, Montezuma Township, Pike Co, IL.
4. John Everett Long b. ?/?/1838 Greenpond, Montezuma Township, Pike Co, IL.
5. Joseph Henry Long b. 8/10/1841 (twin to Sarah) Greenpond, Montezuma Township, Pike Co, IL.
6. Sarah Emily Long b. 8/10/1841 in Greenpond, Montezuma Twp, Pike Co, IL, died 3/27/1919 Milton, Montezuma Twp, Pike Co, IL.She married on 17 May 1865 in Milton, Pike Co, IL to Harrison C. French.
7. Abner Harrison Long b. ?/?/1843 Greenpond, Montezuma Township, Pike Co, IL.
8. Martha Jane Long b. ?/?/1845 Greenpond, Montezuma Township, Pike Co, IL. She died at about five years of age, and soon after the family adopted a four year old orphan black girl named Dora Boon whom within ten years was reunited with her relatives.
Children of Rev Robert Long and Sarah H. Blackburn Davis: five known
1. William Kinkade Long b. 1/16/1824 IN (probably in Cynthiana where his father started a gristmill in 1811), d. 8/27/1897, buried at Miller Cem, Adel, Dallas Co, IA. He married Cyrena M. Miller (b. 4/28/1825 IL, d. 12/10/1886, buried at Miller Cem, Adel, Dallas Co, IA.). William was named in honor of his mother's first husband, William Davis, and also in honor of William Kinkade, a "New Light" Christian minister in southern Illinois in the early 1800s, who was with Alexander Campbell, Barton W. Stone, David Purviance, Joseph Wasson and other prominent ministers at the famous Cain Ridge Revival (Kentucky) in August 1801.
Children of William Kinkade Long and Cyrena M. Miller: 7 known
1. Robert Long was born 11/?/1846 Jefferson Co, IA, died 1/22/1902 Walnut Township, Waukee, Dallas Co, IA. He married in 1881 to Sarah J. Eadd.
2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Jane Long was born 7/12/1848 IA, died 9/19/1849, buried at Smith Cem, Locust Grove Twp, Jefferson Co, IA.
3. Samuel Franklin Long was born ?/?/1851/52 IA. He married on 3/5/1878 in Dallas Co, IA to Margaret Alma Fenn (b. 1860).
4. Lucinda Long was born ?/?/1852/53 IA
5. William W. long was born 10/2/1855 IA, d. 6/3/1931, buried at Mountview Cem, Billings, Yellowstone Co, MT. He married on 10/25/1876 in Dallas Co, IA to Susan A. Nichols (b. 3/7/1858, d. 1/3/1941, buried with husband).
6. Mary Armilda Long was born 12/15/1858 IA, died 10/27/1933 Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV, buried at Sunset Memorial Park, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV. She married Thomas Jefferson Todd.
7. Stephen Arthur Douglas Long was born ?/?/1861 IA, d. 9/4/1935 Adel Twp, Dallas Co, IA, buried at Oakdale Cem, Adel, Dallas Co, IA. He married at least twice. 1st married on 3/8/1884 in Adel, Dallas Co, IA to Cora A. Thalls (b. 1862). Married 2nd in Dallas Co, IA to Amanda Angela Meacham.
Children of Rev Robert Long and Sarah H. Blackburn Davis: five known, cont'd
2. Elizabeth "Betsy" Jane Long was born 2/24/1825 IN, died 8/24/1895 Jewell Co, KS, buried at Pleasant Prairie Cem, Randall, Jewell Co, KS. She married on 6/11/1843 in Jefferson Co, IA to Daniel French (b. 1815/16 Jamestown, KY, d. 5/5/1871 Fredonia, Wilson Co, KS). His parents were Littleberry French (b. 12/8/1786 Bedford Co, VA, married 2/15/1812 Adair Co, KY, d. 6/28/1829 Russell Co, KY) and Leodicia Spencer (b. 1796 TN, d. Decatur Co, IA). Note that she was the first daughter to be born by the second wife, therefore in keeping with tradition she was named after the first wife, Betsy Wasson. In 1860 fed census they were living in Competine Township, Wapello Co, IA with children Sarah (b.1844/45 [m. Lee Godfery]), Robert B. (b.1847/48 [b. 3/15/1848; m. Kate Shaw]), Mary M. (b.1849/50 [m. William Hoard]), Jane (b.1854/55).
3. Samuel Davis Long was born 5/22/1828 Cynthiana, Posey Co, IN, died in Bladensburg, Wapello Co, IA, died died 8/23/1907, Bladensburg, buried 8/25/1907 in Bladensburg, Wapello Co, IA. He married twice: First to Mary Wight (b. 1814/15 OH; secondly to Elizabeth Wertz.
4. Mary "Polly" Armilda Long was born 11/21/1830 McDonough Co, IL, died 9/27/1879, buried at Smith Branch Cem, Jefferson Co, IA. She married Hiram Fisher.
5. Sarah "Sally" Alexander Long was born 10/2/1831 McDonough Co, IL, died 9/15/1915, buried in Smith Branch Cem, Jefferson Co, IA. She married on 2/11/1849 in Polk Twp, Jefferson Co, IA to William Smith (b.10/30/1818 either Henry Co, IN or Wayne Co, IN, died 10/7/1892,). Both are buried at Smith Branch Cem, Jefferson Co, IA. William was a farmer (Sec. 6; P. O. Abingdon in 1835). He went to Henry Co, IA in 1835, and in 1838 started residing in Jefferson Co, IA. He owned 585 acres of land. He built his last residence in 1876, at a cost of $5,000, and was one of the finest residences in the township. |
