Long

Long, Daisy Ellen Toney Mrs. – Obituary

Daisy Ellen Long Native Baker Co. Funeral services for Daisy Ellen Long 85, were conducted at 3 pm Saturday, Jan. 8, 1966 at West and Co. Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Clyde Matthews of Haines Baptist Church officiated. Interment followed at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Long passed away at St. Elizabeth Hosp. Wed. Jan 5, after a short illness. She was born Feb. 8, 1880 at Haines, OR., the daughter of pioneer parents Andrew J. Toney and Hannah Rebecca Toney who crossed the plains in1867 and came to the Haines and Baker areas. She attended school at Willow Creek School, SW … Read more

Long, Charles D. – Obituary

Charles D. Long of Haines, whose sudden death October 11 following an operation for appendicitis was recorded in this newspaper last week, lived all but one year of his 62 years of live in Baker county, having been brought here by his parents when a baby. He was born in Linn county, Oregon March 16, 1872. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo Long, pioneer Baker county residents. Mr. Long was employed for several years by the Farmer Mercantile company in Haines and in recent years had operated a farm west of Haines. He was a member of the Baptist … Read more

Establishment of Fort Smith in 1817

Quapaw Cession Map

The white population in Arkansas in 1817 had increased to several thousand, whose protection, as well as that of the Cherokee people living in that territory, from the continued hostilities of the Osage, required the establishment of a military post at the western border dividing the white settlements from the Osage. From Saint Louis came further news of threatened hostilities by the Osage near Clermont’s Town, and a report that Major William Bradford with a detachment of United States riflemen, and accompanied by Major Long, topographical engineer, had left that city for the purpose of establishing a military post on … Read more

1894 Michigan State Census – Eaton County

United States Soldiers of the Civil War Residing in Michigan, June 1, 1894 [ Names within brackets are reported in letters. ] Eaton County Bellevue Township. – Elias Stewart, Frank F. Hughes, Edwin J. Wood, Samuel Van Orman, John D. Conklin, Martin V. Moon. Mitchell Drollett, Levi Evans, William Fisher, William E. Pixley, William Henry Luscomb, George Carroll, Collins S. Lewis, David Crowell, Aaron Skeggs, Thomas Bailey, Andrew Day, L. G. Showerman, Hulbert Parmer, Fletcher Campbell, Lorenzo D. Fall, William Farlin, Francis Beecraft, William Caton, Servitus Tucker, William Shipp, Theodore Davis. Village of Bellevue. – William H. Latta, Thomas B. … Read more

Long, John R. – Obituary

Haines Resident, 62 years, Passes John R. Long, resident of Haines for 62 years, passed away Tuesday at his home in Baker where he has lived for six years. Mr. Long was born near Haines February 20, 1876, the son of Alonzo and Julia Long. On February 12, 1895, Mr. Long was married to Daisy Ellen Toney at Baker. He was a member of Baker Elks lodge No. 338. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Daisy Long; three daughters, Mrs. Elsa O. Vandecar of Durkee, Mrs. Velma A. Cloud of Baker and Mrs. Eva Woodell of Haines, three brothers, William O. … Read more

1899 Directory for Middleboro and Lakeville Massachusetts

1899 Middleboro and Lakeville Massachusetts Directory Cover

Resident and business directory of Middleboro’ and Lakeville, Massachusetts, for 1899. Containing a complete resident, street and business directory, town officers, schools, societies, churches, post offices, notable events in American history, etc. Compiled and published by A. E. Foss & Co., Needham, Massachusetts. The following is an example of what you will find within the images of the directory: Sheedy John, laborer, bds. J. G. Norris’, 35 West Sheehan John B., grocery and variety store, 38 West, h. do. Sheehan Lizzie O., bds. T. B. Sheehan’s, 16 East Main Sheehan Lucy G. B., bds. T. B. Sheehan’s, 16 East Main … Read more

1910 Modoc Census

1910 Modoc Census - Page 1

Pages of the 1910 Modoc Census. Contains table showing the previous roll number, current roll number, Indian name if given, English name if given, Relationship, Age, and Sex. Also contains the original images of the census.

Wood Genealogy of Bluehill, Maine

Historical Sketches of Bluehill Maine

Capt. Joseph Wood was an early settler in Blue Hill arriving in 1763 with some of his sons: Israel, Joseph and Robert. Across the road from the schoolhouse is the cellar over which it is said the house of which he built stood, when he removed from the island at the Fore Falls.

Biographical Sketch of Lawrence Long

Lawrence Long, of Culpepper Co., Va., settled in St. Louis Co., Mo., in 1797, and built a saw and grist mill. His children were Gabriel, John, William, James, Nicholas, Nancy, Sally, and Elizabeth. John married Rachel Zumwalt, by whom he had Lawrence and Andrew J. He died soon after, and in 1823 his widow and her two sons removed to Warren County, where she married Newton Howell. Lawrence married Malinda Hutchings, of St. Charles County. Andrew J. married Mary W. Preston of St. Charles County.

Long, Zella Virginia – Obituary

La Grande, Oregon Zella Virginia Long, 70, of Baker City and formerly of La Grande died Aug. 11 at her home. The funeral will begin t 11 a.m. Friday Aug. 18 at the LDS Church, 2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City. Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Long was born April 15, 1936, to Percy Lavon and Zella Hemmert Wood in Baker City. She graduated from Baker City High School, Brigham Young University and Eastern Oregon State College. On June 8, 1968, she married Keith Randall Long, of the Oregon Highway Patrol. She taught at South Baker Elementary School … Read more

Josephine Laflore Long, Choctaw Minor

Josephine Laflore Long and Jake Laflore Long, minor children of Forbis Long, a recognized Choctaw citizen, applied for enrollment in 1906. Their sister, Francis Long, was successfully enrolled, but their applications were delayed due to incomplete birth records. In 1907, Forbis Long’s enrollment was canceled, leading to the rejection of Josephine and Jake’s applications. Forbis and Francis Long were reinstated in 1909, but Josephine and Jake remained excluded. Despite their clear eligibility, the Department of the Interior ruled against their enrollment, citing legal precedents that did not fully apply to their case.

Long, Archie Jackson – Obituary

Arch Long Dies At the age of 79 years Archie Jackson Long passed away Saturday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday at 1:30 pm at the West Chapel with Rev. Merle W. Burres officiating and interment at the cemetery in Haines. Mr. Long was born April 23, 1886 at Muddy Creek, the son of pioneer parents Alonzo and Julia Taylor Long. Alonzo had immigrated West in 1854 from Illinois to Linn County and then moved to Muddy Creek in 1872. Arch was the last remaining member of a family of 15, another, a sister, Mrs. Clara Welch, having died but … Read more

Biographical Sketch of Long, Jane H., Mrs.

The Mother Of Texas Mrs. Jane Herbert Long, called “The Mother of Texas,” was born on the 23rd day of July 1798, in Clark County, the State of Maryland . Her father was General William McCall Wilkinson, of the United States Army, and her mother was Annie Herbert Dent. They were married February the 24th, 1774, and Jane Herbert was their tenth child. One of her sisters, Barbara, was born in June 1784, and she married a Mr. Wood. He died and she married Alexander Calvitt, December 18th, 1814, and she died December 19th, 1858, in Brazoria County, Texas, where … Read more

Descendants of David E. Harding of Mansfield, MA

DAVID E. HARDING, deceased, who for more than a half century was a leading business man and manufacturer of Mansfield, Mass., was born there May 6, 1826. He was a descendant of an old Cape Ann family, the founder of the family in America being Edward Haraden, who came from Ipswich, England, to Gloucester. The name is found variously spelled, appearing as Haraden, Hardon and Harding, etc.

Marriage records of Liberty County Georgia, 1785-1895

Marriage records of Liberty County, Georgia, 1785-1895

These marriage records were abstracted from unbound marriage bonds and licenses in the Liberty County Courthouse, Hinesville, Georgia. The names were copied as they were spelled on the bonds, often barely legible and often spelled differently on the same bond. Sometimes the marriages were performed before the licenses were issued. The first date given in the abstracts is the date of the license or bond; the second is the date of marriage. The following abbreviations are used in these abstracts with the meaning indicated:

Logan County, Kentucky Wills – Book A, with index

Will book A, Logan County, Kentucky

The wills in this book come from Book A of the Wills found at the Logan County Court house in Russellville, Kentucky. The information was extracted in 1957 by Mrs. Vick on behalf of the DAR located in Russellville. The text in this book was done with an old manual typewriter and has the usual faint and filled-in type often found with such papers. On top of the difficulty in interpreting the print from the typewriter, the scanning process was also deficient, and led to the creation of a faint digital copy exacerbating the difficult to read text.

1923 Historical and Pictorial Directory of Angola Indiana

1923 Angola Indiana Directory Book Cover

Luedders’ historical and pictorial city directory of Angola, Indiana for the year 1923, containing an historical compilation of items of local interest, a complete canvass of names in the city, which includes every member of the family, college students, families on rural lines, directory of officers of county, city, lodges, churches, societies, a directory of streets, and a classified business directory.

Long, Ernest “Red” – Obituary

“Red ” Long Was Decorated Veteran Ernest “Red” Long 56, passed away Saturday morning at St. Elizabeth Hosp. of Bronchial Pneumonia. Mr. Long was born June 30th 1911 at Muddy Creek the son of Amy Long and the late William Long, pioneers of Baker County and the grandson of the late Alonzo and Julia Long, also early pioneers. He was employed by the Baker Meat Packing Company for several years. And before entering the service was employed in the mines at Butte, Montana. He is survived by his mother, Amy Long of Baker, one son Donald Long of Sunland CA., … Read more