Kit Carson County, Colorado
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Kit Carson County Pioneers:
Thomas O. Long, 9 South 51 West
Thomas claimed a quarter in section 8, 9 South, 51W in 1912.
IF ANYONE HAS INFORMATION ON THIS LAND CLAIMANT, PLEASE LET US KNOW.
POSSIBLY
In 1880 Brown County, Indiana,
James Long is 27,
Rebecca Long
30 Wife,
Andrew E. Long 8 Son,
Jno. E. Long
6 Son,
Thos. O. Long
3 Son,
Emma E. Long
7/12 Daughter, and
Nancy Long
52 Mother.
June 13, 1957 Nashville, Indiana
" Omer Long, retired farmer, died in the
Johnson Co. Hospital June 5. He had been ill a
week. Funeral services were Saturday afternoon
in the Oak Ridge church in Brown County.
Burial was followed in the church cemetery.
Mr. Long was the son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. James Long and was born at Jonesburg,
Brown County on Nov. 18, 1886. He and Ruby
David were married and four children were born
to them. Mr. Long had spent most of his life
here, where, he had been a farmet. Mrs. Long
preceded him in death. The survivors
are a son, Lowell Long of Helmsburg; and
three daughters,
Mrs. Bernice Watkins, of North Vernon;
Mrs. Ardith Smith of Franklin;
and Annabel J. Smith, of Boggstown.
Also remaining; a brother, Elmer Long of
Needham; and a sister, Mrs. Emma Rund,
of Helmsburg. Mr. Long was a member of the
Midway Baptist church."
July 1, 1970 Franklin, Indiana his brother "Andrew Elmer Long, a retired grocer in the Needham area died . Tuesday afternoon in the St. Francis hospital In Indianapolis. He was 98 years old. - - Born April 30, 1872 on a larm north of Helmsburg in Brown County, he was the son of James and Rebecca Conard Long. He graduated from the Helmsburg school-andfromJ)aovlUeNor: mal. ' After teaching school for one year, ne entered the grocery business at uorneuus wnere ne also became postmaster. He-retired after 54 years as a grocer in the Needham area selling his' business in 1958. He was a member of the First Mt. Plesant Baptist Church. Mr. Long married Angeline Elizabeth Richards in 1895 and she died in 1947. He subsequently married Dora Mullikin in 1949 who survives. . In addition to' the widow sur-vivors include one daughter, Mrs.- Sylvia . Ethel Bennett of Needham, route one; and 3 , stepdaughters, Mrs. v Jewell Ferguson of Indianapolis; Mrs. Mabel Brown and Mrs. Pearl Miller, both of California. Several step grandchildren and nieces and nephews also survive. Vandivier Funeral home at 951 N. Main in Franklin is in charge of services which have been set for Friday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. James Lee officiating. Burial' will follow in the Second Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
In 1915 Denver, Thomas O. Long is a brakeman for the U.P. R. R.
POSSIBLY
April 17, 1904 Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
"Thomas Long, Esq., who from 1869 to 1880,
lived on South Franklin street, died last Wednesday at Denver, Colorado,
in the eighty-??? year of his age. He was a brother-in-law of William S.
McLean, Esq., of this city, and was engaged in the coal business in
Carbon County, Pa., wth another brother-in-law, Jamea McLean, Esq., who,
at the time of his death, was cashier of the First National Bank of this
city. While still a young man, Mr. Long, in 1860, retired from business
in affluent circumstance. During his residence in this city he was
a director and vice president of the First National Bank and a director
and one of the original incorporators of the Wilkes-Barre Deposit and
Savings Bank. Mr. Long was born in Ireland, where he received an
education that thoroughly equipped him for a business career.
For some years after he left Wilkes-Barre he managed the extensive
coal interests and properties of the Denver & Rio Grande R. R.,
being eminently fitted by his experience for the position.
Deceased is survived by six children, three sons and three
daughters: John, who is manager of a mining camp in the Yukon gold
field district, Alaska; Leslie, a distinguished civil engineer,
at present director of Public Work of the State of Colorado,
and who left Denver yesterday with the remains for this city;
Thomas, who is holding a prominent position in the Civil Service
in the Philippines; Elizabeth, who is the wife of John F. Graff,
Esq., of Philadelphia, for many yeara interested in the
publication of the Philadelphia Press, and whose article over the
nom de plume of "Gray Beard" were for many years a charming
literary feature of that journal; Mary, who married Scott
Truxton, son of the late Admiral Truxton, who now resides in
Colorado, and Margaret, who lives at home in this city.
The remains of Mr. Long will arrive in the beginnig of this
week and will be interred in the family plot in Hollenback
cemetery."
ANOTHER POSSIBLE
February 8, 1910 Elwood, Indiana "Miss Zllla James, daughter of Joseph James of Ordway Colorado,
was married yesterday to Mr. Thomas E, Long, of Walla Walla, Washington.
The bride was a resident of this city for many years but three years ago she left for
Colorado with her father where they have since been located. Her many friends of this city
wish her much happiness in her future life."
In 1910 Crowley County, Colorado,
Joseph James is 48,
Zella Long 22 Daughter,
Thomas James
17 Son,
Clarissa James
10 Daughter, and
Thomas O. Long
21 Son-in-law born in Alabama.
Thomas Eugene Long registered for WWII in Crowley County, born October 8, 1888 in Anniston, Alabama.
Thomas E. Long
BIRTH 1888
DEATH 1977
BURIAL
Valley View Cemetery
Ordway, Crowley County, Colorado, USA
MEMORIAL ID 31161103.
Zillah R. Long
BIRTH 1888
DEATH 1980
BURIAL
Valley View Cemetery
Ordway, Crowley County, Colorado, USA
MEMORIAL ID 31161108.
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