Barbour County AlArchives Biographies.....J. H. Long February 16 1838 - after 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
   J. H. LONG, a prosperous planter of Barbour county, son of Commodore P. and
Martha Long, is a native of Alabama, born in the county of Barbour on the 16th
clay of February, 1838. Commodore P. Long was born in Richomnd county, N. C., in
1819, and by occupation was a planter, He was married in his native state about
the year 1836 to Martha Streeter, and in 1838 moved to Alabama, settling in
Barbour county, in the vicinity of Spring Hill, where his death occurred in
1873. His wife had preceded him to the grave, in 1847. The Longs are of
Scotch-Irish descent and came to Virginia in colonial times, and several members
of the family distinguished themselves in the war of the Reolvution. Of the five
children born to Commodore and Martha Long, but two are now living, James H. and
B. F., whose biographies are herewith presented. On attaining his majority, J.
H. Long entered the Confederate army, enlisting in company D, Fifteenth
regiment, Alabama infantry, and served throughout the greater part of the war,
most of the time with Gen. Lee in Virginia. He was in Jackson's command until
that general's death, subsequently served under Hood, and was then transferred
to Gen. Longstreet's division. He bore a brave and gallant part in many of the
bloodiest battles of the war, among which were Cross Keys, Seven days' fight
around Richmond, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg,
Harper's Ferry, Petersburg, Malvern Hill, Chickamauga, and many smaller
engagements and numerous skirmishes. He was made prisoner at the battle of
Gettysburg, but succeeded in effecting his escape a short time after his
capture; and during his period of service received twenty-six bullet wounds, the
most severe of which was a wound in the leg at Chickamauga, one in the stomach
at Gettysburg, and a shot through the throat at Richmond. He surrendered with
his command at Appomottox C. H., in 1865, and, returning home, engaged in the
pursuit of agriculture, which he has since carried on. At the close of the war,
Mr. Long found his total wealth to consist of a silver 50 cent piece, but with
an energy characterestic of the man he succeeded in overcoming the many
discouragng obstacles in which his lot was cast, and has since accumulated a
comfortable competence, being, at this time, classed among the prosperous and
well-to-do planters of Barbour county, his farm, consisting of 3,200 acres. Mr.
Long was married in October, 1867, to Miss Nannie Bishop, who has borne him
seven children, namely: Earnest, Pearl, William, Pauline, Lona, Jamie and Quinn.
In politics, Mr. Long is a democrat. While he has decided views upon the leading
questions of the day, he is conservative in their discussion. He is identified
with the Farmers' alliance, is a master Mason, and with his family belong to the
Methodist church. Mr. Long is regarded as one of the substantial citizens of the
community in which he resides, and his plantation has every indication of being
the home of a thrifty and courteous southern gentleman.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama" p. 442-443


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