Henry County AlArchives Biographies.....Long, James B. May 8 1837 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    JAMES B. LONG, physician and surgeon of Abbeville, was born May 8, 1837, in
Pike county, Ala., near Troy. He was the second in a family of five children
born to James B. and Mary J. (Oates) Long. The former was a native of Pike
county, Ala., and was a son of a pioneer of that state. His father moved from
South Carolina, and settled on Richland creek, in Pike county. He owned a
plantation, and was one of the founders of the old Bethel church, which still
stands. The father of James B. Long was a planter, and owned slaves. When the
war broke out he enlisted in the Fifteenth Alabama infantry, commanded by Col.
William C. Oates. He died of typhoid fever at Richmond, and was interred there.
The mother of Mr. Long was born in Pike county, near the Conecuh river. She was
the daughter of William and Sarah (Sellers) Oates. Her father was a native of
South Carolina, but moved to Alabama and settled at Montgomery near where the
capitol now stands. He then moved to Bullock county, now Pike county, and there
married Miss Sarah Sellers. Her father died in 1871 at what was then called
Oates's cross roads, now Catalpa. His widow died, May 29, 1892, being
eighty-five years and one month old, at the home of her son, Col. William C.
Oates, at Abbeville. The mother of Mr. Long, was married young. She is a member
of the Missionary Baptist church, and finds a comfortable home with her brother,
Col. William C. Oates. She had four brothers and three sisters, the eldest of
whom is Col. Oates, now member of congress from the third Alabama district. The
next was John A., who fell during the Civil war, pierced by eight bullets at the
same time, and captured by the Yankees; he was kindly cared for by them until
his death. Louisa, deceased; Melissa, widow of R. M. Hickman, resides at
Headland; Amanda, wife of G. W. Linton, who resides at Gatesville, Texas; Thomas
died in childhood; James W., a prominent attorney of Santa Rosa, Cal., married
to Miss Mattie Solomon of San Francisco, Cal. James B. Long began life as a
farmer's boy, attended the common school for a time, and, in 1872, moved with
his mother to Abbeville, and there attended the schools of Henry county.
Subsequently he took a partial course in the university of Alabama at
Tuscaloosa, terminating his schooling in 1877. He then turned his attention to
farming and to merchandising, which he followed for a couple of years, when he
attended the Medical college of Louisville, Ky., taking two courses. After a six
months' sojourn at home, he returned to college, took the third course, and
graduated February 22, 1882. He was married July 6, 1882, to Miss Annie J.
Curry, only child of S. S. and Matilda (Ward) Curry. Mr. Curry was a prominent
attorney of Henry county, and partner of James A. Clendenin. He was wounded at
the battle of Seven Pines and died in 1862. His widow still survives, and finds
a comfortable home with Mr. James B. Long. Mrs. Annie J. Long grew up in
Abbeville, and had the best of school advantages. She was married in her
twenty-first year, and is a member of the Missionary Baptist church. Mr. Long is
a great admirer of fine horses. He is the owner of the famous blooded horse,
"Lord Alrick," which he purchased of Maj. Campbell Brown of Spring Hill, Ky.
Beside this horse, the doctor owns others of great value, in which he takes
pride. Dr. Long has one brother, a young attorney of Abbeville, William O., who
is also register in chancery. The doctor has a large and steadily increasing
practice, in the pursuit of which he takes both pleasure and pride. In politics
he is a democrat, and is a public-spirited man, taking great interest in
everything calculated to advance the material and moral character of the community.



Additional Comments:
from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 1101-1102
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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