Georgia Bio Crawford W. Long, M.D. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Barbara Winge Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/richmond.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm CRAWFORD W. LONG Crawford W. Long, of Athens, Georgia, was born in Danielsville, Madison county, that State, November 01, 1815, and died June 16, 1878. His father, James Long, was a noted politician of Georgia. His grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War. Dr. Long received his general education at Franklin College, Pa., from which he was graduated in 1835 and attended the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, from which institution he received his medical degree in 1839. He then practiced his profession at Jefferson, in his native State, for the next twelve years and removed to Athens, Ga., in 1851, where he continued in the general practice until his death. He claimed that he performed on March 30, 1842, the first surgical operation with his patient in a state of anesthesia from the inhalation of ether.... [This is a very lengthy biography.] Ref: Stone, R. French, M. D., BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT AMERICAN PHYSICIAN AND SURGEONS, 1894, Carlon & Hollenbeck, Publishers, Indianapolis, p. 286. LONG COUNTY, GEORGIA Long County, Georgia, was laid out in 1920, from portions of Liberty County. It was named for Dr. Crawford W. Long. A museum in Jefferson, Jackson County, Georgia, is devoted to Dr. Long. The history of his accomplishment, as well as local history, with artifacts and photographs are displayed. LUDOWICI is the county seat, named for William Ludowici, owner of the Ludowici Brick and Tile Company which was the main source of employment during the early twentieth century. [Contributed by Barbara Walker Winge, barbarawinge@yahoo.com] ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============