Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Longshore, John G ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com May 5, 2007, 6:34 pm Author: Portraits & Bio Sketches, 1890 JOHN G. LONGSHORE, one of the enterprising farmers of Wilton Township, has demonstrated the fact that perseverance and zeal will prevail to conquer circumstances and gain a competence for him who exercises those qualities. He now owns two hundred and forty acres of fine land on sections 28 and 33, his residence being on the former. All the improvements—and they are many and excellent—have been made by the present owner of the farm and reflect credit upon his judgment and thrift. Mr. Longshore is the only survivor in a family of four children born to Thomas and Jane (Gain) Longshore, of Bucks County, Pa. He is the second on the roll which includes the names of Sarah, Mary and Susan. In the county that was the birthplace of his worthy parents, John Longshore was born June 9, 1820. He was reared on a farm, his father operating one in connection with work at his trade of a wagon maker. In 1837 the family removed to Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio, where the parents died. There our subject remained until 1849 when he came to Will County, Ill., and entered two hundred acres of land in Wilton Township. Since coming to this State he has followed farming, but previously he worked at the trade of a carpenter and cabinet-maker several years. Mr. Longshore has been a member of the Odd Fellows fraternity since about 1847 and holds good standing in Lodge No. 640, at Wilton Center. He has held some minor township offices, and affiliates with the Republican party, in the principles of which he firmly believes. An honorable man, a reliable citizen, and a kind neighbor and father, he wins respect from his associates and has many friends throughout the vicinity in which he has so long resided. The first wife of Mr. Longshore was spared to him but five months when the Angel of Death called her. She bore the maiden name of Ann Van Camp. Miss Sydney Pugh was the second choice of our subject and with her he lived happily several years. She bore eight children, of whom Jane, Charley, John and Eddie are now living. In June, 1862, Mr. Longshore was again married, taking as his companion Miss Matilda Hurting, of Rockville, Kankakee County. This worthy woman was born in Pennsylvania about 1830, and is still living. Her father was Samuel Hurting. To her and her husband six children have been born, named respectively: Henry, Mary, Samuel, George, Ida and Julius. Henry and Mary have been removed from their sorrowing parents by death. Additional Comments: Portrait and Biographical Album of Will County, Illinois, Containing Full Page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the County; Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1890 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/longshor537gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb