Carroll-Decatur County IN Archives Biographies.....Long, Malissa 1846 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

MRS. MALISSA LONG.

   Mrs. Malissa Long, one of the most highly esteemed residents of Democrat
township, is the daughter of Josiah and Isabelle (Schripture) Jewett, and was
born in Decatur county, Indiana, on April 30, 1846. Mrs. Long's parents were
also both natives of Decatur county. The Jewetts had emigrated to Indiana from
Ohio and were early settlers in Decatur county, while Isabelle Jewett's parents
had come to Indiana either from Ohio or Virginia. Josiah Jewett, who was a
blacksmith, after his marriage lived twelve miles from Greensburg on a farm and
there followed his trade for many years. In March, 1854, when Mrs. Long was
eight years old, the family emigrated to Carroll county, Indiana, and settled in
Burlington, where they lived for a number of years. During this period her
father followed his trade. Subsequently, however, the family removed to a farm
one mile from Burlington, where Mrs. Long lived until her marriage.

   On June 11, 1875, Malissa Jewett became the wife of William Long. and after
their marriage they settled on the farm where she now lives, two miles east of
Cutler, in Democrat township. To Mr. and Mrs. Long were born ten children, four
of whom died in infancy. The six living children are: Garfield, who lives on the
home place; Maggie, the wife of Ora Ayres, of Flora: John, who operates his
mother's farm; Dora, the wife of Irwin Flora; Emma, the wife of George Squires;
and Roscoe, who lives on his father's farm in Clay township.

   Mrs. Long is a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bald Hill.
She is a well-known woman in the township and is greatly respected by all her
neighbors.



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BIOGRAPHICAL SECTION
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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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