DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Biography: John J. Long - l520 --------------------------------- Submitted by Gaytha Carver Thompson Typed by Trudy Marlow ************************************************ Submitted to the LAGenWeb Archives ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** John J. Long, farmer and stock-raiser of Ward 2, owes his nativity to Caddo Parish, La., his birth occurring in 1842, and is the son of Dr. William Long, a native of Ireland. When a young man the elder Mr. Long came alone to the United States, resided for a number of years in New York, where ho was engaged as a chemist, and from there he came to Natchitoches, La., where he made his home for a number of years. He was a wealthy merchant and planter and was about the first clerk of Do Soto Parish. He was married to Miss Emily Baggs, and the fruits of this union were two chil- dren a daughter and son -our subject being the younger of the two. Mr. Long died in Caddo Parish, in 1867, at the residence of his son-in-law, Capt. James M. Foster. The mother died in 1842. John J. Long was reared in Natchitoches and re- ceived his education there and in Mansfield and Homer College. When war broke he enlisted in the Shreveport Grays of Drew's battalion of Con- federate troops in Virginia, and was in nearly all the early leading battles of that campaign. He was wounded at Malvern Hill, and from that time was on staff duty under various officers. He was with Gen. Stark at Antietam, when the latter was killed, and received his discharge shortly be- fore the close of the war. After this he was en- gaged in merchandising in Caddo Parish with Capt. J. Al. Foster, the firm being Foster & Long, and thus continued until 1870. Since that time he has resided on his present farm, near Gloster, which consists of 2,220 acres with about 1,500 acres cleared, one of the leading plantations of the ward. Mr. Long was married in 1869 to Miss Alice Logan, a native of Alabama, and the daugh- ter of Maj. Benjamin F. and Wealthy Logan, natives of North Carolina and South Carolina, re- spectively. Mr. and Mrs. Logan were married in Alabama, and in 1852 removed to Caddo Parish, where Mr. Logan died in 1846 and his widow in 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. Long were born eight children, all living. Mr. Long is a non-affiliating Mason, and he and wife are members of the Mis- sionary Baptist Church.