DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Biography: John J. Long - l520

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           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.