LONG BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== LONG, Nicholas - b: 1818 Warren Co, TN source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 723 residence: Walker Twp Nicholas Long was born in Warren County, Tennessee, April 1, 1818, and was the son of William and Ruthie (Grimes) Long, the former of Virginia, and the latter of Irish descent. They came to Missouri in 1834, and in the following year settled in Miller County where they lived until 1851, when Nicholas removed to Henry County, locating upon a tract of 200 acres in White Oak Township. He began to enter land and entered in all about 2,300 acres. In 1857 he came upon his present farm. He was married in Miller County, March 26, 1843, to Miss Elizabeth Armstrong, who was born in Tennessee, April 5, 1823. They have reared a family of twelve children of whom the two eldest, Mary and Sarah, and the youngest, Benjamin F., have died; Mary when seventeen years old, Sarah when twenty-one, and Benjamin F. at the age of twelve years. All of the others are married and living near their parents. They are John J. (whose wife was Minerva A. Carter), James M. (who married Martha Engles), George W., (the husband of Mary E. Elliot), Henry P. (whose companion was Cordelia Koontz), William and Nicholas C., the youngest, (who married Mattie Toalson.) The girls are Margaret Ann (wife of George Bailey), Julian Ann, (wife of Tim Hart), and Elizabeth (who married John Hill). William, the seventh in the family, was born in Henry County, January 16, 1856. He was employed on his father's farm until nineteen years old when his father gave him eighty acres of land and he began farming on his own account. On February 18, 1878, he married Miss Mary C. Dixson, daughter of Alfred Dixson. They have had four children: Annie E., Alonzo, Minnie, who died aged seven months, and Florence Eda. Mr. Long and wife are members of the M. E. Church, and he is a Republican in his political views. ==================================================================== LONG, William E. - b: 1871 Walker Twp, Henry Co, MO source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 666 residence: White Oak Twp William E. Long, a substantial farmer and stockman of White Oak township, is a native son of Henry County and a descendant of a pioneer family of Missouri. Mr. Long was born in Walker township February 17, 1871, a son of John and Louisa (Burgess) Long, both natives of Missouri, the former of Miller County and the latter of Pulaski. John Long was a captain in the Home Guards in Miller County during the Civil War. He organized a company after his two brothers, George and William, were killed by bushwhackers. Shortly after the Civil War he came to Henry County and bought land in Walker township for which he paid one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. He was a successful farmer and stockman, and at the time of his death was a large land owner. He died in 1914, his wife having preceded him in death a number of years. She died in 1902 and their remains were buried in White Oak Cemetery. John and Louisa (Burgess) Long were the parents of the following children: George, who died in 1912; Mrs. Mollie Dunlap, Montrose, Missouri; William E., the subject of this sketch; Mrs. Rosa B. Harrison, Walker township, and Herman B., who resides on the home place. William E. Long was reared on a farm and received his education in Camp Branch district school in Walker township. He started out in life for himself, farming rented land, when he was eighteen years of age. He moved onto his present farm which he rented at the time of his father's death. It contains 160 acres of well improved, productive land four miles southwest of Urich, which was formerly known as the James Roe McDaniel farm. The place is well improved with a good eight room farm residence and commodious and convenient barns and other buildings. Mr. Long is extensively engaged in the stock business as well as general farming. On January 28, 1894, Mr. Long was united in marriage with Miss Martha A. Harness of White Oak township. She is a daughter of William and Mary A. (Mullen) Harness, both now deceased. The father was born in St. Charles, Missouri, and died in 1912, and the mother was a native of Kentucky and died in 1896. They came to Henry County in 1858. William and Mary A. Harness were the parents of the following children: William A., La Due, Missouri; A. L., Kansas City, Missouri; Joseph, Montrose, Missouri; Sterling, Altona, Missouri; H. M., Walker township; Mrs. Mary Hackney, Urich, Missouri; Mrs. Sarah Wirt, Preston, Kansas, and Frances Jennings, Maxwell, Kansas. To Mr. and Mrs. Long have been born four children, as follow: Mrs. Inez Graef, White Oak township; James Edward; Chester Lee, and Ermel Hadley, residing at home. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. 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