CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY:  FRANCIS F. LONG - Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

FRANCIS F. LONG

Francis F. Long was born in Franklin county, Miss., September 6, 1848.  
Entered the Confederate service in 1863 in Capt. J. J. Whitney's company H, 
4th Mississippi cavalry, Col. C. C. Wilborne commanding.  Serving in 
different brigades under Gen. Adams, Gen. Forrest and Gen. Dick Taylor, 
until the surrender in May 1865. Remained in the state of Mississippi until 
1877, removed to Louisiana and then to Texas in 1890. In 1879 he married 
Miss Norcisse Gertrude Hebert in Caldwell Parish, La. Like all boys that 
went into the Confederate army, performed loyal duty to the South. He is a 
business man of Tyler, and stands well in the estimation of the people.