CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: RICHARD B. LONG - Smith County, TX ***************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by Mary Love Berryman - marylove@tyler.net 7 September 2001 ***************************************************************** TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson RICHARD B. LONG. Richard B. Long, of Tyler, was born in Bedford CountY, Tennessee, Dec. 1, 1817. His father, Col. Benjamin Long, was horn and reared in Franklin County, Kentucky. After reaching manhood he removed to Tennessee, and became a soldier under Gen. Andrew Jackson being in the battle of the Horseshoe and at New Orleans. His grandfather, Rich­ard Long, was born Sept. 22, 1758, in Culpeper County, Vir­ginia, and served throughout the whole of the Revolutionary war with the troops under the immediate command of Gen. George Washington, being in the battles of Germantown, Monmouth, and at the siege of Yorktown. He died in Bedford County, Tenn., May 30, 1848, nearly ninety years of age. Richard B. Long came to Texas in 1850 and became a planter in Smith County. He was elected sheriff in 1854 and served until 1857 when he was appointed by Judge John H. Reagan to be district clerk. This office he held until 1862 when he resigned and raised Co. "B" in Col. 0. M. Robert's regiment of Texas Infantry, C. S. A. He served as captain of his company until the close of the war, when he entered the merchandise business and was quite successful. In March 1886 he was appointed by President Cleveland to be postmaster at Tyler and served four years. Capt. Long was married Jan. 30, 1840 to Miss Nancy Marbury of Bedford Co., Tenn. Their sons, Hon. R. B. Long, Jr., former Mayor of Tyler; Med A. Long, and John J, Long are prominent citi­zens. Their daughter Mary Belle married Rev. T. P. Smith, and their other daughter Sarah is the wife of Hon. John W. Robbins, Treasurer of the State of Texas. Capt. Long's sister, Sara Dickson Long, married Col. Samuel H. Boren of Tyler; and his brother Capt. William Long of Rusk was for many years the Sheriff of Cherokee County. A few years before his death Capt Long married Mrs. Aggie Butler who servives him.