Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Henry LONGFIELD ************************************************************************ Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, June 2005 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ OBITUARY Died: At his home in this city, Monday August twenty-third, 1897, Mr. Henry Longfield, aged 76 years and 8 months. The deceased was born December 11, 1820, in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, removing in his childhood with the family to Trumble County, Ohio. In the early forties he came to Wisconsin and after several moves he located upon a farm in the Town of Magnolia in this county. Upon November 25, 1852 he was married to Miss Orilla Spence. His wife and one son, the Rev. Arthur Longfield, survive him; one son having died in 1871. Thirteen years ago the family moved to this city and it has since been their home. In 1855, Mr. Longfiled became a member of the United Brethren church and retained his connection with that society until three years ago he united with the F. W. Baptist church. The funeral occurred Wednesday morning, the Rev. M. C. Miner officiating. August 28, 1897, p. 1, col. 5, The Badger, Evansville, Wisconsin