Person:Aaron Longstreet (3)

Aaron Longstreet was born in New Jersey in March of 1775, the son of Aaron Longstreet and Anne Wetherill. He kept a public house (inn) in New Trenton, New Jersey.

He and his wife, Mary Higgins, removed to Ohio in 1814 or 1815 with their six children. They settled in Turtle Creek Township, in Warren County, where they lived the rest of their lives, though they may also have owned land in Amanda, Ohio.

The returned to New Jersey in 1821 for a visit.

There was an Aaron Longstreet on the 1827 tax list in Warren County, Ohio.

ELIZABETH (Betsy) m. __________ Rule. She was living in 1851 (See AGQ file supra). The following letter from Mrs. R.A. Gallaher of Lebanon, Ohio, dated 3-4-1912, established identification of this branch of the family, by the ref. to "Aunt Betsy Rule":

"I am sorry to tell you that I know very little about my maternal grandfather and mother, Aaron Longstreet and Mary Higgins. They came from New Jersey in the year 1815 with six children. Two, John, b. in 1800, and James, b. in 1812, having died in New Jersey. My mother was b. in 1816, a younger sister in 1820. My grandparents returned to New Jersey in 1821 for a visit. They drove through and were gone less than two months. They never made another visit. They were quite old when I was born so I never heard them say very much about their relations. Aaron Longstreet was born 3-3-1775. I do not know his father's name; his mother's maiden name was Ann Wetherly. He had a sister they called Aunt Betsy Rule and another sister and brother who lived to be old. An aunt who was a young lady when they came to Ohio married a man from New Jersey by the name of Abram Simpson. They visited Aunt Betsie and her brother and some relatives in New York City. The family have all passed away so I have no means of finding out. My grandfather died 7-7-1858. My grandmother died 3-20-1862 aged 84 years."

Aaron and Mary Longstreet are buried in the Middletown Pioneer Cemetery, in Middletown, Butler County, Ohio. Theirs is the first monument on the left after entering the gate of the cemetery. Nearby lie buried her daughter, Euphemia Longstreet and Euphemia's husband, Abraham, and some of their children and grandchildren.

The location of the Longstreet burial site: Latitude 39 degrees 30.7258 Longitude 84 degrees 23.7353