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Moses Long, Jr.
b.26 Oct 1786 Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States
d.8 Mar 1856 Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States
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m. 17 Jul 1783
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m. 18 Oct 1818
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m. May 1826
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Excerpted from Biographical s ketch of Enoch Long, an Illinois pioneer; Chicago: Fergus Print. Co., 1884 He adopted the medical profession, having graduated in the medical department of Dartmouth College, Hanover NH, under the instruction of Dr. Nathan Smith, the father of American surgery, and commenced practice in Concord [NH], east village, in 1813. He removed from Concord in 1824, practised three or four years in Hopkinton and Goffstown; went to Warner NH and from thence about 1835 to Roches er, NY where he practised his profession to a limited extent, but was principa lly and extensively engaged in the construction of a superior kind of bridges, the invention of his brother, Col. Stephen H. Long. Although not in active service in the war of 1812, he joined in September, 1814, a company formed in Concord for the purpose of home defence in case of necessity from invasion. In 1816 Dr. Long became captain of a company of light infantry in Concord, which attained a fine reputation for drill and general excellence. References
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