Person:Nelson Long (2)

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Nelson Alton Long
b.19 Sep 1828 Hampshire Co, VA
d.20 Jan 1913 Newton Co, MO
m. Abt 1827
  1. Nelson Alton Long1828 - 1913
  1. Nimrod Louis Long1855 - 1952
Facts and Events
Name Nelson Alton Long
Gender Male
Birth[1] 19 Sep 1828 Hampshire Co, VA
Marriage to Mary Ann Lease
Death[1] 20 Jan 1913 Newton Co, MO

1883 History of Bremer County, page 1127: NELSON LONG, son of Philip and Mary (Flood) Long was born September 19th, 1828, in Hampshire county, Virginia. His education was obtained in his native county, where he lived until 1850, when he came to Iowa, and located in Washington county, where he remained until the fall of 1854. In February of the following year, he entered 120 acres of land on section 18, Leroy township, where he now lives, but at the present date, owns 92 1/2 acres. Mr. Long was married to Mrs. Anna Husband, in 1871, and they have one child- Herbert.

References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Missouri, United States. Death Certificates. (Missouri State Archives).

    Nelson Long, widowed, d. Jan 20 1913 in Newton Co, MO. b. Sep 19 1828 in W. Virginia. Father Philip Long, mother unknown. Informant Herbert, of Joplin.

  2.   Hampshire, West Virginia, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

    Nelson Long 23 b. VA; Mary 30 VA; Henry 13 VA; Mary 11 VA; Jane 6.

  3.   Bremer, Iowa, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M693)
    Dayton.

    Alton Long 32, VA; Wm. E. Bingham 22 NY; Minerva B. Bingham 17 VA; Nimrod L. Long 6 IA; Wm. E. Long 9 VA.

  4.   Bremer, Iowa, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
    Leroy.

    Nelson 42 VA; Anna 37 NY; Nimrod 15 IA.

  5.   Bremer, Iowa, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication T9)
    Leroy, p11, ED74.

    Nelson LONG 51 VA  Farmer Par: PA/VA; Anna D. Wife 50 NY Keeping House VT/NY; Herbert J. Son 4 IA.

  6.   Newton, Missouri, United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 112, p. 20, Shoal Creek, p. 248, .

    Herbert Long b. June? 1875 IA, Anna (wife) b. June 1866, Nelson b. Sep 1828, widowed, b. VA, par b. VA. (6/21/1900)

  7.   History of Butler and Bremer counties, Iowa: together with sketches of their towns, villages and townships, educational, civil, military and political history ; portraits of prominent persons, and biographies of representative citizens : History of Iowa, embracing accounts of the prehistoric race, and a brief review of its civil, political, and military history. (Springfield, Illinois: Union Pub. Co., 1883).