Person:Thomas Longfellow (3)

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Thomas Nelson Longfellow
b.28 Jan 1889 Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa
d.5 Dec 1978 McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon
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m. 30 Oct 1915
  1. Robert Nelson Longfellow1919 - 1994
  2. Francis Dean Longfellow1921 - 2016
  3. Dale Allan Longfellow1927 - 2006
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Name[1][2][3][4][5] Thomas Nelson Longfellow
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4][5] 28 Jan 1889 Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa
Marriage 30 Oct 1915 Union County, Iowa(4 sons)
to Mary Elizabeth O'Dougherty
Census[7] 1920 Ross Twp, Taylor County, Iowa
Census[8] 1925 Ross Twp, Taylor County, Iowa
Census[9] 1930 Ross Twp, Taylor County, Iowa
Census[10] 1940 Ross Twp, Taylor County, Iowa
Death[2][3][4] 5 Dec 1978 McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon
Burial[2] Evergreen Memorial Park, McMinnville, Yamhill County, Oregon

Taylor County, Iowa, 1920 census:[7]

Longfellow, Thomas M. Head 29 yrs b. Iowa (parents, b. Indiana) Farmer (General Farm)
      Mary E. Wife 28 yrs b. Iowa (parents, b. Massachusetts/Iowa)
      Robert N. Son 2/12 yr b. Iowa (parents, b. Iowa)

Taylor County, Iowa, 1925 state census:[8]

Longfellow, T. N. Head 34 yrs (8th Gr) b.Iowa (parents: J. R. Longfellow, b. Iowa, 84 yrs / Mary Elder, b. Iowa, __ yrs) Religion: None
      Mary Wife 31 yrs (8th Gr) b.Iowa (parents: J. P. O'Dougherty, b. Pennsylvania, 76 yrs / Lola Underwood, b. Iowa, 66 yrs) Religion: None
      Robert H. Son 5 yrs b.Iowa (parents: T. N. Longfellow, b. Iowa, 34 yrs / Mary O'Dougherty, b. Iowa, 31 yrs)
      Francis D. Son 3 yrs b.Iowa (parents: T. N. Longfellow, b. Iowa, 34 yrs / Mary O'Dougherty, b. Iowa, 31 yrs)

Taylor County, Iowa, 1930 census:[9]

Longfellow, Thomas N. Head 40 yrs (marr. at 24 yrs) b. Iowa (parents, b. Iowa) Farmer (General Farm)
      Mary E. Wife 39 yrs (marr. at 24 yrs) b. Iowa (parents, b. Pennsylvania/Iowa
      Robert N. Son 10 yrs b. Iowa (parents, b. Iowa)
      Dean F. Son 8 yrs b. Iowa (parents, b. Iowa)
      Dale A. Son 2 yrs b. Iowa (parents, b. Iowa)

Taylor County, Iowa, 1940 census:[10]

Longfellow, Tom Head 50 yrs (8th Gr) b. Iowa 1935: Same house Farmer (Farm)
      Mary Wife 48 yrs (8th Gr) b. Iowa 1935: Same house
      Dean Son 18 yrs (HS-4) b. Iowa 1935: Same house
      Dale Son 12 yrs (6th Gr) b. Iowa 1935: Same house
      Neil Son 6 yrs ----- b. Iowa 1935: Same house
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Iowa, United States. Select Marriages Index, 1758-1996. (Ancestry.com, 2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Find A Grave.

    Thomas Longfellow

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index: Death Master File, database. (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service).
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Oregon, United States. Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000).
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Iowa Authenticated birth record
    No. 229381.
  6.   United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
    5 Jun 1917.

    Name: Longfellow, Thomas Nelson
    Address: Bedford, Taylor Co., Iowa
    Born: 28 Jan 1890 [sic] Bedford, Iowa
    Occupation: Farmer
    Dependents: "Wife"
    Exemptions claimed: None
    Description: Medium height & build, brown eyes & hair, no disablities.

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Taylor, Iowa, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 153, p. 2A, dwelling/family 27/29.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Taylor, Iowa, United States. 1925 Iowa State Census
    p. ___, Line 45.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Taylor, Iowa, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 24, p. 2A, dwelling/family 35/35.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Taylor, Iowa, United States. 1940 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    ED 87-25, p. 4A, #84.
  11.   United States. World War II Draft Registration Cards
    8 Dec 1942.

    Name: Longfellow, Thomas Nelson
    Residence: RFD #2, Ross, Taylor Co., Iowa
    Born: 29 Jan 1889 (53 yrs) Taylor Co., Iowa
    Employer: Farming [same address]
    Person Who Will Always Know Your Address: Mrs. Mary Longfellow [same address]
    Description: 5'8", 156 lbs, gray eyes & hair, ruddy complexion, no disabilities.

  12.   Bedford Iowa) Times-Press
    p. 4, 14 Dec 1978.

    Services Held Dec. 8 For Thomas Longfellow

    Funeral services for Thomas Nelson Longfellow, 89, a native of the Bedford area, were held on December 8, 1978, in Scott’s Funeral Chapel, McMinnville, Oregon. Mr. Longfellow died December 5 at McMinnville, Oregon. Interment was at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, McMinnville.

    Thomas Nelson Longfellow was born on January 28, 1889 at Platteville, Iowa. On October 15, 1915, he married Mary Elizabeth O’Dougherty at Bedford. He was a farmer in the Bedford area until 1949, when he retired and moved to McMinnville, Ore.

    Mr. Longfellow is survived by his wife, Mary, and sons Robert and Dean of McMinnville, a son Dale of Tacoma, Wash., a son Neal of Tigard, Ore., a brother, Frank, of Bedford, 11 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

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