LONG, Alexander
(Abt 1801-)
YEAGER, Sarah Catherine
(Abt 1802-)
LONG, Reuben
(1832-After 1910)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. LAIR, Almyra Y.

2. RUSSELL, Adda A.
3. HENRY, Ruth

LONG, Reuben 1 2 3 4 5 6

  • Born: Mar 1832, prob. Mason County, Virginia
  • Marriage (1): LAIR, Almyra Y. about 1857 in Missouri
  • Marriage (2): RUSSELL, Adda A. about 1878 in Knox County, Missouri
  • Marriage (3): HENRY, Ruth about 1884 in Knox County, Missouri
  • Died: After 1910, Knox County, Missouri

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Reuben married Almyra Y. LAIR, daughter of Thomas P. LAIR and Catherine "Kitty" M. ANDERSON, about 1857 in Missouri. (Almyra Y. LAIR was born about 1842 in Missouri and died before 1880 in Knox County, Missouri or poss. Rock Creek, Virginia.)


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Reuben next married Adda A. RUSSELL, daughter of Jonas G. RUSSELL and Betsey A. UNKNOWN, about 1878 in Knox County, Missouri. (Adda A. RUSSELL was born about 1851 in Bridgewater, Williams County, Ohio and died about 1882 in Knox County, Missouri.)


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Reuben next married Ruth HENRY about 1884 in Knox County, Missouri. (Ruth HENRY was born in Jan 1847 in prob. Knox County, Missouri.)


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Sources


1 1880 US Census (District 78, Shelton, Knox County, Missouri). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Rhuban Long (age 48, b. WV), second wife Adda [Russell] (age 28, b. MO) and children [from Reuban's first marriage] Alex (age 16, b. MO), J. Morgan (age 14, b. MO), Jackson (age 11, b. MO), Margaret (age 5, b. MO) and [from Reuban's second marriage] unnamed son [Joseph] (age 1 mon, b. MO), living in Shelton, Missouri. Rhuban is listed as "farming" and indicates that both his parents were born in West Virginia. Adda indicates that both her parents were born in New York. Also in the household is daughter Sarah C. (age 20, b. MO) and her husband S. [Sheridan] Parsons (age 29, b. IL). S. Parsons indicates that his father was born in New York and his mother in Ohio.

2 1910 US Census (District 51, Shelton, Knox County, Missouri). Surety: 4. Lists Reuben Long (age 78, b. WV), third wife Ruth [Henry] (age 63, MO) and daughter Bessie J. (age 11, b. MO), living in Shelton, Missouri. Reuben is listed as a "stock farmer" and indicates that both his parents were born in Virginia. Ruth indicates that both her parents were born in South Carolina. The couple indicate that they have been married for 26 years. Living next door is Reuben's son [from 1st marriage], Jackson Long, and his family. Living on the other side is son George E. Long and his family.

3 1900 US Census (District 45, Shelton, Knox County, Missouri). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Reuben Long (age 68, b. Mar 1832, VA), third wife Ruth [Henry] (age 53, b. Jan 1847, MO) and children [from Reuban's second marriage] Joseph (age 20, b. Apr 1880, MO), Jesse (age 17, b. Jun 1881, MO), [from Reuban's third marriage] George (age 14, b. Sep 1885, MO) and Emma (age 13, b. Apr 1887, MO), living in Shelton, Missouri. Reuben is listed as a "farmer" and indicates that his father was born in Virginia and his mother in Pennsylvania. Ruth indicates that her father was born in Carolina and her mother in Missouri. Joseph and Jesse are both listed as "farm laborers" and indicate that their father was born in Virginia and their mother in Ohio.

4 1870 US Census (Lyon, Knox County, Missouri). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Reuben Long (age 38, b. VA), first wife Elmira [Lair] (age 27, b. MO) and children Catherine (age 10, b. MO), Alexander (age 6, b. MO), James M. (age 3, b. MO) and Thomas J. (age 1, b. MO), living in Lyon, Missouri. Also in the household are Maria Lamb (age 17, b. MO) "domestic servant" and Mary Anderson (age 72, b. KY) "no occupation." Mary's relationship to the family, if any, is unclear, but it is likely that she is an aunt of Elmira's. Reuben is listed as a "farmer."

5 1860 US Census (Salt River, Adair County, Missouri). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Reuben Long (age 28, b. VA) and first wife Almira [Lair] (age 17, b. MO), living in Salt River, Missouri. Reuben is listed as a "farmer."

6 1850 US Census (District 38, Mason County, Virginia). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Alexander Long (age 48, b. VA), wife Catherine (age 47, b. VA) and children Jackson (age 23, b. VA), Mary (age 21, b. VA), Elizabeth (age 19, b. VA), Reuben (age 17, b. VA), Emily (age 15, b. VA), Joseph (age 13, b. VA), Caroline (age 11, b. VA), Lucenda (age 8, b. VA), Catherine (age 7, b. VA) and Morgan (age 5, b. VA), living in Mason County, Virginia. Alexander is listed as a "farmer."

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