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Below is a family biography included in The History of Greene County, Illinois published by Donnelley, Gassette & Loyd in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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LONG, ISRAEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Sec. 13, P.O. Rockbridge. Israel Long is a native of Greene County, born in 1839, second child of Edward and Priscilla Long, who settled in Greene County some forty years ago. Israel grew to manhood in Greene County, and early became inured to the hard work of the farm, when the war came on he enlisted in Co. A, 61st Ill. Vols., under the command of Capt. Orr; was in the service some seven months; he became a participant in the famous battle of Shiloh. He was honorably discharged from the service at St. Louis, on the 21st of July, 1862, and then returned to Greene County. Some years after the war closed he resided in Jersey County and followed agricultural pursuits, until his removal again to Greene County in 1877. In 1864 he was united in marriage to Miss Harriet Tucker, a daughter of Pleasant Tucker, by whom he has three children: Freeman, Laura B., and Jesse W. Mr. Long ranks among our most successful farmers; the owner of 200 acres of valuable land in the counties of Jersey and Greene. The children deceased are Churchman, Lula, and George.
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