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Below is a family biography included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1886. 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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R. W. LONG is a son of Joseph Long, who was born in North Carolina, and came to Tennessee and married Matilda Flack. The mother was born in 1804 and died in 1873. Our subject received a common school education, and after his marriage, in 1857, to Tabitha Bledsoe, he tilled the home farm for his mother, who was a widow. His wife was born near Petersburg, November 10, 1836, and seven children blessed her union with Mr. Long: Alva M. (Mrs. J. C. Moore), Nora I. (Mrs. C. A. Talley), Thomas A., Fannie E. (Mrs. O. B. Taylor), James B., Helen B. and Affa C. In 1872 our subject and family moved onto their present farm of 200 acres, comprising seven acres of all kinds of fruit trees. Mr. Long has given his children good educational advantages, and is conservative in politics, voting rather for the man than the party. He served in the late war in Company F., Forty-first Tennessee Infantry, and took an active part in the battles of Fort Donelson, Franklin, Nashville and several minor engagements. He was captured at the fall of Fort Donelson, and imprisoned seven months at LaFayette and Indianapolis, Ind. He was the wagon-master in the quartermaster’s department two years. He returned home in the fall of 1864. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church South.
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This family biography is one of 137 biographies included in The History of Lincoln County, Tennessee published in 1886. The History of Lincoln County was included within The History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin & Moore Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Giles, Lincoln, Franklin , Moore Counties of Tennessee
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