Son of Samuel (1796-1857) and Mary Polly Fryar (1793-1859) Long
The subject of this sketch, Mr. John H. Long, of Verona, Lee county, Miss, was born in McNairy county, Tenn, on the 4th day of February 1828, and died at the home of his son, Dr. J. Sample Long, Joplin, Mo., on the 25th day of March. .He died of pneumonia after a few days illness.
When a boy of five or six years of age Mr. Long’s father removed with his family to Tippah county, Miss., and settled on the spot where the town of Ripley now stands. His boyhood days were spent there, during which he received the best advantages of education which the schools of that day afforded. His father was a man of strong
and sturdy character and gave to his children, through both example and effort, valuable lessons in the training school of home life, which served them usefully throughout their lives. In his early manhood he taught school successfully for a short time and pursued other vocations until 1849, .when he came to the village of Harrisburg, now extinct, but historic as the scene of a great battle between the Confederate and Union forces in 1864. Here lie entered into the business of merchandising, which he pursued successfully there, and at Verona, for many years. As a merchant he was a prudent and conservative man and enjoyed the confidence of the communities in which he lived as an honorable and upright dealer. In this business he accumulated a handsome competency which he,
throughout his life, continued to manage cautiously and successfully. He had been for several years a director of the First National Bank of Tupelo, in which position his sagacity and wise
counsel was highly valuable to that popular institution. A large part of his earnings he judiciously invested in lands which he managed with marked liberality in the treatment of his laborers and tenants. He was a kind and feeling employer and was greatly esteemed by all his employees.
When a lad of fifteen years of age Mr. Long was converted and joined
the Methodist church and, at once, became a zealous and conspicuous member of that great body of Christians. When seventeen years old he was a class leader and exerted a strong influence in the church. He was for years Superintendent of the Sunday School at Verona, and was a leader in the church councils. He frequently served as delegate to the district and annual conferences of his church and in these bodies wielded a large influence. In all his duties as a Christian his whole life was marked by uniform devotion, deep piety and a daily walk of unreserved consecration and Christian example. He was a strong pillar of the church at Verona, whose history is blended by a third of a century's active membership and co-operation with the record of his, unblemished private life.
Mr. Long was a soldier in the Confederate army, being the orderly Sergeant of his company, which was in Col. W. M. lnges’ 12th Mississippi Cavalry. He served three years and was a splendid
soldier. He loved the Confederate cause until the day of his death,
On November 16th, 1854, Mr. Long and Miss Victoria Dismukes were married. From this union there sprang a large family of children. Of these there survives Dr John Sample Long, the elder son, an eminent physician of Joplin, Mo., Rev. Samuel D. Long, presiding elder at Chattanooga, Tenn., a minister of distinction and wide influence. Mr. Harvey C. Long, a valued attache of the United States treasury at Washington city, Mrs, Mattie Scales, wife of R. D. Scales, Esq. of Celeste, Tex., and Miss Kennie Long, who has continuously resided with her parents, and who has ministered to them with
beautiful devotion in the ills which have befallen them in the evening of their lives. All of their children were present at the burial of their father which occurred at Verona on Saturday 28th of Mch. ult. In addition to his immediate family, Mr. Long is survived by an
older sister and younger brother who reside, the one in Texas, the other in the Indian Territory and a number of grand children.
Mr. Long was for years the oldest citizen of Verona. He Was preceded to
the grave by all of the old settlers who with him, built the pretty village. His frail form, trembling under the infirmities of age, had long been a familiar figure, and his smiling countenance and kindly greeting were pleasing to all, old and young- He ever had a kind word and a warm grasp of the hand for all who knew him. “Uncle
John,” as he was familiarly known, will be missed more than any one of the village. His home was the scene of generous hospitality and in all the affairs of the village he was a moving and active participant.
In all the relations of life, Mr. Long was conspicuously'true and good. As a husband he was constant and devoted; as a father he was kind and affectionate; as a friend he was strong and faithful; as a citizen his life was without reproach. He discharged every duty and met every obligation with a high sense of honor and conscientious regard for the elevated social position which he occupied.
Tire funeral ceremonies were conducted from the Methodist church at Verona, on Saturday, 28 ult., at 11 o’clock a. m. by Rev. S. A. Brown, pastor, assisted by Rev. J. T. Cunningham, J. A. Bowen, and J. C. Parks, presiding elder of the Aberdeen District. Rev. J. T. Cunningham, delivered a touching tribute to the life and virtues of the good man and was followed by Mr. Bowen in a few appropriate remarks. Prayer was offered by Rev. Parks, after which the body was delivered over to the Masons, who followed it to the cemetery where, under the impressive ritual of that beneficent order it was laid to rest by the side of his brother, S. D. Long, who so recently preceded him. The entire community with many friends from other
communities, joined in the last sad rites to the memory of the revered dead. The whole county joins in unfeigned sympathy for the stricken family. The Journal joins in this tender feeling and offers to the bereaved widow, who is now deprived of the presence of her life
long companion, and to the noble sons and daughters, who are left behind to cheer and comfort her in her declining years, a word of solace and bids them look to Him who gave and who hath taken away, for that comfort which earth cannot give.
The Tupelo Journal, Tupelo, MS, April 3, 1903, Page 8.
The subject of this sketch, Mr. John H. Long, of Verona, Lee county, Miss, was born in McNairy county, Tenn, on the 4th day of February 1828, and died at the home of his son, Dr. J. Sample Long, Joplin, Mo., on the 25th day of March. .He died of pneumonia after a few days illness.
When a boy of five or six years of age Mr. Long’s father removed with his family to Tippah county, Miss., and settled on the spot where the town of Ripley now stands. His boyhood days were spent there, during which he received the best advantages of education which the schools of that day afforded. His father was a man of strong
and sturdy character and gave to his children, through both example and effort, valuable lessons in the training school of home life, which served them usefully throughout their lives. In his early manhood he taught school successfully for a short time and pursued other vocations until 1849, .when he came to the village of Harrisburg, now extinct, but historic as the scene of a great battle between the Confederate and Union forces in 1864. Here lie entered into the business of merchandising, which he pursued successfully there, and at Verona, for many years. As a merchant he was a prudent and conservative man and enjoyed the confidence of the communities in which he lived as an honorable and upright dealer. In this business he accumulated a handsome competency which he,
throughout his life, continued to manage cautiously and successfully. He had been for several years a director of the First National Bank of Tupelo, in which position his sagacity and wise
counsel was highly valuable to that popular institution. A large part of his earnings he judiciously invested in lands which he managed with marked liberality in the treatment of his laborers and tenants. He was a kind and feeling employer and was greatly esteemed by all his employees.
When a lad of fifteen years of age Mr. Long was converted and joined
the Methodist church and, at once, became a zealous and conspicuous member of that great body of Christians. When seventeen years old he was a class leader and exerted a strong influence in the church. He was for years Superintendent of the Sunday School at Verona, and was a leader in the church councils. He frequently served as delegate to the district and annual conferences of his church and in these bodies wielded a large influence. In all his duties as a Christian his whole life was marked by uniform devotion, deep piety and a daily walk of unreserved consecration and Christian example. He was a strong pillar of the church at Verona, whose history is blended by a third of a century's active membership and co-operation with the record of his, unblemished private life.
Mr. Long was a soldier in the Confederate army, being the orderly Sergeant of his company, which was in Col. W. M. lnges’ 12th Mississippi Cavalry. He served three years and was a splendid
soldier. He loved the Confederate cause until the day of his death,
On November 16th, 1854, Mr. Long and Miss Victoria Dismukes were married. From this union there sprang a large family of children. Of these there survives Dr John Sample Long, the elder son, an eminent physician of Joplin, Mo., Rev. Samuel D. Long, presiding elder at Chattanooga, Tenn., a minister of distinction and wide influence. Mr. Harvey C. Long, a valued attache of the United States treasury at Washington city, Mrs, Mattie Scales, wife of R. D. Scales, Esq. of Celeste, Tex., and Miss Kennie Long, who has continuously resided with her parents, and who has ministered to them with
beautiful devotion in the ills which have befallen them in the evening of their lives. All of their children were present at the burial of their father which occurred at Verona on Saturday 28th of Mch. ult. In addition to his immediate family, Mr. Long is survived by an
older sister and younger brother who reside, the one in Texas, the other in the Indian Territory and a number of grand children.
Mr. Long was for years the oldest citizen of Verona. He Was preceded to
the grave by all of the old settlers who with him, built the pretty village. His frail form, trembling under the infirmities of age, had long been a familiar figure, and his smiling countenance and kindly greeting were pleasing to all, old and young- He ever had a kind word and a warm grasp of the hand for all who knew him. “Uncle
John,” as he was familiarly known, will be missed more than any one of the village. His home was the scene of generous hospitality and in all the affairs of the village he was a moving and active participant.
In all the relations of life, Mr. Long was conspicuously'true and good. As a husband he was constant and devoted; as a father he was kind and affectionate; as a friend he was strong and faithful; as a citizen his life was without reproach. He discharged every duty and met every obligation with a high sense of honor and conscientious regard for the elevated social position which he occupied.
Tire funeral ceremonies were conducted from the Methodist church at Verona, on Saturday, 28 ult., at 11 o’clock a. m. by Rev. S. A. Brown, pastor, assisted by Rev. J. T. Cunningham, J. A. Bowen, and J. C. Parks, presiding elder of the Aberdeen District. Rev. J. T. Cunningham, delivered a touching tribute to the life and virtues of the good man and was followed by Mr. Bowen in a few appropriate remarks. Prayer was offered by Rev. Parks, after which the body was delivered over to the Masons, who followed it to the cemetery where, under the impressive ritual of that beneficent order it was laid to rest by the side of his brother, S. D. Long, who so recently preceded him. The entire community with many friends from other
communities, joined in the last sad rites to the memory of the revered dead. The whole county joins in unfeigned sympathy for the stricken family. The Journal joins in this tender feeling and offers to the bereaved widow, who is now deprived of the presence of her life
long companion, and to the noble sons and daughters, who are left behind to cheer and comfort her in her declining years, a word of solace and bids them look to Him who gave and who hath taken away, for that comfort which earth cannot give.
The Tupelo Journal, Tupelo, MS, April 3, 1903, Page 8.
Son of Samuel (1796-1857) and Mary Polly Fryar (1793-1859) Long
The subject of this sketch, Mr. John H. Long, of Verona, Lee county, Miss, was born in McNairy county, Tenn, on the 4th day of February 1828, and died at the home of his son, Dr. J. Sample Long, Joplin, Mo., on the 25th day of March. .He died of pneumonia after a few days illness.
When a boy of five or six years of age Mr. Long’s father removed with his family to Tippah county, Miss., and settled on the spot where the town of Ripley now stands. His boyhood days were spent there, during which he received the best advantages of education which the schools of that day afforded. His father was a man of strong
and sturdy character and gave to his children, through both example and effort, valuable lessons in the training school of home life, which served them usefully throughout their lives. In his early manhood he taught school successfully for a short time and pursued other vocations until 1849, .when he came to the village of Harrisburg, now extinct, but historic as the scene of a great battle between the Confederate and Union forces in 1864. Here lie entered into the business of merchandising, which he pursued successfully there, and at Verona, for many years. As a merchant he was a prudent and conservative man and enjoyed the confidence of the communities in which he lived as an honorable and upright dealer. In this business he accumulated a handsome competency which he,
throughout his life, continued to manage cautiously and successfully. He had been for several years a director of the First National Bank of Tupelo, in which position his sagacity and wise
counsel was highly valuable to that popular institution. A large part of his earnings he judiciously invested in lands which he managed with marked liberality in the treatment of his laborers and tenants. He was a kind and feeling employer and was greatly esteemed by all his employees.
When a lad of fifteen years of age Mr. Long was converted and joined
the Methodist church and, at once, became a zealous and conspicuous member of that great body of Christians. When seventeen years old he was a class leader and exerted a strong influence in the church. He was for years Superintendent of the Sunday School at Verona, and was a leader in the church councils. He frequently served as delegate to the district and annual conferences of his church and in these bodies wielded a large influence. In all his duties as a Christian his whole life was marked by uniform devotion, deep piety and a daily walk of unreserved consecration and Christian example. He was a strong pillar of the church at Verona, whose history is blended by a third of a century's active membership and co-operation with the record of his, unblemished private life.
Mr. Long was a soldier in the Confederate army, being the orderly Sergeant of his company, which was in Col. W. M. lnges’ 12th Mississippi Cavalry. He served three years and was a splendid
soldier. He loved the Confederate cause until the day of his death,
On November 16th, 1854, Mr. Long and Miss Victoria Dismukes were married. From this union there sprang a large family of children. Of these there survives Dr John Sample Long, the elder son, an eminent physician of Joplin, Mo., Rev. Samuel D. Long, presiding elder at Chattanooga, Tenn., a minister of distinction and wide influence. Mr. Harvey C. Long, a valued attache of the United States treasury at Washington city, Mrs, Mattie Scales, wife of R. D. Scales, Esq. of Celeste, Tex., and Miss Kennie Long, who has continuously resided with her parents, and who has ministered to them with
beautiful devotion in the ills which have befallen them in the evening of their lives. All of their children were present at the burial of their father which occurred at Verona on Saturday 28th of Mch. ult. In addition to his immediate family, Mr. Long is survived by an
older sister and younger brother who reside, the one in Texas, the other in the Indian Territory and a number of grand children.
Mr. Long was for years the oldest citizen of Verona. He Was preceded to
the grave by all of the old settlers who with him, built the pretty village. His frail form, trembling under the infirmities of age, had long been a familiar figure, and his smiling countenance and kindly greeting were pleasing to all, old and young- He ever had a kind word and a warm grasp of the hand for all who knew him. “Uncle
John,” as he was familiarly known, will be missed more than any one of the village. His home was the scene of generous hospitality and in all the affairs of the village he was a moving and active participant.
In all the relations of life, Mr. Long was conspicuously'true and good. As a husband he was constant and devoted; as a father he was kind and affectionate; as a friend he was strong and faithful; as a citizen his life was without reproach. He discharged every duty and met every obligation with a high sense of honor and conscientious regard for the elevated social position which he occupied.
Tire funeral ceremonies were conducted from the Methodist church at Verona, on Saturday, 28 ult., at 11 o’clock a. m. by Rev. S. A. Brown, pastor, assisted by Rev. J. T. Cunningham, J. A. Bowen, and J. C. Parks, presiding elder of the Aberdeen District. Rev. J. T. Cunningham, delivered a touching tribute to the life and virtues of the good man and was followed by Mr. Bowen in a few appropriate remarks. Prayer was offered by Rev. Parks, after which the body was delivered over to the Masons, who followed it to the cemetery where, under the impressive ritual of that beneficent order it was laid to rest by the side of his brother, S. D. Long, who so recently preceded him. The entire community with many friends from other
communities, joined in the last sad rites to the memory of the revered dead. The whole county joins in unfeigned sympathy for the stricken family. The Journal joins in this tender feeling and offers to the bereaved widow, who is now deprived of the presence of her life
long companion, and to the noble sons and daughters, who are left behind to cheer and comfort her in her declining years, a word of solace and bids them look to Him who gave and who hath taken away, for that comfort which earth cannot give.
The Tupelo Journal, Tupelo, MS, April 3, 1903, Page 8.
The subject of this sketch, Mr. John H. Long, of Verona, Lee county, Miss, was born in McNairy county, Tenn, on the 4th day of February 1828, and died at the home of his son, Dr. J. Sample Long, Joplin, Mo., on the 25th day of March. .He died of pneumonia after a few days illness.
When a boy of five or six years of age Mr. Long’s father removed with his family to Tippah county, Miss., and settled on the spot where the town of Ripley now stands. His boyhood days were spent there, during which he received the best advantages of education which the schools of that day afforded. His father was a man of strong
and sturdy character and gave to his children, through both example and effort, valuable lessons in the training school of home life, which served them usefully throughout their lives. In his early manhood he taught school successfully for a short time and pursued other vocations until 1849, .when he came to the village of Harrisburg, now extinct, but historic as the scene of a great battle between the Confederate and Union forces in 1864. Here lie entered into the business of merchandising, which he pursued successfully there, and at Verona, for many years. As a merchant he was a prudent and conservative man and enjoyed the confidence of the communities in which he lived as an honorable and upright dealer. In this business he accumulated a handsome competency which he,
throughout his life, continued to manage cautiously and successfully. He had been for several years a director of the First National Bank of Tupelo, in which position his sagacity and wise
counsel was highly valuable to that popular institution. A large part of his earnings he judiciously invested in lands which he managed with marked liberality in the treatment of his laborers and tenants. He was a kind and feeling employer and was greatly esteemed by all his employees.
When a lad of fifteen years of age Mr. Long was converted and joined
the Methodist church and, at once, became a zealous and conspicuous member of that great body of Christians. When seventeen years old he was a class leader and exerted a strong influence in the church. He was for years Superintendent of the Sunday School at Verona, and was a leader in the church councils. He frequently served as delegate to the district and annual conferences of his church and in these bodies wielded a large influence. In all his duties as a Christian his whole life was marked by uniform devotion, deep piety and a daily walk of unreserved consecration and Christian example. He was a strong pillar of the church at Verona, whose history is blended by a third of a century's active membership and co-operation with the record of his, unblemished private life.
Mr. Long was a soldier in the Confederate army, being the orderly Sergeant of his company, which was in Col. W. M. lnges’ 12th Mississippi Cavalry. He served three years and was a splendid
soldier. He loved the Confederate cause until the day of his death,
On November 16th, 1854, Mr. Long and Miss Victoria Dismukes were married. From this union there sprang a large family of children. Of these there survives Dr John Sample Long, the elder son, an eminent physician of Joplin, Mo., Rev. Samuel D. Long, presiding elder at Chattanooga, Tenn., a minister of distinction and wide influence. Mr. Harvey C. Long, a valued attache of the United States treasury at Washington city, Mrs, Mattie Scales, wife of R. D. Scales, Esq. of Celeste, Tex., and Miss Kennie Long, who has continuously resided with her parents, and who has ministered to them with
beautiful devotion in the ills which have befallen them in the evening of their lives. All of their children were present at the burial of their father which occurred at Verona on Saturday 28th of Mch. ult. In addition to his immediate family, Mr. Long is survived by an
older sister and younger brother who reside, the one in Texas, the other in the Indian Territory and a number of grand children.
Mr. Long was for years the oldest citizen of Verona. He Was preceded to
the grave by all of the old settlers who with him, built the pretty village. His frail form, trembling under the infirmities of age, had long been a familiar figure, and his smiling countenance and kindly greeting were pleasing to all, old and young- He ever had a kind word and a warm grasp of the hand for all who knew him. “Uncle
John,” as he was familiarly known, will be missed more than any one of the village. His home was the scene of generous hospitality and in all the affairs of the village he was a moving and active participant.
In all the relations of life, Mr. Long was conspicuously'true and good. As a husband he was constant and devoted; as a father he was kind and affectionate; as a friend he was strong and faithful; as a citizen his life was without reproach. He discharged every duty and met every obligation with a high sense of honor and conscientious regard for the elevated social position which he occupied.
Tire funeral ceremonies were conducted from the Methodist church at Verona, on Saturday, 28 ult., at 11 o’clock a. m. by Rev. S. A. Brown, pastor, assisted by Rev. J. T. Cunningham, J. A. Bowen, and J. C. Parks, presiding elder of the Aberdeen District. Rev. J. T. Cunningham, delivered a touching tribute to the life and virtues of the good man and was followed by Mr. Bowen in a few appropriate remarks. Prayer was offered by Rev. Parks, after which the body was delivered over to the Masons, who followed it to the cemetery where, under the impressive ritual of that beneficent order it was laid to rest by the side of his brother, S. D. Long, who so recently preceded him. The entire community with many friends from other
communities, joined in the last sad rites to the memory of the revered dead. The whole county joins in unfeigned sympathy for the stricken family. The Journal joins in this tender feeling and offers to the bereaved widow, who is now deprived of the presence of her life
long companion, and to the noble sons and daughters, who are left behind to cheer and comfort her in her declining years, a word of solace and bids them look to Him who gave and who hath taken away, for that comfort which earth cannot give.
The Tupelo Journal, Tupelo, MS, April 3, 1903, Page 8.
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