He had served as a soldier in the War of 1812 as a member of the Ohio regiment. He was afterward for sixteen years a member of the Indiana legislature and aided in shaping the early policy of the state. He was superintendent of construction in the building of the Whitewater canal from Connersville, Indiana, to Cincinnati, Ohio, and had served as a brigadier general of the Indiana Militia prior to his death in 1840. His widow survived only until 1848. They were the parents of ten children.
General Elisha Long, an acting commissioner of the Indiana Board of Internal Improvement until March 1839, co-owned the Ben Franklin, the first canal boat to arrive at Brookville.
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OBITUARY
Brookville American
October 7, 1842
"As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more."Psalms.
DIED- In this town, on Sunday evening the 2d October, 1842, after a painful illness of one week, General Elisha Long.
The subject of this brief notice was born in Henry county, Va., in the year 1794, and, after having served some time in the Army during the late war, emigrated to Henry county, Indiana, in the year 1822, since which time he has sustained a high character for integrity, and the warm affection of those whose fortune it was to become intimately acquainted with all the phases of his character.
As an evidence of the estimate placed upon his worth, he was perhaps entrusted with a various and as important offices as any other man in Indiana; having been as associate Judge in Henry county; superintendent of a portion of the National Road, an appointment conferred upon him by the General Government, and which he held for two years during which time he gained honors to himself and rendered satisfaction to the Government. He was elected by the Indiana Legislature, a member of the Board of Internal Improvements, which office he held for three years; and although immense sums of money passed through his hands, while occupying this situation, and also in his private business he was unfortunate, yet every dollar of the public money entrusted to his care was appropriated to its legitimate object; and though much censure has been cast upon the Board (as well as all connected with the Improvement system in Indiana,) yet it is due to the memory of the deceased to say, that he acted in accordance with his convictions of duty, and as most men in like times and under similar circumstances, would have done.
Gen. L. served ten years in the councils of Indiana, as Senator and Representative in the Legislature he stood high, as an honest man, and one faithful to his constituents. At the
time of his death he held an important office in the County (Treasurer) which was given to him by the people because he was believed to be deserving.
As a man, Gen. L. was gentlemanly, courteous, humane, generous, and so urbane in his deportment that his society was agreeable to his friends and courted by strangers. As a politician, when in the field, he was active, untiring and unconquerable; possessing a strong mind, added to a vast knowledge of human nature, he could contend, successfully in a canvass, with men apparently superior in point of talents. His enemies were few, but his friends were many.
Although never associated with any Church, nor observing the outward formula of any peculiar sect, yet his life shows that he practised many of the Divine precepts, and he was always gratified to see others pursuing the path of virtue.
In every point of his character there was much to admire, (doubtless he had his faults, and who has not?) but if any one trait stood out pre-eminent above the rest, for beauty and deserving of praise, it was in the capacity of Husband and of Father. Was he a fond, affectionate husband? Go ask the weeping sharer of his toils, "mourning as a dove," and her looks will tell
-from Love's shining circle,
The gem hath dropp'd away."
Was he a kind, indulgent Parent? The telltale tear drops gently, mutely but rapidly streaming from the eyes of the bereaved orphans, tell but too plainly how dear to them was the lost, the buried, Father.
He is gone? But O,"mourn not as those who have no hope-" He truly remarked the evening prior to his death, "this is the last night we shall spend on earth together." But be of good cheer; there is hope beyond the tomb"
Though "His bright locks all in the vault are hid-
"His brow concealed by the coffin lid;
Yet there are promises of an immortality beyond the grave; there is provided a place
"Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet;
While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul."
Found at: indcanal.org
General Elisha Long, an acting commissioner of the Indiana Board of Internal Improvement until March 1839, co-owned the Ben Franklin, the first canal boat to arrive at Brookville.
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OBITUARY
Brookville American
October 7, 1842
"As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more."Psalms.
DIED- In this town, on Sunday evening the 2d October, 1842, after a painful illness of one week, General Elisha Long.
The subject of this brief notice was born in Henry county, Va., in the year 1794, and, after having served some time in the Army during the late war, emigrated to Henry county, Indiana, in the year 1822, since which time he has sustained a high character for integrity, and the warm affection of those whose fortune it was to become intimately acquainted with all the phases of his character.
As an evidence of the estimate placed upon his worth, he was perhaps entrusted with a various and as important offices as any other man in Indiana; having been as associate Judge in Henry county; superintendent of a portion of the National Road, an appointment conferred upon him by the General Government, and which he held for two years during which time he gained honors to himself and rendered satisfaction to the Government. He was elected by the Indiana Legislature, a member of the Board of Internal Improvements, which office he held for three years; and although immense sums of money passed through his hands, while occupying this situation, and also in his private business he was unfortunate, yet every dollar of the public money entrusted to his care was appropriated to its legitimate object; and though much censure has been cast upon the Board (as well as all connected with the Improvement system in Indiana,) yet it is due to the memory of the deceased to say, that he acted in accordance with his convictions of duty, and as most men in like times and under similar circumstances, would have done.
Gen. L. served ten years in the councils of Indiana, as Senator and Representative in the Legislature he stood high, as an honest man, and one faithful to his constituents. At the
time of his death he held an important office in the County (Treasurer) which was given to him by the people because he was believed to be deserving.
As a man, Gen. L. was gentlemanly, courteous, humane, generous, and so urbane in his deportment that his society was agreeable to his friends and courted by strangers. As a politician, when in the field, he was active, untiring and unconquerable; possessing a strong mind, added to a vast knowledge of human nature, he could contend, successfully in a canvass, with men apparently superior in point of talents. His enemies were few, but his friends were many.
Although never associated with any Church, nor observing the outward formula of any peculiar sect, yet his life shows that he practised many of the Divine precepts, and he was always gratified to see others pursuing the path of virtue.
In every point of his character there was much to admire, (doubtless he had his faults, and who has not?) but if any one trait stood out pre-eminent above the rest, for beauty and deserving of praise, it was in the capacity of Husband and of Father. Was he a fond, affectionate husband? Go ask the weeping sharer of his toils, "mourning as a dove," and her looks will tell
-from Love's shining circle,
The gem hath dropp'd away."
Was he a kind, indulgent Parent? The telltale tear drops gently, mutely but rapidly streaming from the eyes of the bereaved orphans, tell but too plainly how dear to them was the lost, the buried, Father.
He is gone? But O,"mourn not as those who have no hope-" He truly remarked the evening prior to his death, "this is the last night we shall spend on earth together." But be of good cheer; there is hope beyond the tomb"
Though "His bright locks all in the vault are hid-
"His brow concealed by the coffin lid;
Yet there are promises of an immortality beyond the grave; there is provided a place
"Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet;
While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul."
Found at: indcanal.org
He had served as a soldier in the War of 1812 as a member of the Ohio regiment. He was afterward for sixteen years a member of the Indiana legislature and aided in shaping the early policy of the state. He was superintendent of construction in the building of the Whitewater canal from Connersville, Indiana, to Cincinnati, Ohio, and had served as a brigadier general of the Indiana Militia prior to his death in 1840. His widow survived only until 1848. They were the parents of ten children.
General Elisha Long, an acting commissioner of the Indiana Board of Internal Improvement until March 1839, co-owned the Ben Franklin, the first canal boat to arrive at Brookville.
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OBITUARY
Brookville American
October 7, 1842
"As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more."Psalms.
DIED- In this town, on Sunday evening the 2d October, 1842, after a painful illness of one week, General Elisha Long.
The subject of this brief notice was born in Henry county, Va., in the year 1794, and, after having served some time in the Army during the late war, emigrated to Henry county, Indiana, in the year 1822, since which time he has sustained a high character for integrity, and the warm affection of those whose fortune it was to become intimately acquainted with all the phases of his character.
As an evidence of the estimate placed upon his worth, he was perhaps entrusted with a various and as important offices as any other man in Indiana; having been as associate Judge in Henry county; superintendent of a portion of the National Road, an appointment conferred upon him by the General Government, and which he held for two years during which time he gained honors to himself and rendered satisfaction to the Government. He was elected by the Indiana Legislature, a member of the Board of Internal Improvements, which office he held for three years; and although immense sums of money passed through his hands, while occupying this situation, and also in his private business he was unfortunate, yet every dollar of the public money entrusted to his care was appropriated to its legitimate object; and though much censure has been cast upon the Board (as well as all connected with the Improvement system in Indiana,) yet it is due to the memory of the deceased to say, that he acted in accordance with his convictions of duty, and as most men in like times and under similar circumstances, would have done.
Gen. L. served ten years in the councils of Indiana, as Senator and Representative in the Legislature he stood high, as an honest man, and one faithful to his constituents. At the
time of his death he held an important office in the County (Treasurer) which was given to him by the people because he was believed to be deserving.
As a man, Gen. L. was gentlemanly, courteous, humane, generous, and so urbane in his deportment that his society was agreeable to his friends and courted by strangers. As a politician, when in the field, he was active, untiring and unconquerable; possessing a strong mind, added to a vast knowledge of human nature, he could contend, successfully in a canvass, with men apparently superior in point of talents. His enemies were few, but his friends were many.
Although never associated with any Church, nor observing the outward formula of any peculiar sect, yet his life shows that he practised many of the Divine precepts, and he was always gratified to see others pursuing the path of virtue.
In every point of his character there was much to admire, (doubtless he had his faults, and who has not?) but if any one trait stood out pre-eminent above the rest, for beauty and deserving of praise, it was in the capacity of Husband and of Father. Was he a fond, affectionate husband? Go ask the weeping sharer of his toils, "mourning as a dove," and her looks will tell
-from Love's shining circle,
The gem hath dropp'd away."
Was he a kind, indulgent Parent? The telltale tear drops gently, mutely but rapidly streaming from the eyes of the bereaved orphans, tell but too plainly how dear to them was the lost, the buried, Father.
He is gone? But O,"mourn not as those who have no hope-" He truly remarked the evening prior to his death, "this is the last night we shall spend on earth together." But be of good cheer; there is hope beyond the tomb"
Though "His bright locks all in the vault are hid-
"His brow concealed by the coffin lid;
Yet there are promises of an immortality beyond the grave; there is provided a place
"Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet;
While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul."
Found at: indcanal.org
General Elisha Long, an acting commissioner of the Indiana Board of Internal Improvement until March 1839, co-owned the Ben Franklin, the first canal boat to arrive at Brookville.
~~~~
OBITUARY
Brookville American
October 7, 1842
"As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth: For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more."Psalms.
DIED- In this town, on Sunday evening the 2d October, 1842, after a painful illness of one week, General Elisha Long.
The subject of this brief notice was born in Henry county, Va., in the year 1794, and, after having served some time in the Army during the late war, emigrated to Henry county, Indiana, in the year 1822, since which time he has sustained a high character for integrity, and the warm affection of those whose fortune it was to become intimately acquainted with all the phases of his character.
As an evidence of the estimate placed upon his worth, he was perhaps entrusted with a various and as important offices as any other man in Indiana; having been as associate Judge in Henry county; superintendent of a portion of the National Road, an appointment conferred upon him by the General Government, and which he held for two years during which time he gained honors to himself and rendered satisfaction to the Government. He was elected by the Indiana Legislature, a member of the Board of Internal Improvements, which office he held for three years; and although immense sums of money passed through his hands, while occupying this situation, and also in his private business he was unfortunate, yet every dollar of the public money entrusted to his care was appropriated to its legitimate object; and though much censure has been cast upon the Board (as well as all connected with the Improvement system in Indiana,) yet it is due to the memory of the deceased to say, that he acted in accordance with his convictions of duty, and as most men in like times and under similar circumstances, would have done.
Gen. L. served ten years in the councils of Indiana, as Senator and Representative in the Legislature he stood high, as an honest man, and one faithful to his constituents. At the
time of his death he held an important office in the County (Treasurer) which was given to him by the people because he was believed to be deserving.
As a man, Gen. L. was gentlemanly, courteous, humane, generous, and so urbane in his deportment that his society was agreeable to his friends and courted by strangers. As a politician, when in the field, he was active, untiring and unconquerable; possessing a strong mind, added to a vast knowledge of human nature, he could contend, successfully in a canvass, with men apparently superior in point of talents. His enemies were few, but his friends were many.
Although never associated with any Church, nor observing the outward formula of any peculiar sect, yet his life shows that he practised many of the Divine precepts, and he was always gratified to see others pursuing the path of virtue.
In every point of his character there was much to admire, (doubtless he had his faults, and who has not?) but if any one trait stood out pre-eminent above the rest, for beauty and deserving of praise, it was in the capacity of Husband and of Father. Was he a fond, affectionate husband? Go ask the weeping sharer of his toils, "mourning as a dove," and her looks will tell
-from Love's shining circle,
The gem hath dropp'd away."
Was he a kind, indulgent Parent? The telltale tear drops gently, mutely but rapidly streaming from the eyes of the bereaved orphans, tell but too plainly how dear to them was the lost, the buried, Father.
He is gone? But O,"mourn not as those who have no hope-" He truly remarked the evening prior to his death, "this is the last night we shall spend on earth together." But be of good cheer; there is hope beyond the tomb"
Though "His bright locks all in the vault are hid-
"His brow concealed by the coffin lid;
Yet there are promises of an immortality beyond the grave; there is provided a place
"Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet;
While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul."
Found at: indcanal.org
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