Death certificate spells name Cletus DeLong.
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Following from Ova DeLong's book "Auxier - DeLong - Brown - Allied Families": (edited to make minor corrections & eliminate unnecessary info)
CLETUS(sic CLETIS) EVERT(sic EVERETT) & VADA (LACY) DELONG – page 53 - 55 (below written before 1985, when Vada died)
Cletis Everett, eldest son and second child, of Thomas Jefferson & Sarah Magdalene "Maggie" (Brown) Delong, was born at Matthew, Morgan County, Kentucky January 31, 1894. About 1915 he married Vada Lacy, the daughter of George W. and Telia (Sebastian) Lacy of Lacy Creek, so named for Vada's Great-Grandfather, John B. Lacy. Vada was a school teacher, but quit the school room soon after her wedding. Vada was a natural school teacher, and this writer fell under (her) spell at a very early age. She had until only a few years ago a photographic memory. I have sat at her feet and listened to poems and stories for hours. Vada now lives at Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky. With her devoted son, Lacy & wife Zelda. Thelma & I hope to spend some time with them in September.
Cletis helped Popa & Moma establish a home on Keeton Branch; then with cousin, Lloyd McGuire, went West to test their wings. I don't know how far west they went but before returning to Kentucky found employment on a farm in Iowa. Exactly how many years they remained on that farm I have not been able to learn. Anyway they were there in 1912, and upon receipt of a letter from home advising that his mother was expecting a new baby (this writer) Cletis wrote a letter home requesting that the name of the baby be for a character in a book which he had recently read. The first name, Ova, has caused me some embarrassment through the years. He must have also been impressed by the City of Oakland for he gave me Oakland for a middle name. Anyway by 1915 he had come home and claimed in marriage a beautiful "redhead" in the person of Vada Lacy. Both Cletis and Vada were descendants of James & Nancy (Auxier) Brown and some questioned whether they were too closely related, but love won.
Vada was teaching school, but Cletis had too much pride, some thought false pride, to let his bride work, and that was that. When past 80 years of age Vada's son taped his mother reciting long poems which she had memorized when a young girl.
Not long after their wedding Cletus and Vada moved to a house on Road Branch at Thealka, Johnson County, Ky. And Cletus began a career of coal mining. Their first three children, Mildred, Ted and Lacy were born there and Mildred died there.
About 1921 Cletis found employment and joined his brothers and brother-in-law at Hardburley, Perry County, Ky. In three years the four of them had purchased, and paid for, the remainder of the Keeton Branch Water-shed above Popa & Moma's farm. One daughter, Evalee, was born to them while they were at Hardburley. About 1924 Cletus and Vada returned to Morgan County and started construction of a home on land recently purchased.
Five more children, Everett, Jr., Bert, Edsel, Juanita and Eugene were born in their new home. Ted and Lacy were only six and eight, respectively, younger than this writer, which was fine on the farm, but possibly caused some resentment later when in school they were expected to obey their teacher. Actually they treated me with all due respect. Our two families farmed together, clearing new ground each year.
PAGE 54
Out of second-growth White Oak, Popa made a plow called a cutting coulter: In front of the shovel-blade was mounted a forged-steel blade for cutting, or breaking roots. After about two seasons most of the roots and many of the stumps were gone. The handles of the plow were shaped at one end to fit comfortably in one's hand. This end was steamed and bent in a long arc over a special form and clamped until dry. They would hold this shape so long as they were kept dry. Points of stress were reinforced; a clevis was fitted to the end of the beam; holes were drilled in the top four or five inches of the cutter, matching hoe in an iron plate on top of the beam for adjusting the depth of the cutter.
These were happy years. Popa, and Moma carried as much livestock as the farm would support. Cletis was accumulating live-stock. The orchards, fields and streams provided plenty of food, as well as a great deal of fun. None of us had much money, but that didn’t bother us. We had plenty of food and a lot of love. We heard a chapter from the bible read each night, went to church on Sunday, and to community prayer meeting each Tuesday Night. We had good neighbors, many of them related to us one way or another.
There came a time when Cletis thought he saw greener pastures, sold his livestock and moved to Ohio. While there one son became critically ill, and finally resulted in Cletis & Vada's return to their farm to pick up where they had left. The next few years were hard years.
The great depression beginning under President Harding, continuing under President Coolidge and hitting bottom under President Hoover, took its toll.
Then World War II came and four of their sons went to war. Ted returned a 32 degree Mason; Lacy returned a diesel mechanic, Everett disabled and Bert returned a carpenter. Lace while serving throughout the war on a P.T. Boat, saved his money, and upon returning to the farm with his dad suggested that they buy a better farm, which they did. In two years they finished paying for that farm and bought a better farm in Southern Indiana, ten minutes from the Louisville Bridge. This farm proved to be a wise purchase. After farming together several years they divided the farm into "junior farms" and sold them at a handsome price. Cletis died before all the "junior farms"; were sold. Lacy sold the ones remaining and moved his mother and himself to Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky, where they reside today on the proverbial "Easy Street". Lacy, after devoting most of his life to his parents, and to his brothers, has finally wed an ole school-mate, Zelda, to live happily ever after.
In the meantime, while in Morgan, having already lost their daughter, Mildred, lost a beautiful 16-year-old daughter, Evalee, a beautiful high-school senior. Their third daughter, Juanita, married Derl G. Stallard, a dentist. They had a successful practice in Jacksonville, Fla.; went to Maggie Valley, N.C. to retire, but instead is a busy dentist and a successful business man.
Edsel, after two years of high-school in Ohio, came to San Francisco, finished his high-school at George Washington High, joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the end of the Korean War he served as superintendent of Maintenance at the Foster Air Base, then joined SAC at Reno, finished his education, married Patricia Damron, taught flying, worked as key-man, and as security guard, and finally settled for heavy equipment operator. They have one son, Steve who just recently took a bride.
PAGE 55 - CLETIS & VADA (LACY) DELONG'S CHILDREN:
1. MILDRED DELONG b. 1916 (sic 1917), Johnson Co., Ky., d. 1918, Influenza.
2. THEODORE EDISON "TED" DELONG b. 19 Aug. 1918, Johnson Co., Ky, md. Juanita Miller in Louisville, Ky.
3. MARY ALICE DELONG b. ?, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky.
4. LACY DELONG b. 20 September 1920, Johnson Co., Ky. Md. 1983 Zelda ___– R#2, Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky, 40353.
5. EVALEE DELONG b. 23 March 1923, d. 1939, sudden with severe head pain, a High school senior. Eva lived about three days (after being stricken). Buried in Brown Cemetery, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky.
6. EVERETT DELONG b. 17 Aug. 1926, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Disabled WWII, with Schizophrenia from which he never completely recovered. He was a good boy and a good man, never violent. He died 1984 and was laid to rest in the Brown Cemetery, Matthew, Morgan County, Ky.
7. BERT DELONG b. 1 April 1928, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Bert took Mechanical Training, became a carpenter and cabinet maker, served the Army during WWII and after the war was employed at Wright-Patterson, Dayton, Ohio. I understand that he is considering retiring. He married and they have a lovely daughter.
8. EDSEL DELONG b. 12 March 1930, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Graduated from George Washington High School, San Francisco, Ca., enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and during the Korean War as a fighter pilot. After the war he was Superintendent of Maintenance, Foster Air Base. Later SAC, sparks, Nev. In the meantime he had married Patricia Damron. They both work and live in Sparks, Nevada. They have one son.
9. JUANITA DELONG b. 13 April 1933, Matthew, Morgan Co. Ky. Removed with her family to Sellersburg, Indiana, finished her education, worked in Louisville, Ky. Md. Derl Stallard, a dentist. They worked and lived for several years in Jacksonville, Florida and removed to Maggie Valley, N.C. Thelma, with other relatives, were privileged, on one of our returns to Kentucky, to visit them. In their environment they looked very prosperous. They came this year to see Edsel and Pat and came by to see us. Derl & Juanita have 1 daughter and 1 son.
Following not on Ova's child list, but is listed in 1940 census with Cletis & Vada as his parents:
10. EUGENE DELONG b. 1936-37, Morgan Co., KY; d. 1983, unmarried.
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Following from Ova DeLong's book "Auxier - DeLong - Brown - Allied Families": (edited to make minor corrections & eliminate unnecessary info)
CLETUS(sic CLETIS) EVERT(sic EVERETT) & VADA (LACY) DELONG – page 53 - 55 (below written before 1985, when Vada died)
Cletis Everett, eldest son and second child, of Thomas Jefferson & Sarah Magdalene "Maggie" (Brown) Delong, was born at Matthew, Morgan County, Kentucky January 31, 1894. About 1915 he married Vada Lacy, the daughter of George W. and Telia (Sebastian) Lacy of Lacy Creek, so named for Vada's Great-Grandfather, John B. Lacy. Vada was a school teacher, but quit the school room soon after her wedding. Vada was a natural school teacher, and this writer fell under (her) spell at a very early age. She had until only a few years ago a photographic memory. I have sat at her feet and listened to poems and stories for hours. Vada now lives at Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky. With her devoted son, Lacy & wife Zelda. Thelma & I hope to spend some time with them in September.
Cletis helped Popa & Moma establish a home on Keeton Branch; then with cousin, Lloyd McGuire, went West to test their wings. I don't know how far west they went but before returning to Kentucky found employment on a farm in Iowa. Exactly how many years they remained on that farm I have not been able to learn. Anyway they were there in 1912, and upon receipt of a letter from home advising that his mother was expecting a new baby (this writer) Cletis wrote a letter home requesting that the name of the baby be for a character in a book which he had recently read. The first name, Ova, has caused me some embarrassment through the years. He must have also been impressed by the City of Oakland for he gave me Oakland for a middle name. Anyway by 1915 he had come home and claimed in marriage a beautiful "redhead" in the person of Vada Lacy. Both Cletis and Vada were descendants of James & Nancy (Auxier) Brown and some questioned whether they were too closely related, but love won.
Vada was teaching school, but Cletis had too much pride, some thought false pride, to let his bride work, and that was that. When past 80 years of age Vada's son taped his mother reciting long poems which she had memorized when a young girl.
Not long after their wedding Cletus and Vada moved to a house on Road Branch at Thealka, Johnson County, Ky. And Cletus began a career of coal mining. Their first three children, Mildred, Ted and Lacy were born there and Mildred died there.
About 1921 Cletis found employment and joined his brothers and brother-in-law at Hardburley, Perry County, Ky. In three years the four of them had purchased, and paid for, the remainder of the Keeton Branch Water-shed above Popa & Moma's farm. One daughter, Evalee, was born to them while they were at Hardburley. About 1924 Cletus and Vada returned to Morgan County and started construction of a home on land recently purchased.
Five more children, Everett, Jr., Bert, Edsel, Juanita and Eugene were born in their new home. Ted and Lacy were only six and eight, respectively, younger than this writer, which was fine on the farm, but possibly caused some resentment later when in school they were expected to obey their teacher. Actually they treated me with all due respect. Our two families farmed together, clearing new ground each year.
PAGE 54
Out of second-growth White Oak, Popa made a plow called a cutting coulter: In front of the shovel-blade was mounted a forged-steel blade for cutting, or breaking roots. After about two seasons most of the roots and many of the stumps were gone. The handles of the plow were shaped at one end to fit comfortably in one's hand. This end was steamed and bent in a long arc over a special form and clamped until dry. They would hold this shape so long as they were kept dry. Points of stress were reinforced; a clevis was fitted to the end of the beam; holes were drilled in the top four or five inches of the cutter, matching hoe in an iron plate on top of the beam for adjusting the depth of the cutter.
These were happy years. Popa, and Moma carried as much livestock as the farm would support. Cletis was accumulating live-stock. The orchards, fields and streams provided plenty of food, as well as a great deal of fun. None of us had much money, but that didn’t bother us. We had plenty of food and a lot of love. We heard a chapter from the bible read each night, went to church on Sunday, and to community prayer meeting each Tuesday Night. We had good neighbors, many of them related to us one way or another.
There came a time when Cletis thought he saw greener pastures, sold his livestock and moved to Ohio. While there one son became critically ill, and finally resulted in Cletis & Vada's return to their farm to pick up where they had left. The next few years were hard years.
The great depression beginning under President Harding, continuing under President Coolidge and hitting bottom under President Hoover, took its toll.
Then World War II came and four of their sons went to war. Ted returned a 32 degree Mason; Lacy returned a diesel mechanic, Everett disabled and Bert returned a carpenter. Lace while serving throughout the war on a P.T. Boat, saved his money, and upon returning to the farm with his dad suggested that they buy a better farm, which they did. In two years they finished paying for that farm and bought a better farm in Southern Indiana, ten minutes from the Louisville Bridge. This farm proved to be a wise purchase. After farming together several years they divided the farm into "junior farms" and sold them at a handsome price. Cletis died before all the "junior farms"; were sold. Lacy sold the ones remaining and moved his mother and himself to Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky, where they reside today on the proverbial "Easy Street". Lacy, after devoting most of his life to his parents, and to his brothers, has finally wed an ole school-mate, Zelda, to live happily ever after.
In the meantime, while in Morgan, having already lost their daughter, Mildred, lost a beautiful 16-year-old daughter, Evalee, a beautiful high-school senior. Their third daughter, Juanita, married Derl G. Stallard, a dentist. They had a successful practice in Jacksonville, Fla.; went to Maggie Valley, N.C. to retire, but instead is a busy dentist and a successful business man.
Edsel, after two years of high-school in Ohio, came to San Francisco, finished his high-school at George Washington High, joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the end of the Korean War he served as superintendent of Maintenance at the Foster Air Base, then joined SAC at Reno, finished his education, married Patricia Damron, taught flying, worked as key-man, and as security guard, and finally settled for heavy equipment operator. They have one son, Steve who just recently took a bride.
PAGE 55 - CLETIS & VADA (LACY) DELONG'S CHILDREN:
1. MILDRED DELONG b. 1916 (sic 1917), Johnson Co., Ky., d. 1918, Influenza.
2. THEODORE EDISON "TED" DELONG b. 19 Aug. 1918, Johnson Co., Ky, md. Juanita Miller in Louisville, Ky.
3. MARY ALICE DELONG b. ?, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky.
4. LACY DELONG b. 20 September 1920, Johnson Co., Ky. Md. 1983 Zelda ___– R#2, Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky, 40353.
5. EVALEE DELONG b. 23 March 1923, d. 1939, sudden with severe head pain, a High school senior. Eva lived about three days (after being stricken). Buried in Brown Cemetery, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky.
6. EVERETT DELONG b. 17 Aug. 1926, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Disabled WWII, with Schizophrenia from which he never completely recovered. He was a good boy and a good man, never violent. He died 1984 and was laid to rest in the Brown Cemetery, Matthew, Morgan County, Ky.
7. BERT DELONG b. 1 April 1928, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Bert took Mechanical Training, became a carpenter and cabinet maker, served the Army during WWII and after the war was employed at Wright-Patterson, Dayton, Ohio. I understand that he is considering retiring. He married and they have a lovely daughter.
8. EDSEL DELONG b. 12 March 1930, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Graduated from George Washington High School, San Francisco, Ca., enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and during the Korean War as a fighter pilot. After the war he was Superintendent of Maintenance, Foster Air Base. Later SAC, sparks, Nev. In the meantime he had married Patricia Damron. They both work and live in Sparks, Nevada. They have one son.
9. JUANITA DELONG b. 13 April 1933, Matthew, Morgan Co. Ky. Removed with her family to Sellersburg, Indiana, finished her education, worked in Louisville, Ky. Md. Derl Stallard, a dentist. They worked and lived for several years in Jacksonville, Florida and removed to Maggie Valley, N.C. Thelma, with other relatives, were privileged, on one of our returns to Kentucky, to visit them. In their environment they looked very prosperous. They came this year to see Edsel and Pat and came by to see us. Derl & Juanita have 1 daughter and 1 son.
Following not on Ova's child list, but is listed in 1940 census with Cletis & Vada as his parents:
10. EUGENE DELONG b. 1936-37, Morgan Co., KY; d. 1983, unmarried.
Death certificate spells name Cletus DeLong.
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Following from Ova DeLong's book "Auxier - DeLong - Brown - Allied Families": (edited to make minor corrections & eliminate unnecessary info)
CLETUS(sic CLETIS) EVERT(sic EVERETT) & VADA (LACY) DELONG – page 53 - 55 (below written before 1985, when Vada died)
Cletis Everett, eldest son and second child, of Thomas Jefferson & Sarah Magdalene "Maggie" (Brown) Delong, was born at Matthew, Morgan County, Kentucky January 31, 1894. About 1915 he married Vada Lacy, the daughter of George W. and Telia (Sebastian) Lacy of Lacy Creek, so named for Vada's Great-Grandfather, John B. Lacy. Vada was a school teacher, but quit the school room soon after her wedding. Vada was a natural school teacher, and this writer fell under (her) spell at a very early age. She had until only a few years ago a photographic memory. I have sat at her feet and listened to poems and stories for hours. Vada now lives at Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky. With her devoted son, Lacy & wife Zelda. Thelma & I hope to spend some time with them in September.
Cletis helped Popa & Moma establish a home on Keeton Branch; then with cousin, Lloyd McGuire, went West to test their wings. I don't know how far west they went but before returning to Kentucky found employment on a farm in Iowa. Exactly how many years they remained on that farm I have not been able to learn. Anyway they were there in 1912, and upon receipt of a letter from home advising that his mother was expecting a new baby (this writer) Cletis wrote a letter home requesting that the name of the baby be for a character in a book which he had recently read. The first name, Ova, has caused me some embarrassment through the years. He must have also been impressed by the City of Oakland for he gave me Oakland for a middle name. Anyway by 1915 he had come home and claimed in marriage a beautiful "redhead" in the person of Vada Lacy. Both Cletis and Vada were descendants of James & Nancy (Auxier) Brown and some questioned whether they were too closely related, but love won.
Vada was teaching school, but Cletis had too much pride, some thought false pride, to let his bride work, and that was that. When past 80 years of age Vada's son taped his mother reciting long poems which she had memorized when a young girl.
Not long after their wedding Cletus and Vada moved to a house on Road Branch at Thealka, Johnson County, Ky. And Cletus began a career of coal mining. Their first three children, Mildred, Ted and Lacy were born there and Mildred died there.
About 1921 Cletis found employment and joined his brothers and brother-in-law at Hardburley, Perry County, Ky. In three years the four of them had purchased, and paid for, the remainder of the Keeton Branch Water-shed above Popa & Moma's farm. One daughter, Evalee, was born to them while they were at Hardburley. About 1924 Cletus and Vada returned to Morgan County and started construction of a home on land recently purchased.
Five more children, Everett, Jr., Bert, Edsel, Juanita and Eugene were born in their new home. Ted and Lacy were only six and eight, respectively, younger than this writer, which was fine on the farm, but possibly caused some resentment later when in school they were expected to obey their teacher. Actually they treated me with all due respect. Our two families farmed together, clearing new ground each year.
PAGE 54
Out of second-growth White Oak, Popa made a plow called a cutting coulter: In front of the shovel-blade was mounted a forged-steel blade for cutting, or breaking roots. After about two seasons most of the roots and many of the stumps were gone. The handles of the plow were shaped at one end to fit comfortably in one's hand. This end was steamed and bent in a long arc over a special form and clamped until dry. They would hold this shape so long as they were kept dry. Points of stress were reinforced; a clevis was fitted to the end of the beam; holes were drilled in the top four or five inches of the cutter, matching hoe in an iron plate on top of the beam for adjusting the depth of the cutter.
These were happy years. Popa, and Moma carried as much livestock as the farm would support. Cletis was accumulating live-stock. The orchards, fields and streams provided plenty of food, as well as a great deal of fun. None of us had much money, but that didn’t bother us. We had plenty of food and a lot of love. We heard a chapter from the bible read each night, went to church on Sunday, and to community prayer meeting each Tuesday Night. We had good neighbors, many of them related to us one way or another.
There came a time when Cletis thought he saw greener pastures, sold his livestock and moved to Ohio. While there one son became critically ill, and finally resulted in Cletis & Vada's return to their farm to pick up where they had left. The next few years were hard years.
The great depression beginning under President Harding, continuing under President Coolidge and hitting bottom under President Hoover, took its toll.
Then World War II came and four of their sons went to war. Ted returned a 32 degree Mason; Lacy returned a diesel mechanic, Everett disabled and Bert returned a carpenter. Lace while serving throughout the war on a P.T. Boat, saved his money, and upon returning to the farm with his dad suggested that they buy a better farm, which they did. In two years they finished paying for that farm and bought a better farm in Southern Indiana, ten minutes from the Louisville Bridge. This farm proved to be a wise purchase. After farming together several years they divided the farm into "junior farms" and sold them at a handsome price. Cletis died before all the "junior farms"; were sold. Lacy sold the ones remaining and moved his mother and himself to Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky, where they reside today on the proverbial "Easy Street". Lacy, after devoting most of his life to his parents, and to his brothers, has finally wed an ole school-mate, Zelda, to live happily ever after.
In the meantime, while in Morgan, having already lost their daughter, Mildred, lost a beautiful 16-year-old daughter, Evalee, a beautiful high-school senior. Their third daughter, Juanita, married Derl G. Stallard, a dentist. They had a successful practice in Jacksonville, Fla.; went to Maggie Valley, N.C. to retire, but instead is a busy dentist and a successful business man.
Edsel, after two years of high-school in Ohio, came to San Francisco, finished his high-school at George Washington High, joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the end of the Korean War he served as superintendent of Maintenance at the Foster Air Base, then joined SAC at Reno, finished his education, married Patricia Damron, taught flying, worked as key-man, and as security guard, and finally settled for heavy equipment operator. They have one son, Steve who just recently took a bride.
PAGE 55 - CLETIS & VADA (LACY) DELONG'S CHILDREN:
1. MILDRED DELONG b. 1916 (sic 1917), Johnson Co., Ky., d. 1918, Influenza.
2. THEODORE EDISON "TED" DELONG b. 19 Aug. 1918, Johnson Co., Ky, md. Juanita Miller in Louisville, Ky.
3. MARY ALICE DELONG b. ?, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky.
4. LACY DELONG b. 20 September 1920, Johnson Co., Ky. Md. 1983 Zelda ___– R#2, Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky, 40353.
5. EVALEE DELONG b. 23 March 1923, d. 1939, sudden with severe head pain, a High school senior. Eva lived about three days (after being stricken). Buried in Brown Cemetery, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky.
6. EVERETT DELONG b. 17 Aug. 1926, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Disabled WWII, with Schizophrenia from which he never completely recovered. He was a good boy and a good man, never violent. He died 1984 and was laid to rest in the Brown Cemetery, Matthew, Morgan County, Ky.
7. BERT DELONG b. 1 April 1928, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Bert took Mechanical Training, became a carpenter and cabinet maker, served the Army during WWII and after the war was employed at Wright-Patterson, Dayton, Ohio. I understand that he is considering retiring. He married and they have a lovely daughter.
8. EDSEL DELONG b. 12 March 1930, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Graduated from George Washington High School, San Francisco, Ca., enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and during the Korean War as a fighter pilot. After the war he was Superintendent of Maintenance, Foster Air Base. Later SAC, sparks, Nev. In the meantime he had married Patricia Damron. They both work and live in Sparks, Nevada. They have one son.
9. JUANITA DELONG b. 13 April 1933, Matthew, Morgan Co. Ky. Removed with her family to Sellersburg, Indiana, finished her education, worked in Louisville, Ky. Md. Derl Stallard, a dentist. They worked and lived for several years in Jacksonville, Florida and removed to Maggie Valley, N.C. Thelma, with other relatives, were privileged, on one of our returns to Kentucky, to visit them. In their environment they looked very prosperous. They came this year to see Edsel and Pat and came by to see us. Derl & Juanita have 1 daughter and 1 son.
Following not on Ova's child list, but is listed in 1940 census with Cletis & Vada as his parents:
10. EUGENE DELONG b. 1936-37, Morgan Co., KY; d. 1983, unmarried.
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Following from Ova DeLong's book "Auxier - DeLong - Brown - Allied Families": (edited to make minor corrections & eliminate unnecessary info)
CLETUS(sic CLETIS) EVERT(sic EVERETT) & VADA (LACY) DELONG – page 53 - 55 (below written before 1985, when Vada died)
Cletis Everett, eldest son and second child, of Thomas Jefferson & Sarah Magdalene "Maggie" (Brown) Delong, was born at Matthew, Morgan County, Kentucky January 31, 1894. About 1915 he married Vada Lacy, the daughter of George W. and Telia (Sebastian) Lacy of Lacy Creek, so named for Vada's Great-Grandfather, John B. Lacy. Vada was a school teacher, but quit the school room soon after her wedding. Vada was a natural school teacher, and this writer fell under (her) spell at a very early age. She had until only a few years ago a photographic memory. I have sat at her feet and listened to poems and stories for hours. Vada now lives at Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky. With her devoted son, Lacy & wife Zelda. Thelma & I hope to spend some time with them in September.
Cletis helped Popa & Moma establish a home on Keeton Branch; then with cousin, Lloyd McGuire, went West to test their wings. I don't know how far west they went but before returning to Kentucky found employment on a farm in Iowa. Exactly how many years they remained on that farm I have not been able to learn. Anyway they were there in 1912, and upon receipt of a letter from home advising that his mother was expecting a new baby (this writer) Cletis wrote a letter home requesting that the name of the baby be for a character in a book which he had recently read. The first name, Ova, has caused me some embarrassment through the years. He must have also been impressed by the City of Oakland for he gave me Oakland for a middle name. Anyway by 1915 he had come home and claimed in marriage a beautiful "redhead" in the person of Vada Lacy. Both Cletis and Vada were descendants of James & Nancy (Auxier) Brown and some questioned whether they were too closely related, but love won.
Vada was teaching school, but Cletis had too much pride, some thought false pride, to let his bride work, and that was that. When past 80 years of age Vada's son taped his mother reciting long poems which she had memorized when a young girl.
Not long after their wedding Cletus and Vada moved to a house on Road Branch at Thealka, Johnson County, Ky. And Cletus began a career of coal mining. Their first three children, Mildred, Ted and Lacy were born there and Mildred died there.
About 1921 Cletis found employment and joined his brothers and brother-in-law at Hardburley, Perry County, Ky. In three years the four of them had purchased, and paid for, the remainder of the Keeton Branch Water-shed above Popa & Moma's farm. One daughter, Evalee, was born to them while they were at Hardburley. About 1924 Cletus and Vada returned to Morgan County and started construction of a home on land recently purchased.
Five more children, Everett, Jr., Bert, Edsel, Juanita and Eugene were born in their new home. Ted and Lacy were only six and eight, respectively, younger than this writer, which was fine on the farm, but possibly caused some resentment later when in school they were expected to obey their teacher. Actually they treated me with all due respect. Our two families farmed together, clearing new ground each year.
PAGE 54
Out of second-growth White Oak, Popa made a plow called a cutting coulter: In front of the shovel-blade was mounted a forged-steel blade for cutting, or breaking roots. After about two seasons most of the roots and many of the stumps were gone. The handles of the plow were shaped at one end to fit comfortably in one's hand. This end was steamed and bent in a long arc over a special form and clamped until dry. They would hold this shape so long as they were kept dry. Points of stress were reinforced; a clevis was fitted to the end of the beam; holes were drilled in the top four or five inches of the cutter, matching hoe in an iron plate on top of the beam for adjusting the depth of the cutter.
These were happy years. Popa, and Moma carried as much livestock as the farm would support. Cletis was accumulating live-stock. The orchards, fields and streams provided plenty of food, as well as a great deal of fun. None of us had much money, but that didn’t bother us. We had plenty of food and a lot of love. We heard a chapter from the bible read each night, went to church on Sunday, and to community prayer meeting each Tuesday Night. We had good neighbors, many of them related to us one way or another.
There came a time when Cletis thought he saw greener pastures, sold his livestock and moved to Ohio. While there one son became critically ill, and finally resulted in Cletis & Vada's return to their farm to pick up where they had left. The next few years were hard years.
The great depression beginning under President Harding, continuing under President Coolidge and hitting bottom under President Hoover, took its toll.
Then World War II came and four of their sons went to war. Ted returned a 32 degree Mason; Lacy returned a diesel mechanic, Everett disabled and Bert returned a carpenter. Lace while serving throughout the war on a P.T. Boat, saved his money, and upon returning to the farm with his dad suggested that they buy a better farm, which they did. In two years they finished paying for that farm and bought a better farm in Southern Indiana, ten minutes from the Louisville Bridge. This farm proved to be a wise purchase. After farming together several years they divided the farm into "junior farms" and sold them at a handsome price. Cletis died before all the "junior farms"; were sold. Lacy sold the ones remaining and moved his mother and himself to Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky, where they reside today on the proverbial "Easy Street". Lacy, after devoting most of his life to his parents, and to his brothers, has finally wed an ole school-mate, Zelda, to live happily ever after.
In the meantime, while in Morgan, having already lost their daughter, Mildred, lost a beautiful 16-year-old daughter, Evalee, a beautiful high-school senior. Their third daughter, Juanita, married Derl G. Stallard, a dentist. They had a successful practice in Jacksonville, Fla.; went to Maggie Valley, N.C. to retire, but instead is a busy dentist and a successful business man.
Edsel, after two years of high-school in Ohio, came to San Francisco, finished his high-school at George Washington High, joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. At the end of the Korean War he served as superintendent of Maintenance at the Foster Air Base, then joined SAC at Reno, finished his education, married Patricia Damron, taught flying, worked as key-man, and as security guard, and finally settled for heavy equipment operator. They have one son, Steve who just recently took a bride.
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1. MILDRED DELONG b. 1916 (sic 1917), Johnson Co., Ky., d. 1918, Influenza.
2. THEODORE EDISON "TED" DELONG b. 19 Aug. 1918, Johnson Co., Ky, md. Juanita Miller in Louisville, Ky.
3. MARY ALICE DELONG b. ?, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ky.
4. LACY DELONG b. 20 September 1920, Johnson Co., Ky. Md. 1983 Zelda ___– R#2, Foggy Acres, Mt. Sterling, Ky, 40353.
5. EVALEE DELONG b. 23 March 1923, d. 1939, sudden with severe head pain, a High school senior. Eva lived about three days (after being stricken). Buried in Brown Cemetery, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky.
6. EVERETT DELONG b. 17 Aug. 1926, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Disabled WWII, with Schizophrenia from which he never completely recovered. He was a good boy and a good man, never violent. He died 1984 and was laid to rest in the Brown Cemetery, Matthew, Morgan County, Ky.
7. BERT DELONG b. 1 April 1928, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Bert took Mechanical Training, became a carpenter and cabinet maker, served the Army during WWII and after the war was employed at Wright-Patterson, Dayton, Ohio. I understand that he is considering retiring. He married and they have a lovely daughter.
8. EDSEL DELONG b. 12 March 1930, Matthew, Morgan Co., Ky. Graduated from George Washington High School, San Francisco, Ca., enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and during the Korean War as a fighter pilot. After the war he was Superintendent of Maintenance, Foster Air Base. Later SAC, sparks, Nev. In the meantime he had married Patricia Damron. They both work and live in Sparks, Nevada. They have one son.
9. JUANITA DELONG b. 13 April 1933, Matthew, Morgan Co. Ky. Removed with her family to Sellersburg, Indiana, finished her education, worked in Louisville, Ky. Md. Derl Stallard, a dentist. They worked and lived for several years in Jacksonville, Florida and removed to Maggie Valley, N.C. Thelma, with other relatives, were privileged, on one of our returns to Kentucky, to visit them. In their environment they looked very prosperous. They came this year to see Edsel and Pat and came by to see us. Derl & Juanita have 1 daughter and 1 son.
Following not on Ova's child list, but is listed in 1940 census with Cletis & Vada as his parents:
10. EUGENE DELONG b. 1936-37, Morgan Co., KY; d. 1983, unmarried.
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