Lucy was born in New Salem, Union County, North Carolona, to Davidson Victor York and Zula Caroline Hayes York. She and Charles Alexander Long were married in Eldorado, Oklahoma on January 8, 1911.
Name change from Donna Lucy to Lucy May was suggested by Katie on 12-14-2015.
The following information was contributed by Dennis York, October, 2018.
Donna ‘Lucy’ Mae York was born on 6 May 1885 in New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina as first born to Rev Davidson Victor York, Sr. and his wife Zula Caroline Hayes. She preferred to use her middle name Lucy and disliked the first name Donna.
Lucy moved with her family wherever her father had a pastorate. In 1911 Rev Davidson Victor York was the pastor of the Methodist church in south Eldora, Jackson County in southwestern Oklahoma. Lucy was living with her parents in Eldora. Methodist minister Charles Alexander Long was serving in Norman Oklahoma. He had long admired the committed dedication of Lucy York helping in her father’s ministry, playing the piano. So on 8 July 1911 Rev Davidson Victor York married his daughter Lucy Mae York, age 26, to Rev Charles Alexander Long, age 29 in his church in south Eldora, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Lucy and Charles were very faithful and devoted Methodist Christians genuinely committed to serving as missionaries. They served for over 35 years in Brazil. Lucy and Charles did not have genetic children of their own; but lovely adopted and raised two Brazilian girls to young adulthood. These Brazilian young ladies are believed to have married and settled in Maryland.
Lucy was the granddaughter of the Rev Brantley York, DD, educator, author, lector and first president of Duke University. Her grandmother was Mary Wells Lineberry of Randolph County, North Carolina. Brantley York was a leading educator in the schools beginning in the years before the Civil War. Brantley York was a Methodist minister and educator best known for founding and serving as president of the institution that would become Duke University. The humble beginning of Brantley York occurred with Union Institute Academy in Randolph County, North Carolina. As an leading educator Brantley York founded six schools and wrote and published several books to the southern schools on grammar and mathematics.
Lucy and her sisters typed the original draft copies of the hand written stories their father wrote from conversations with his father Rev Brantley York. Brantley had lost sight in one eye from his long studies, lecture preparations and authoring of several books for the southern schools. Apparently Brantley’s eyes became so disabled with blindness, perhaps with cataracts, he could no longer write since about 1848. Frances Sherwood “Fannie” York, first born daughter of Brantley had been for some years the eyes to see, and hand to write for Brantley, but she died in 1871. After her death, his youngest son Rev Davidson Victor York encouraged his blind father to dictate his autobiography chapter by chapter. Davidson Victor York gave his handwritten notes to his daughters to type. That typed draft was next given to the lead professor at the school to review and submit to the printers. This was published in 1910 as the “Autobiography of Rev Brantley York”. Surprising to the family, the college professor added some incorrect information as an editor in preparation for printing.
Lucy, as the oldest grandchild, was very close to her grandfather Brantley, but she did not review the final draft before publication. Lucy and her sisters remarked that in their life time they had never heard that their great grandfather Henry York was born in England. Lucy and her sisters were most upset with other introduced errors. Lucy asked her husband Rev Charles A Long to help her to rewrite certain erroneous sections after their retirement. Some way she wanted to accomplish a revised publication of a corrected autobiography of her grandfather Brantley York. After their retirement in about 1965 from missionary work in Brazil, Charles and Lucy York Long returned to Ardmore, Oklahoma near to her sisters. Charles and Lucy unpacked and began to return to life in Oklahoma. Lucy began to gather all her family history and memories. Lucy was passionate about accurately establishing her York ancestry and family legacy. Lucy Learned about my genealogical research of the York families in our native Randolph County. We were 4th cousins 1 time removed with great appreciation for our family legacy. Randolph County was where our ancestors had lived so we began to communicate and exchange vital information in our quest for the truth of her York family.
Lucy York and her sisters shared their frustrations with the fabricated statement regarding the birth place of great grandfather Henry York. They wanted it corrected. They believed their great grandfather was born in Colonial American and not England. Sharing my York research with them confirmed that Henry York was born on 06 Aug 1732 in Carroll County, Maryland. Specifically the birthplace was in Pipe Creek Settlement in the western part of Carroll County, Maryland as documented on a note found in the Bible of Henry York.
Due to my heavy professional engineering assignments and travels with NASA projects plus a young family; my limited time and financial resources only allowed sharing my research with Lucy. It was not possible to accept her request to facilitate a revised autobiography of Brantley York.
But it was a most enlighten privilege to visit and communicate with Lucy York and her sisters during our 1968-1970 visits in Oklahoma and Dallas. Charles A Long lived sixteen years beyond Lucy until age 104. Charles was a delight to visit with numerous times in his Oklahoma Methodist retirement home. He remained active, cheerful and very gracious to everyone. Charles carried out the wishes of Lucy by placing her York genealogical research and memoirs in the archives at Duke University Library. Lucy York asked me to extend the York family genealogical research, accuracy document it and publish what she so excitedly shared with me during our most informative visits.
Gratefully…Dennis York , Family Historian and Genealogist for over 50 Years
Contributor: Dennis York (47405652) • [email protected])
Name change from Donna Lucy to Lucy May was suggested by Katie on 12-14-2015.
The following information was contributed by Dennis York, October, 2018.
Donna ‘Lucy’ Mae York was born on 6 May 1885 in New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina as first born to Rev Davidson Victor York, Sr. and his wife Zula Caroline Hayes. She preferred to use her middle name Lucy and disliked the first name Donna.
Lucy moved with her family wherever her father had a pastorate. In 1911 Rev Davidson Victor York was the pastor of the Methodist church in south Eldora, Jackson County in southwestern Oklahoma. Lucy was living with her parents in Eldora. Methodist minister Charles Alexander Long was serving in Norman Oklahoma. He had long admired the committed dedication of Lucy York helping in her father’s ministry, playing the piano. So on 8 July 1911 Rev Davidson Victor York married his daughter Lucy Mae York, age 26, to Rev Charles Alexander Long, age 29 in his church in south Eldora, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Lucy and Charles were very faithful and devoted Methodist Christians genuinely committed to serving as missionaries. They served for over 35 years in Brazil. Lucy and Charles did not have genetic children of their own; but lovely adopted and raised two Brazilian girls to young adulthood. These Brazilian young ladies are believed to have married and settled in Maryland.
Lucy was the granddaughter of the Rev Brantley York, DD, educator, author, lector and first president of Duke University. Her grandmother was Mary Wells Lineberry of Randolph County, North Carolina. Brantley York was a leading educator in the schools beginning in the years before the Civil War. Brantley York was a Methodist minister and educator best known for founding and serving as president of the institution that would become Duke University. The humble beginning of Brantley York occurred with Union Institute Academy in Randolph County, North Carolina. As an leading educator Brantley York founded six schools and wrote and published several books to the southern schools on grammar and mathematics.
Lucy and her sisters typed the original draft copies of the hand written stories their father wrote from conversations with his father Rev Brantley York. Brantley had lost sight in one eye from his long studies, lecture preparations and authoring of several books for the southern schools. Apparently Brantley’s eyes became so disabled with blindness, perhaps with cataracts, he could no longer write since about 1848. Frances Sherwood “Fannie” York, first born daughter of Brantley had been for some years the eyes to see, and hand to write for Brantley, but she died in 1871. After her death, his youngest son Rev Davidson Victor York encouraged his blind father to dictate his autobiography chapter by chapter. Davidson Victor York gave his handwritten notes to his daughters to type. That typed draft was next given to the lead professor at the school to review and submit to the printers. This was published in 1910 as the “Autobiography of Rev Brantley York”. Surprising to the family, the college professor added some incorrect information as an editor in preparation for printing.
Lucy, as the oldest grandchild, was very close to her grandfather Brantley, but she did not review the final draft before publication. Lucy and her sisters remarked that in their life time they had never heard that their great grandfather Henry York was born in England. Lucy and her sisters were most upset with other introduced errors. Lucy asked her husband Rev Charles A Long to help her to rewrite certain erroneous sections after their retirement. Some way she wanted to accomplish a revised publication of a corrected autobiography of her grandfather Brantley York. After their retirement in about 1965 from missionary work in Brazil, Charles and Lucy York Long returned to Ardmore, Oklahoma near to her sisters. Charles and Lucy unpacked and began to return to life in Oklahoma. Lucy began to gather all her family history and memories. Lucy was passionate about accurately establishing her York ancestry and family legacy. Lucy Learned about my genealogical research of the York families in our native Randolph County. We were 4th cousins 1 time removed with great appreciation for our family legacy. Randolph County was where our ancestors had lived so we began to communicate and exchange vital information in our quest for the truth of her York family.
Lucy York and her sisters shared their frustrations with the fabricated statement regarding the birth place of great grandfather Henry York. They wanted it corrected. They believed their great grandfather was born in Colonial American and not England. Sharing my York research with them confirmed that Henry York was born on 06 Aug 1732 in Carroll County, Maryland. Specifically the birthplace was in Pipe Creek Settlement in the western part of Carroll County, Maryland as documented on a note found in the Bible of Henry York.
Due to my heavy professional engineering assignments and travels with NASA projects plus a young family; my limited time and financial resources only allowed sharing my research with Lucy. It was not possible to accept her request to facilitate a revised autobiography of Brantley York.
But it was a most enlighten privilege to visit and communicate with Lucy York and her sisters during our 1968-1970 visits in Oklahoma and Dallas. Charles A Long lived sixteen years beyond Lucy until age 104. Charles was a delight to visit with numerous times in his Oklahoma Methodist retirement home. He remained active, cheerful and very gracious to everyone. Charles carried out the wishes of Lucy by placing her York genealogical research and memoirs in the archives at Duke University Library. Lucy York asked me to extend the York family genealogical research, accuracy document it and publish what she so excitedly shared with me during our most informative visits.
Gratefully…Dennis York , Family Historian and Genealogist for over 50 Years
Contributor: Dennis York (47405652) • [email protected])
Lucy was born in New Salem, Union County, North Carolona, to Davidson Victor York and Zula Caroline Hayes York. She and Charles Alexander Long were married in Eldorado, Oklahoma on January 8, 1911.
Name change from Donna Lucy to Lucy May was suggested by Katie on 12-14-2015.
The following information was contributed by Dennis York, October, 2018.
Donna ‘Lucy’ Mae York was born on 6 May 1885 in New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina as first born to Rev Davidson Victor York, Sr. and his wife Zula Caroline Hayes. She preferred to use her middle name Lucy and disliked the first name Donna.
Lucy moved with her family wherever her father had a pastorate. In 1911 Rev Davidson Victor York was the pastor of the Methodist church in south Eldora, Jackson County in southwestern Oklahoma. Lucy was living with her parents in Eldora. Methodist minister Charles Alexander Long was serving in Norman Oklahoma. He had long admired the committed dedication of Lucy York helping in her father’s ministry, playing the piano. So on 8 July 1911 Rev Davidson Victor York married his daughter Lucy Mae York, age 26, to Rev Charles Alexander Long, age 29 in his church in south Eldora, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Lucy and Charles were very faithful and devoted Methodist Christians genuinely committed to serving as missionaries. They served for over 35 years in Brazil. Lucy and Charles did not have genetic children of their own; but lovely adopted and raised two Brazilian girls to young adulthood. These Brazilian young ladies are believed to have married and settled in Maryland.
Lucy was the granddaughter of the Rev Brantley York, DD, educator, author, lector and first president of Duke University. Her grandmother was Mary Wells Lineberry of Randolph County, North Carolina. Brantley York was a leading educator in the schools beginning in the years before the Civil War. Brantley York was a Methodist minister and educator best known for founding and serving as president of the institution that would become Duke University. The humble beginning of Brantley York occurred with Union Institute Academy in Randolph County, North Carolina. As an leading educator Brantley York founded six schools and wrote and published several books to the southern schools on grammar and mathematics.
Lucy and her sisters typed the original draft copies of the hand written stories their father wrote from conversations with his father Rev Brantley York. Brantley had lost sight in one eye from his long studies, lecture preparations and authoring of several books for the southern schools. Apparently Brantley’s eyes became so disabled with blindness, perhaps with cataracts, he could no longer write since about 1848. Frances Sherwood “Fannie” York, first born daughter of Brantley had been for some years the eyes to see, and hand to write for Brantley, but she died in 1871. After her death, his youngest son Rev Davidson Victor York encouraged his blind father to dictate his autobiography chapter by chapter. Davidson Victor York gave his handwritten notes to his daughters to type. That typed draft was next given to the lead professor at the school to review and submit to the printers. This was published in 1910 as the “Autobiography of Rev Brantley York”. Surprising to the family, the college professor added some incorrect information as an editor in preparation for printing.
Lucy, as the oldest grandchild, was very close to her grandfather Brantley, but she did not review the final draft before publication. Lucy and her sisters remarked that in their life time they had never heard that their great grandfather Henry York was born in England. Lucy and her sisters were most upset with other introduced errors. Lucy asked her husband Rev Charles A Long to help her to rewrite certain erroneous sections after their retirement. Some way she wanted to accomplish a revised publication of a corrected autobiography of her grandfather Brantley York. After their retirement in about 1965 from missionary work in Brazil, Charles and Lucy York Long returned to Ardmore, Oklahoma near to her sisters. Charles and Lucy unpacked and began to return to life in Oklahoma. Lucy began to gather all her family history and memories. Lucy was passionate about accurately establishing her York ancestry and family legacy. Lucy Learned about my genealogical research of the York families in our native Randolph County. We were 4th cousins 1 time removed with great appreciation for our family legacy. Randolph County was where our ancestors had lived so we began to communicate and exchange vital information in our quest for the truth of her York family.
Lucy York and her sisters shared their frustrations with the fabricated statement regarding the birth place of great grandfather Henry York. They wanted it corrected. They believed their great grandfather was born in Colonial American and not England. Sharing my York research with them confirmed that Henry York was born on 06 Aug 1732 in Carroll County, Maryland. Specifically the birthplace was in Pipe Creek Settlement in the western part of Carroll County, Maryland as documented on a note found in the Bible of Henry York.
Due to my heavy professional engineering assignments and travels with NASA projects plus a young family; my limited time and financial resources only allowed sharing my research with Lucy. It was not possible to accept her request to facilitate a revised autobiography of Brantley York.
But it was a most enlighten privilege to visit and communicate with Lucy York and her sisters during our 1968-1970 visits in Oklahoma and Dallas. Charles A Long lived sixteen years beyond Lucy until age 104. Charles was a delight to visit with numerous times in his Oklahoma Methodist retirement home. He remained active, cheerful and very gracious to everyone. Charles carried out the wishes of Lucy by placing her York genealogical research and memoirs in the archives at Duke University Library. Lucy York asked me to extend the York family genealogical research, accuracy document it and publish what she so excitedly shared with me during our most informative visits.
Gratefully…Dennis York , Family Historian and Genealogist for over 50 Years
Contributor: Dennis York (47405652) • [email protected])
Name change from Donna Lucy to Lucy May was suggested by Katie on 12-14-2015.
The following information was contributed by Dennis York, October, 2018.
Donna ‘Lucy’ Mae York was born on 6 May 1885 in New Salem, Randolph County, North Carolina as first born to Rev Davidson Victor York, Sr. and his wife Zula Caroline Hayes. She preferred to use her middle name Lucy and disliked the first name Donna.
Lucy moved with her family wherever her father had a pastorate. In 1911 Rev Davidson Victor York was the pastor of the Methodist church in south Eldora, Jackson County in southwestern Oklahoma. Lucy was living with her parents in Eldora. Methodist minister Charles Alexander Long was serving in Norman Oklahoma. He had long admired the committed dedication of Lucy York helping in her father’s ministry, playing the piano. So on 8 July 1911 Rev Davidson Victor York married his daughter Lucy Mae York, age 26, to Rev Charles Alexander Long, age 29 in his church in south Eldora, Jackson County, Oklahoma. Lucy and Charles were very faithful and devoted Methodist Christians genuinely committed to serving as missionaries. They served for over 35 years in Brazil. Lucy and Charles did not have genetic children of their own; but lovely adopted and raised two Brazilian girls to young adulthood. These Brazilian young ladies are believed to have married and settled in Maryland.
Lucy was the granddaughter of the Rev Brantley York, DD, educator, author, lector and first president of Duke University. Her grandmother was Mary Wells Lineberry of Randolph County, North Carolina. Brantley York was a leading educator in the schools beginning in the years before the Civil War. Brantley York was a Methodist minister and educator best known for founding and serving as president of the institution that would become Duke University. The humble beginning of Brantley York occurred with Union Institute Academy in Randolph County, North Carolina. As an leading educator Brantley York founded six schools and wrote and published several books to the southern schools on grammar and mathematics.
Lucy and her sisters typed the original draft copies of the hand written stories their father wrote from conversations with his father Rev Brantley York. Brantley had lost sight in one eye from his long studies, lecture preparations and authoring of several books for the southern schools. Apparently Brantley’s eyes became so disabled with blindness, perhaps with cataracts, he could no longer write since about 1848. Frances Sherwood “Fannie” York, first born daughter of Brantley had been for some years the eyes to see, and hand to write for Brantley, but she died in 1871. After her death, his youngest son Rev Davidson Victor York encouraged his blind father to dictate his autobiography chapter by chapter. Davidson Victor York gave his handwritten notes to his daughters to type. That typed draft was next given to the lead professor at the school to review and submit to the printers. This was published in 1910 as the “Autobiography of Rev Brantley York”. Surprising to the family, the college professor added some incorrect information as an editor in preparation for printing.
Lucy, as the oldest grandchild, was very close to her grandfather Brantley, but she did not review the final draft before publication. Lucy and her sisters remarked that in their life time they had never heard that their great grandfather Henry York was born in England. Lucy and her sisters were most upset with other introduced errors. Lucy asked her husband Rev Charles A Long to help her to rewrite certain erroneous sections after their retirement. Some way she wanted to accomplish a revised publication of a corrected autobiography of her grandfather Brantley York. After their retirement in about 1965 from missionary work in Brazil, Charles and Lucy York Long returned to Ardmore, Oklahoma near to her sisters. Charles and Lucy unpacked and began to return to life in Oklahoma. Lucy began to gather all her family history and memories. Lucy was passionate about accurately establishing her York ancestry and family legacy. Lucy Learned about my genealogical research of the York families in our native Randolph County. We were 4th cousins 1 time removed with great appreciation for our family legacy. Randolph County was where our ancestors had lived so we began to communicate and exchange vital information in our quest for the truth of her York family.
Lucy York and her sisters shared their frustrations with the fabricated statement regarding the birth place of great grandfather Henry York. They wanted it corrected. They believed their great grandfather was born in Colonial American and not England. Sharing my York research with them confirmed that Henry York was born on 06 Aug 1732 in Carroll County, Maryland. Specifically the birthplace was in Pipe Creek Settlement in the western part of Carroll County, Maryland as documented on a note found in the Bible of Henry York.
Due to my heavy professional engineering assignments and travels with NASA projects plus a young family; my limited time and financial resources only allowed sharing my research with Lucy. It was not possible to accept her request to facilitate a revised autobiography of Brantley York.
But it was a most enlighten privilege to visit and communicate with Lucy York and her sisters during our 1968-1970 visits in Oklahoma and Dallas. Charles A Long lived sixteen years beyond Lucy until age 104. Charles was a delight to visit with numerous times in his Oklahoma Methodist retirement home. He remained active, cheerful and very gracious to everyone. Charles carried out the wishes of Lucy by placing her York genealogical research and memoirs in the archives at Duke University Library. Lucy York asked me to extend the York family genealogical research, accuracy document it and publish what she so excitedly shared with me during our most informative visits.
Gratefully…Dennis York , Family Historian and Genealogist for over 50 Years
Contributor: Dennis York (47405652) • [email protected])
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