| Newspaper | Cassville Republican |
|---|---|
| Date | Jan 28, 1897, Thursday |
| Headline | Sketch of Sallie Long's Life |
| Text | Died, Wednesday, Jan 20, 1897, Mrs. Sallie Long, age 102 years. Mrs. Long was one of the oldest persons in Barry County. About a year ago she dictated the following sketch to her life, which through the courtesy of Henry Dunn, we are able to give. This is to certify to the best I know, I am about 101 years or more of age. I was born in Old East Tennessee, in Green Co., Diction post office. My father died of disease they called the cold plague. It was about ninety six years age. My parents came from Pennsylvania to Tennessee. My brother-in-law, Jake Fisher, went crazy and died in the Cherokee purchase. My grandfather and mother were killed in Pennsylvania by the Indians, so my parents told me many years ago. Bill Weston went to see about them and he was killed by the same tribe, by arrows shot through the head. He was my uncle, my father's brother. Then from Tennessee we went to Indiana, then from Indiana to Missouri in 1840, then went to Gentry in 1843, then went to Sullivan County in 1848, and back to Gentry County and lived there till 1875, and then came to Barry County, and the principal part of my time since has been spent in this county. My man, Jim Long, and his brother, Ruben Long, were in Old General Jackson's war and served three years and he came back home to Tennessee in the Blase Mountains, and my man Jim Long, came back home to old East Tennessee, Green County. We plowed with bull tongues and a wooden mold board to turn the dirt over what we call wings to our steel plows these days and times, and worked steers or oxen. I am the mother of ten children and have two alive. One of them, Martha Glenn, a girl of mine, is sixty years old and one more girl of mine is fifty-one years old. This is my baby. She lives in Albany, Gentry Co., MO, I live myself in Pasley district, with my girl Martha Glenn. Research Note: Sarah Weston and James Long married April 27, 1825 in Green Co., TN. James Long was a member of the Culpeper Co., VA, Long families according to the History of Gentry and Worth Counties, MO. And there is a reference in that book to Christopher, Reuben, and Nicholas Long. Researchers think that this mentioned James Long was probably a son of Henry Long and his wife Lucy Mansfield. Wills of Clay County, MO, have given that Reuben Long who died intestate Sep. 12, 1852. Admrx, Frances R. Long. And also from Clay County, MO - Jemima S. Long, widow of Reuben Long, will was proved 1 Jun 1854. It names daughter Sally Ann Peters, decd; Francis Long; heirs of decd son William G. Long; son John Long; son Richardson Long; dau Lucy S. Smith; son Thomas P. Long; son Southey W. Long; son Alexander R. Long; daughter Polly H. Swope; daughter Margaret D. Long. Sally's daughter, Martha, who is mentioned was married to William Glenn. Sally was a daughter of John and Anna Agness (Armitage) Weston. Her brother Thomas Weston was married to Hannah Crumley and her sister Jennie was married to Jacob Fisher. A lot of her nieces and nephews came to Barry County, all from Greene Co., TN. |
| Resource | State Historical Society of MO Microfilm |
| Submitted by | Donna Cooper |
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