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for the extended family of Leoti V. (Duncan) and Rufus A. Longman also see GenForums for (Click on any photo to enlarge) | |||
first cousins Maybelle Duncan George Leoti Duncan Longman Jan 1907 |
Dr. John Duncan with grandsons Donald Rufus and Lester Duncan Longman on Lester's 8th birthday, Aug 27 1913 |
Donald, Leoti, and Lester Longman about 1916 soon before her death |
These pictures were from the estate of Maybelle George Others may follow... |
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more Family Albums by Sween | This album was set up Dec 31 2000 |
Rufus Adolphus (Napoleon?) Longman was born Jan 12, 1869 in Farmersville, Ohio, the ninth of twelve children of David and Marian (Oldfather) Longman.
(There is a list of Rufus and his siblings found in an old Bible on the Longman forum at Ancestry.com. Rufus' mother's maiden name was Oldfather, but I'm not sure how Peter, J. P. and Rebecca Oldfather are related to the Longman's.)
On Oct 8 1896, Rufus married Leoti Viola Duncan. Leoti was born Nov 25 1875, the daughter of
John H. and A. Laura Hayden Duncan. Several years after Leoti died (Dec 20 1916), Rufus married Jeannette Rickenberger. Rufus died Apr 13 1947. Leoti, right of cousin Maybelle Duncan George, was the president of the freshman class at Otterbein University for the 1895-96 school year. She married Rufus in the fall of what might have been her sophomore year at Otterbein. In April of 1915, her father, Dr. John Duncan, (right, with Donald and Lester) died. Rufus and Leoti had two sons. Lester Duncan Longman was born Aug 27 1905 in Harrison, OH, and died Jan 27 1987 in or near Los Angeles, CA. Donald Rufus Longman was born July 1, 1912, and died October 11, 1987. Rufus wrote a book, "The Genealogy of the Oldfather Family", in 1911. The boys were 11 and 4 when their mother died in 1916.
Lester married Florence Lydia Brown (Oct 7 1906 - Portland, ME - to Nov 22, 1980 or 1981) on June 28, 1929, the month after his Grandmother Duncan died. Lester and Florence had three sons: Kenneth Allen, Stanley Vincent, and Richard Winston Longman. Lester was the head of the University of Iowa Art Department for 22 years before becoming the head of the Art Department at the University of California in the 1970s. After Florence's death, Lester married Helen Carroll.
Donald married Charlotte Elisabeth Hockins (Jan 11 1910 to Nov 17 1977) on June 22, 1935. They had three sons: Robert Arthur, Douglas Stuart, and Alan Duncan Longman. Of 24 descendants of Leoti and Rufus, 20 are male and 4 female. |