Ambrose S. Long and his wife Jane (Hunt) Long

Submitted by: Margaret Brixey Flanagan

1860 Richland, Decatur, Iowa

Name: Ambrose S Long
Age in 1860: 34
Birth Year: abt 1826
Birthplace: Virginia
Gender: Male
Post Office: Westerville
Household Members: Name Age
Ambrose S Long 34, VA
Jane Long 30, KY
Eugene F Long 4, IA
Arthur M Long 2, IA
Laura A Long 3.12, IA
Frank W Frantz 27, Carpenter, Ohio

1870 Sugar Creek Twp., Barry Co., MO,
Household #116. A. S. Long, farmer, age 50, VA, white, male
Jane, age 30, KY, white, female
Eugene, age 14, IA, white, male
Arthur S., age 12, IA, white, male
Laura A., age 10, IA, white, female
Luella, age 8, IA, white, female
Bertrand, age 6, IA, white, male

According to Goodspeed's History of 1888, In May of 1871, A. S. Long and twenty-four resident tax payers of Sugar Creek Township petitioned the court to order a special election in that township, to vote on the question of granting $50,000 aid to the the Pierce City & Fort Scott Railroad, such bonds to be only issued on the completion of the grading of the road through the township. This election was ordered.

December 10, 1914, Thursday, Cassville Republican, Barry Co., MO    

Washburn News: Mrs. Jane Hunt Long died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Laura Brixey in Grove, Okla., Dec 5. If she had lived until May 4th, 1915, she would have been 85 years old. She was born in Indiana and later moved to Illinois. She had been a resident of Barry Country for 43 years. She was the mother of nine children, four having died in infancy. Three sons and two daughters survive her. She and her daughter, Mrs. Lon King, left here about eight years ago to reside in the west. She was a member of the M. E. Church and lived a devoted Christian life. A good saint has passed away and will be missed by her children. Her remains were shipped here Sunday accompanied by her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Brixey and was taken to the home of John Black. Funeral services were conducted Monday at the Union Church at one o'clock by Rev. J. E. Harney and the remains were laid to rest to await the resurrection in the Washburn Prairie Cemetery, followed by a large crowd of sorrowing friends.

Research Note: Crawford Brixey was married to Laura Long at Rocky Comfort, MO in McDonald County, 27 March 1881.