U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Long, Adam H. (1818-1910) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Pages 433-434 Adam H. Long, born 1818, the year that his father, John H. Long, came to Cheat River from Virginia; is of English and German descent, and was married in 1840, to Nancy Hart. She is a daughter of John S. Hart, whose father, John Hart, signed the Declaration of Independence. Children: John H., Margaret Jane, George B., Susan W., Cornelius, Carroll W. and Lacy L. He is a farmer, owning 131 acres of land, of which 87 acres are improved; is president of the board of education. According to Adam Long's account there were 16 Confederates killed at Corrick's Ford. He thinks that the Union loss was more; he was arrested by General Kelly, but his property was not molested. He also says that the first settlers on the river were Capt. James Parsons, Sims, Benjamin Ruddle and Joseph Hardman. Parsons bought Sims to the country, and the Indians killed him. Israel Schaeffer, father of Israel Schaeffer, of Kingwood, first settled on Shafer's Fork, and from him it was named; but, the spelling has changed. Haddix Creek was named after the first man who lived there. The Moores came to Tucker in 1820. Barney Kiearns, Fansler and Rush were the first settlers on Black Fork. Brannon Run, in Holly Meadows, was named after John Brannon (not Judge Brannon) who was the first man to live there. John H. Long, born 1843, son of Adam H. Long, married 1877 to Sara F. Musto, of Randolph County. Children: Howard Clay, Wade and Joy Jane. He is a farmer, living 6 miles from St. George, on a farm containing 81 acres, one-fourth improved, and has traveled in the West. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths, Tucker County, WV (Page 113) FULL-NAME: Adam H. Long DEATH-DATE: August 19, 1910 DEATH-PLACE: Parsons CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Diarrhea AGE-AT-DEATH: 91y-11m-10d INFORMANT: L. D. Feu, M.D. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------