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, Garrett J. (1834-1874) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 432-433 Garrett J. Long, born in 1834, and died of a cancer, after terrible suffering, in 1874. He was the son of James Long, and of English descent. He was married in 1856, to Edith Corrick, daughter of William Corrick. His children are, Mary Alice, Sarah Samantha, Rebecca, Nora, Sophronia Ann, James, Harriet and Joseph Johnson. His account of the war in Tucker County, and particularly that relating to the battle of Corrick's Ford, is full and authentic. From the first, he took an active part in the war; was an officer of the Confederate Home Guards, until he was taken prisoner by Hooton, of Rowlesburg, on a charge of treason against the United States. The authorities were several times petitioned to liberate him; he lay in prison three months at Wheeling, and never recovered from the injury which his prison life did him. In 1870, a cancer made its appearance on his face, and four years after, he died. His wife saw as much, perhaps, of the battle of Corrick's Ford as was seen by any one person; her father's house was made a hospital for the sick and wounded of both sides. After the fight, the Rebel prisoners, thirty or forty in all, were taken to the field of battle that they might identify the dead. The kitchen was the prison and the hospital for the Rebels and the main house for the Yankees. General Garnett was carried to the house and laid on a bed. He was visited by General Morris, the Union Commander. They had been schoolmates together at West Point. The Confederate General died in Morris' arms. One wounded Rebel tried to escape in woman's clothes; but, being detected, he went back to bed, and remained there, affecting to be on the point of death. After twelve days the Yankees left, and the wounded Rebel got up and went home. He was a Virginian. Another Rebel had been badly wounded, and they had carried him to the house. He was so contrary that he would have nothing to do with anything that a Union man had touched. They brought him a Doctor; but, he being a Yankee, the sick Rebel would not take his medicine. They left the stubborn man, and he finally got well. He was from Georgia. Garrett Long was a member of the M. E. Church, South, and was superintendent of the Alum Hill Sunday-school. He was much missed in this field. Since his death there has been no class-meeting or Sunday-school at Alum Hill. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (wife of Garrett Long) From Death Certificate, Tucker County, WV #2786 FULL-NAME: Edith Amanda Long BIRTH-DATE: March 4, 1838 BIRTH-PLACE: Tucker Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: February 9, 1926 DEATH-PLACE: Parsons, Tucker County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow OCCUPATION: Retired FATHER: Wm. Corrick (born in Scotland Ireland) MOTHER: Deborah Marteny (born in West Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Chonic Arterio Sclerosis INFORMANT: Jos. J. Long (of Harding, W.Va.) BURIAL: Long Cemetery, near Parsons ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------