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Andrew Jackson Long
1816 – 1892
| Birth | 1816 |
| Death | 1892 |
| Cemetery | Evergreen Cemetery Ballinger , Runnels County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Terry Jenkins on 11 Feb 2022 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/224487615 |
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Family oral history from Zander Ruth Spoonts Turner says that Andrew Jackson was buried here, possibly in the plot where his daughter, Martha Jane, is buried. Another branch of the family confirmed this to my satisfaction. Andrew Jackson Long was born in about 1816 in Georgia. He was the illigitimate son of Martha Long, who had two other illigitimate children, Sarah and Nancy. The Long family is found in Early County, Georgia sometime around 1820 as Martha is recorded as marrying Brown Liverman in one of the earliest marriages in the county. Andrew married in Early County on 14 September 1841 to Millie (Mittie) Roe. Millie was the daughter of John Roe. Andrew and Millie had three daughters, the youngest one born in 1847, supposedly in Texas. Millie died before the 1850 census was taken, The children are listed on the 1850 census as living with Edward and Sarah Roe in Polk County, TX. Edward was a brother of Millie and was taking care of the children, Andrew is found living close by in Polk Co. By 1860, Andrew Long and Daniel Roe, another brother of Millie's who was also in Polk County in 1850, had moved to Bastrop County. The three children have not been located on the 1860 census at this time. . In 1870 Andrew Jackson Long is enumerated in Gainesville, Cooke County TX, age 54, along with his son William Long, born in Texas. So it is assumed that he was married a second time although a marriage record has not been found His second wife's first name was Sarah but her Maiden name is unknown. According to date submitted to LDS by a descendant of William, Michael Stites whom I've been unable to contact, William was born on 21 January 1862 in Louisiana. According to Josephine Long, daughter of William Laney, Sarah died a few weeks after William Laney was born. On 24 November 1864 in Bastrop County, Andrew married Mary Jane Dancer Gray. Mary Jane was born in Shelby County, Tennessee on May 19, 1829, the daughter of Ashall Dancer and Mary Ward. Her first marriage was to Joseph Leonard Gray on 7 November 1844 in Bastrop County, Texas. They had ten children before Joseph Gray's untimely death in 1863. He supposedly died at home in the presence of his wife and a neighbor, who happened to be Andrew Jackson Long. Andrew and Mary have a daughter, Sarah Eugenia, in 1866. In 1870, as stated previously, Andrew and son are living in Cooke County. In 1880, Andrew and William are back in Bastrop County living beside Mary J. Gray Long. They are shown as divorced. Since Andrew was living away from Mary in 1870 and the 1870 census doesn't show marital status, it is not known but assumed that the divorce was before this time. Mary Jane has one son and a daughter by the previous marriage living with her along with Sarah Long. Andrew died between 1890 and 1892. He died in the home of his daughter, Martha Jane in Ballinger, Texas and he was buried there in the Evergreen Cemetery, the final resting place of his oldest daughter Martha Jane. He may be buried in the same large plot where Martha and her second husband Samuel P. Brown are buried. There is no marker for Martha but S.P. Brown has a large stone marking their plot. Children of Andrew and Millie Roe Long: Martha Jane Long, b. 1841, d. 1914, married (1)Elisha Jenkins 1861 Williamson Co. TX, (2) Samuel P. Brown 1876 Wiliamson Co. TX, buried Evergreen Cemetery Ballinger, TX Nancy Long, b. 1844, possibly married ___Parish in Travis Co. TX 1866 Axie Green Long, b. 8 Oct 1847, d. 8 Aug 1926, buried in Lipan, Hood Co., TX, married (1) (2) (3)Barnabus P. Moore Child of Andrew and unknown second wife: William Laney Long, b. 21 Jan 1862 LA or TX, d. 1 Sep 1892 Bastrop Co. TX, m. Laura Olive Cottle 16 Dec 1883: Laura, b. 9 Jun 1858, d. 17 Aug 1955, buried Old Runnels Cemetery, Runnels Co., TX Children by Andrew and Mary Jane: Sarah Eugenia Long, b. 1866
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- Martha Jane Long Jenkins Brown 1842–1914
- Axie Green Long Moore 1847–1926
- William Laney "Bill" Long 1862–1892
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