NANCY MARIA TAYLOR (Daughter of William Taylor and Mary Cochran) was born 8 May 1834 in Switzerland County, Indiana, and died 31 January 1905 in Ohio County, Indiana. She married James Major Long on 21 June 1851 in Switzerland County, Indiana, son of Seth Long and Elizabeth Chase. He was born 14 March 1828 in Hardin County, Kentucky, and died 11 January 1911 in Quercus Grove, Switzerland County, Indiana.

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Burial: Cedar Hedge Cemetery, Ohio County, Indiana

From the History of Switzerland County, Indiana 1885. Chicago: Weakley, Harraman & Co., Publishers, 1885:

J. M. LONG, blacksmith, Quercus Grove, was born on the 14th of March, 1828. He is a son of Seth and Elizabeth (Chase) Long, natives of Pennsylvania and New York, respectively, of German and English descent. The Chase family sprang from three brothers who emigrated from England and located near Plymouth Rock, and from there divided, one settling in New York. John Chase afterward came to this county, and settled on land where John Vawter now lives, this in a very early day. Here in the county our subject's parents Seth and Elizabeth Long, came together, married and several years later, they moved to Hardin County, Ky., where they lived two years, then returned to Indiana and bought a small farm on Goose Creek where the father died in 1843, the mother in 1848. They reared eight children: Mary A., Hannah, Ollie, Sarah, Ruth, James M., Seth and Michael.

James M., our subject, was born in Hardin County, Ky. He was brought up on the farm, and at seventeen years went to learn the trade of blacksmith at Lawrenceburgh, and has since engaged in that work at Aurora, Rising Sun, Patriot and other places for short periods. For several years he has plied his trade at Quercus Grove and now resides at that village. He enlisted in 1861, in the Second Indiana Battery, served three years and took part in the battles of Newtonia, Cane Hill, Moscow, Prairie De Haw, Jenkins' Ferry, Prairie Grove, Round Grove, Cow Skin Prairie, Devil's Backbone, Van Buren, Fort Smith and several skirmishes; was married July 3, 1851 (sic), to Nancy M. Taylor, daughter of William and Mary (Cochran) Taylor, old residents of the county. By this union there are six children living: Owen, John, Louis, Charles, Ida and Anna. Five others died in childhood. Mr. Long has served as justice of the peace, and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the whole family associated with the society. Anna is the wife of Noble Houze.

James M. Long, Union Soldier in the Civil War, 2 Battery, Indiana Light Artillery.

Following are the known children of Nancy Maria Taylor and James Major Long:

1. John A. Long, born 7 February 1859 in Rising Sun, Indiana.
2. Lewis C. Long, born March 1861 in Switzerland County, Indiana.
3. Owen J. Long, born Abt. 1866.
4. Charles L. Long, born July 1871.
5. Ida May Long, born Abt. 1874. She married Albert T. Keith.
6. Anna Ruth Long, born 25 February 1856 in Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana; died 24 August 1934 in Her home, Poplar St., Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana.

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