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Mary <I>Long</I> Hand

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Mary Long Hand

Birth
USA
Death
12 Jun 1908 (aged 89)
Garfield County, Washington, USA
Burial
Pomeroy, Garfield County, Washington, USA Add to Map
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Information provided by FindAGrave contributor Baxter B. Fite III (FindAGrave Contributor #47203738):

Mary Long was married to Stephen Hand on September 30, 1838 in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois. Mary was born on April 12, 1819 in Lawrence County, Ohio or Charleston Virginia (now W. Virginia), the daughter of GABRIEL LONG and SARAH WHITTEN. STEPHEN HAND was born on October 17, 1816/18 in Butler Co., Ohio, the son of Aaron Hand. Stephen died on July 22, 1887 in Pomeroy, Garfield Co., Washington. He is buried in the Pataha Flats Cemetery, Garfield Co., Washington. Mary died on June 12, 1908 in Pomeroy, Garfield Co., Washington. In the 1880 census, Stephen and Mary are found in Linn Co., Potosi, Kansas.

Obituaries for Mary (Long) Hand found in "East Washingtonian" (a weekly newspaper published at Pomeroy WA., 1882 to the present):

June 13, 1908
Died--Mrs. Mary Hand, Thursday, age 89 years, two months....born in Virginia, and came to this county with her husband twenty four years ago... children; Mrs. W.O. Long, Mrs. M. Hunt, Mrs. Mary Potter, and Mrs. J.S. Dennison, also John, Charles, and Michael Hand, all of Garfield county; Mrs. M.D. Spencer of Hume, MO., and Mrs. Elizabeth Milner of LaHarpe, Kansas....

July 18, 1908
Died...Miss Mary Long, born April 12, 1819 in West Virginia, near Charleston, and died June 12, 1908. She and Stephan Hand were married Sept. 30, 1838 near Canton, Illinois, where they resided until after seven sons and six daughters were born to them. Twelve reached maturity...Baptist...in the fall of 1865 they, with eleven children journeyed to Pleasanton, Linn County, Kansas...July 10, 1884, they, with six of their children, headed west, hoping to improve the health of the husband, who had been an invalid for more than ten years. Their son John had preceeded them west by three months....arrived at her brother's, Ransom Long, October 20, 1884. The husband died in July, 1887. Two sons, Harvey and James died in Illinois, and two sons, Cyrus and Stephen, died in 1899, at the present home. Three sons, John, Michael, and Charles of Pataha Flat, six daughters, Mrs. Martha Hunt, and Mrs. Rebecca Long of Pomeroy, WA., Mrs. Jennie Dennison of Pataha, Mrs. Mary Potter of Oklahoma, Mrs. Elizabeth Milner, and Mrs. Nancy Spencer of Kansas. Sixty-one grandchildren, fifty-three great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.

Information provided by FindAGrave contributor Baxter B. Fite III (FindAGrave Contributor #47203738):

Mary Long was married to Stephen Hand on September 30, 1838 in Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois. Mary was born on April 12, 1819 in Lawrence County, Ohio or Charleston Virginia (now W. Virginia), the daughter of GABRIEL LONG and SARAH WHITTEN. STEPHEN HAND was born on October 17, 1816/18 in Butler Co., Ohio, the son of Aaron Hand. Stephen died on July 22, 1887 in Pomeroy, Garfield Co., Washington. He is buried in the Pataha Flats Cemetery, Garfield Co., Washington. Mary died on June 12, 1908 in Pomeroy, Garfield Co., Washington. In the 1880 census, Stephen and Mary are found in Linn Co., Potosi, Kansas.

Obituaries for Mary (Long) Hand found in "East Washingtonian" (a weekly newspaper published at Pomeroy WA., 1882 to the present):

June 13, 1908
Died--Mrs. Mary Hand, Thursday, age 89 years, two months....born in Virginia, and came to this county with her husband twenty four years ago... children; Mrs. W.O. Long, Mrs. M. Hunt, Mrs. Mary Potter, and Mrs. J.S. Dennison, also John, Charles, and Michael Hand, all of Garfield county; Mrs. M.D. Spencer of Hume, MO., and Mrs. Elizabeth Milner of LaHarpe, Kansas....

July 18, 1908
Died...Miss Mary Long, born April 12, 1819 in West Virginia, near Charleston, and died June 12, 1908. She and Stephan Hand were married Sept. 30, 1838 near Canton, Illinois, where they resided until after seven sons and six daughters were born to them. Twelve reached maturity...Baptist...in the fall of 1865 they, with eleven children journeyed to Pleasanton, Linn County, Kansas...July 10, 1884, they, with six of their children, headed west, hoping to improve the health of the husband, who had been an invalid for more than ten years. Their son John had preceeded them west by three months....arrived at her brother's, Ransom Long, October 20, 1884. The husband died in July, 1887. Two sons, Harvey and James died in Illinois, and two sons, Cyrus and Stephen, died in 1899, at the present home. Three sons, John, Michael, and Charles of Pataha Flat, six daughters, Mrs. Martha Hunt, and Mrs. Rebecca Long of Pomeroy, WA., Mrs. Jennie Dennison of Pataha, Mrs. Mary Potter of Oklahoma, Mrs. Elizabeth Milner, and Mrs. Nancy Spencer of Kansas. Sixty-one grandchildren, fifty-three great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren.



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