Another arrival to the La Reunion Colony was that of Eugenia Dev Les Goodere in 1856. She came from Louvan, Belgium, with the family of her step-father, Jean-Baptiste Goetsells. It was here she met Ben Long. Later, when the colony of professionals failed, most of the group drifted across the Trinity River and settled in east Dallas. Swiss Avenue derives its name from them. It was at this time Ben Americanized the spelling from Lang to Long. He married Eugenia Dev Les Goodere in the Spring of 1862 at the home of Jacob Nussbaumer on Swiss Avenue.
Ben's wife Eugenia Long was a strong woman and used that strength to raise her five children alone after her husband's untimely death June 23, 1877, at the age of 39 years. Long was visiting a fellow native of Switzerland who owned a saloon on Austin Street. Two young men and a woman rose to leave without paying for their beer. The owner stopped them and asked them to pay. Long spoke to one of the men and told him he ought to pay since the owner ran the saloon as the means of livelihood. The young men replied that he would get the money but returned fifteen minutes later with a gun and shot the saloon owner in the arm and Long in the chest. Long was helped home by friends and died a short time later. The next day the murderer was shot in the Trinity River bottoms by a quickly- formed posse and died in the city hospital. Former Mayor Long's funeral was one of the largest in Dallas up to that time, with forty carriages and fourteen horsemen in the procession. Ben Long did not see his children grow to adulthood and he missed the joy of his grandchildren. But in his short life he had lived fully and contributed a lot to the city of Dallas which he adopted as a young man and loved so much.
Mae E. Riek
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On the 9th instant, at 6:15 p. m., Mrs. Eugenie Long, aged 45[?] years, wife of Ben Long, deceased, formerly mayor of Dallas. Funeral notice announced later.
- January 10, 1891, Dallas Morning News, p. 5, col. 4.
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Ben Long, whose death was published in the papers of the city on the 8th of January, was a native of Belgium. She was Miss Eugenia DeVleschondere. Came to this country in 1856 with the family of her stepfather, Mr. Goetsels, and married Mr. Long at the residence of Mr. Jacob Nussbaumer, in the spring of 1862. They had four daughters and one son.
Mr. Long, who was a native of Switzerland, came the year previous on the same vessel with Mr. Henry Boll. He was a highly esteemed citizen, having served two terms as mayor of Dallas and at the time of his death in 1876, held the office of United States commissioner.
Naturally of amiable and affectionate disposition, Mrs. Long was a most devoted wife, and after the death of her husband, made it the object of her life, not only to maintain her children, but to instill into their characters, all good principles, as well as to afford them every opportunity in her power to acquire a good education.
After an illness of 18 weeks, she died and left to her children the memory of her pure and lovely character, and her devotion as a mother.
She also leaves her mother, three sisters and a brother to mourn her loss and to her friends, the remembrance of a true, steadfast and loving friend. All mourn ____ ___ her family are inconsolable in [their] bereavement.
They have the sincere sympathy of all who knew her.
- January 17, 1891, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 4, col. 6.
Ben's wife Eugenia Long was a strong woman and used that strength to raise her five children alone after her husband's untimely death June 23, 1877, at the age of 39 years. Long was visiting a fellow native of Switzerland who owned a saloon on Austin Street. Two young men and a woman rose to leave without paying for their beer. The owner stopped them and asked them to pay. Long spoke to one of the men and told him he ought to pay since the owner ran the saloon as the means of livelihood. The young men replied that he would get the money but returned fifteen minutes later with a gun and shot the saloon owner in the arm and Long in the chest. Long was helped home by friends and died a short time later. The next day the murderer was shot in the Trinity River bottoms by a quickly- formed posse and died in the city hospital. Former Mayor Long's funeral was one of the largest in Dallas up to that time, with forty carriages and fourteen horsemen in the procession. Ben Long did not see his children grow to adulthood and he missed the joy of his grandchildren. But in his short life he had lived fully and contributed a lot to the city of Dallas which he adopted as a young man and loved so much.
Mae E. Riek
http://www.dallaspioneer.org/stories/pioneers.php?ID=442
On the 9th instant, at 6:15 p. m., Mrs. Eugenie Long, aged 45[?] years, wife of Ben Long, deceased, formerly mayor of Dallas. Funeral notice announced later.
- January 10, 1891, Dallas Morning News, p. 5, col. 4.
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Ben Long, whose death was published in the papers of the city on the 8th of January, was a native of Belgium. She was Miss Eugenia DeVleschondere. Came to this country in 1856 with the family of her stepfather, Mr. Goetsels, and married Mr. Long at the residence of Mr. Jacob Nussbaumer, in the spring of 1862. They had four daughters and one son.
Mr. Long, who was a native of Switzerland, came the year previous on the same vessel with Mr. Henry Boll. He was a highly esteemed citizen, having served two terms as mayor of Dallas and at the time of his death in 1876, held the office of United States commissioner.
Naturally of amiable and affectionate disposition, Mrs. Long was a most devoted wife, and after the death of her husband, made it the object of her life, not only to maintain her children, but to instill into their characters, all good principles, as well as to afford them every opportunity in her power to acquire a good education.
After an illness of 18 weeks, she died and left to her children the memory of her pure and lovely character, and her devotion as a mother.
She also leaves her mother, three sisters and a brother to mourn her loss and to her friends, the remembrance of a true, steadfast and loving friend. All mourn ____ ___ her family are inconsolable in [their] bereavement.
They have the sincere sympathy of all who knew her.
- January 17, 1891, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 4, col. 6.
Another arrival to the La Reunion Colony was that of Eugenia Dev Les Goodere in 1856. She came from Louvan, Belgium, with the family of her step-father, Jean-Baptiste Goetsells. It was here she met Ben Long. Later, when the colony of professionals failed, most of the group drifted across the Trinity River and settled in east Dallas. Swiss Avenue derives its name from them. It was at this time Ben Americanized the spelling from Lang to Long. He married Eugenia Dev Les Goodere in the Spring of 1862 at the home of Jacob Nussbaumer on Swiss Avenue.
Ben's wife Eugenia Long was a strong woman and used that strength to raise her five children alone after her husband's untimely death June 23, 1877, at the age of 39 years. Long was visiting a fellow native of Switzerland who owned a saloon on Austin Street. Two young men and a woman rose to leave without paying for their beer. The owner stopped them and asked them to pay. Long spoke to one of the men and told him he ought to pay since the owner ran the saloon as the means of livelihood. The young men replied that he would get the money but returned fifteen minutes later with a gun and shot the saloon owner in the arm and Long in the chest. Long was helped home by friends and died a short time later. The next day the murderer was shot in the Trinity River bottoms by a quickly- formed posse and died in the city hospital. Former Mayor Long's funeral was one of the largest in Dallas up to that time, with forty carriages and fourteen horsemen in the procession. Ben Long did not see his children grow to adulthood and he missed the joy of his grandchildren. But in his short life he had lived fully and contributed a lot to the city of Dallas which he adopted as a young man and loved so much.
Mae E. Riek
http://www.dallaspioneer.org/stories/pioneers.php?ID=442
On the 9th instant, at 6:15 p. m., Mrs. Eugenie Long, aged 45[?] years, wife of Ben Long, deceased, formerly mayor of Dallas. Funeral notice announced later.
- January 10, 1891, Dallas Morning News, p. 5, col. 4.
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Ben Long, whose death was published in the papers of the city on the 8th of January, was a native of Belgium. She was Miss Eugenia DeVleschondere. Came to this country in 1856 with the family of her stepfather, Mr. Goetsels, and married Mr. Long at the residence of Mr. Jacob Nussbaumer, in the spring of 1862. They had four daughters and one son.
Mr. Long, who was a native of Switzerland, came the year previous on the same vessel with Mr. Henry Boll. He was a highly esteemed citizen, having served two terms as mayor of Dallas and at the time of his death in 1876, held the office of United States commissioner.
Naturally of amiable and affectionate disposition, Mrs. Long was a most devoted wife, and after the death of her husband, made it the object of her life, not only to maintain her children, but to instill into their characters, all good principles, as well as to afford them every opportunity in her power to acquire a good education.
After an illness of 18 weeks, she died and left to her children the memory of her pure and lovely character, and her devotion as a mother.
She also leaves her mother, three sisters and a brother to mourn her loss and to her friends, the remembrance of a true, steadfast and loving friend. All mourn ____ ___ her family are inconsolable in [their] bereavement.
They have the sincere sympathy of all who knew her.
- January 17, 1891, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 4, col. 6.
Ben's wife Eugenia Long was a strong woman and used that strength to raise her five children alone after her husband's untimely death June 23, 1877, at the age of 39 years. Long was visiting a fellow native of Switzerland who owned a saloon on Austin Street. Two young men and a woman rose to leave without paying for their beer. The owner stopped them and asked them to pay. Long spoke to one of the men and told him he ought to pay since the owner ran the saloon as the means of livelihood. The young men replied that he would get the money but returned fifteen minutes later with a gun and shot the saloon owner in the arm and Long in the chest. Long was helped home by friends and died a short time later. The next day the murderer was shot in the Trinity River bottoms by a quickly- formed posse and died in the city hospital. Former Mayor Long's funeral was one of the largest in Dallas up to that time, with forty carriages and fourteen horsemen in the procession. Ben Long did not see his children grow to adulthood and he missed the joy of his grandchildren. But in his short life he had lived fully and contributed a lot to the city of Dallas which he adopted as a young man and loved so much.
Mae E. Riek
http://www.dallaspioneer.org/stories/pioneers.php?ID=442
On the 9th instant, at 6:15 p. m., Mrs. Eugenie Long, aged 45[?] years, wife of Ben Long, deceased, formerly mayor of Dallas. Funeral notice announced later.
- January 10, 1891, Dallas Morning News, p. 5, col. 4.
In Memoriam.
Mrs. Ben Long, whose death was published in the papers of the city on the 8th of January, was a native of Belgium. She was Miss Eugenia DeVleschondere. Came to this country in 1856 with the family of her stepfather, Mr. Goetsels, and married Mr. Long at the residence of Mr. Jacob Nussbaumer, in the spring of 1862. They had four daughters and one son.
Mr. Long, who was a native of Switzerland, came the year previous on the same vessel with Mr. Henry Boll. He was a highly esteemed citizen, having served two terms as mayor of Dallas and at the time of his death in 1876, held the office of United States commissioner.
Naturally of amiable and affectionate disposition, Mrs. Long was a most devoted wife, and after the death of her husband, made it the object of her life, not only to maintain her children, but to instill into their characters, all good principles, as well as to afford them every opportunity in her power to acquire a good education.
After an illness of 18 weeks, she died and left to her children the memory of her pure and lovely character, and her devotion as a mother.
She also leaves her mother, three sisters and a brother to mourn her loss and to her friends, the remembrance of a true, steadfast and loving friend. All mourn ____ ___ her family are inconsolable in [their] bereavement.
They have the sincere sympathy of all who knew her.
- January 17, 1891, Dallas Daily Times Herald, p. 4, col. 6.
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