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Sgt. John B. Long Co. C, 3rd Texas Cavalry |
John B. Long was a grandson of Col. Benjamin Long, a volunteer under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, and Mary Moore Dickson, a granddaughter of Gen. Joseph Dickson of Revolutionary War fame. His father, Capt. William Thomas Long, was a brave Confederate soldier. John B. Long received a good education. He first attended a private school, then later attended Stevens and Carter Academy. He studied law, and until the Civil War began, he studied at Rusk College. When the War Between the States began, he enlisted June 3, 1861, and served throughout the war. He was wounded severely twice, was captured by the federals but escaped to join his Co. C, by the aid of a Miss Noble. After the war, he was an active worker for proper Reconstructrion in his native community. |
He was a man of ideas and ideals. In 1886 he purchased the newspaper in Rusk, The Standard Herald, and became editor and publisher. He serve the people of his district in the U. S. Congress in 1890, being one of the few native Texans who, up to that time, had been chosen to that office. He served his people in Washington with great credit for several years. In 1891 he was elected Master of the Texas State Grange, and for several years he was a director of Texas A&M College. At long last he moved back to Rusk and was elected Mayor in 1899. John B. Long was buried in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, where all the Longs are buried. His grave side service was conducted by the Masonic Lodge, an organization in which he had been a member for over 60 years. |
John B. Long was a grandson of Col. Benjamin Long, a volunteer under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, and Mary Moore Dickson, a granddaughter of Gen. Joseph Dickson of Revolutionary War fame. His father, Capt. William Thomas Long, was a brave Confederate soldier. John B. Long received a good education. He first attended a private school, then later attended Stevens and Carter Academy. He studied law, and until the Civil War began, he studied at Rusk College. When the War Between the States began, he enlisted June 3, 1861, and served throughout the war. He was wounded severely twice, was captured by the federals but escaped to join his Co. C, by the aid of a Miss Noble. After the war, he was an active worker for proper Reconstructrion in his native community. |
