Born in Pennsylvania, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Peter Long
and Catherine (Rufe) Long
Sister of
Mary (Long) Sterner, Samuel R. Long, Elizabeth (Long) Cawley, Mahlon Long, Catharine Ann (Long) Reigle and Amanda (Long) Miller
Wife of
David Bachman Fulmer
— married
about 1852 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Emma Jane (Fulmer) Grogg, Mary Catherine (Fulmer) Taylor, Amanda (Fulmer) Orr, Gibson Fulmer, Anna (Fulmer) Haas, Jacob Lawrence Fulmer, Jennie (Fulmer) Opitz, Frank Fulmer and Clara B. (Fulmer) Steckel
Died
at age 77
in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, United States
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Biography
Sophia Long was born in Pennsylvania on February 6, 1833. She was the daughter of John 'Peter' Long and Catherine Rufe.
In 1850 she was working as a domestic in the household of an elderly woman in Durham, Bucks, Pennsylvania.[1]
Sophia married David Bachman Fulmer about 1852. They had eleven children, nine of whom survived infancy - Emma Jane, Mary Catherine, Amanda, Gibson, Anna, Jacob Lawrence, Jennie, Frank, and Clara B.[2]
IIn 1860 and 1870, David and Sophia and their children were living in Williams, Northampton, Pennsylvania, where David worked as a butcher in 1860 and a laborer in 1870.[3][4] In 1880, the family resided in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, where his occupation was teamster.[5] In 1895 and 1900 the couple was living with their youngest daughter Clara in Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey.[6][2]
David died in October 1900. In 1910, Sophia was living with her daughter Clara Steckel and family in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania.[7]
Sophia reached 77 years of age and died in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania, on June 16, 1910.[8][9] She was buried at Phillipsburg Cemetery in Phillipsburg, Warren, New Jersey.[10]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census. Year: 1850; Census Place: Durham, Bucks, Pennsylvania; Roll: 759; Page: 234A. Image
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census. Year: 1900; Census Place: Phillipsburg Ward 5, Warren, New Jersey; Page: 14; Enumeration District: 0202; FHL microfilm: 1240998.Image
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census. Year: 1860; Census Place: Williams, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Page: 1167; Family History Library Film: 805148. Image
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1870 United States Federal Census. Year: 1870; Census Place: Williams, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1383; Page: 508B; Family History Library Film: 552882. Image
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1880 United States Federal Census. Year: 1880; Census Place: Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1161; Page: 397D; Enumeration District: 072.Image
- ↑ Ancestry.com. New Jersey, State Census, 1895 [database on-line]. Image
- ↑ Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census. Year: 1910; Census Place: Easton Ward 10, Northampton, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1381; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0083; FHL microfilm: 1375394.Image
- ↑ Sophia Long Fulmer - Obituary - Easton Express - June 16 1900.
- ↑ Sophia Long Fulmer - Obituary - Allentown Morning Call - June 17 1910. Link
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #132721933
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sophia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sophia:
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