Winfield Scott Long (1849 - 1899)

Born 21 Nov 1849 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Died 2 Sep 1899 at age 49 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Last Saturday evening at six o'clock, while sitting in the shade on the east porch of his residence, conversing with his brother, Mr. Milton Long, the spirit of Mr. Wayne Long suddenly passed away from this world. Dying so suddenly by his brother's side. His unexpected death came as a terrible shock to his family, his kinsman, and a great multitude of friends. Monday afternoon at one o'clock one of the largest crowds in the history of the community gathered to pay a last and living tribute to his honored memory. After a short season of devotion at his home, the vast concourse of friends and relatives proceeded to the Muddy Creek Cumberland Presbyterian church, where the funeral services were conducted, and at the grave the benediction was pronounced, the services having been conducted by his pastor Rev. John E. Hail. In the multitude which overflowed the church and thronged the cemetery. There was a great host who mourned because they had lost a true friend. Wayne S. Long was born November 21, 1849, of one of the old and well known families of Greene county. He was one of the charter members of the Muddy Creek Presbyterian church. March 8, 1870, he married Mahala Tanneyhill. He died September 4, 1899 and was laid to rest beneath the sod in "God's acre," September 4, 1899. He was a man who loved his church. Quiet and unobtrusive in manner and bearing, he won many friends. For he was a man of marked social qualities. He loved to have his friends visit him, and he loved to visit them. But above all he was a man's man who loved his own home, who loved to be in it; beautiful was his devotion to his wife and children. He leaves behind him, sorrowing for his departure his widow, four living children, and two brothers and two sisters, and a great host of friends. He will be missed from his church and from the wide circle of his numerous friends, but most of all will be missed from his own home.

Democrat Messenger Waynesburg, Pennsylvania (Greene County) September 8, 1899

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"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWFF-ZXX : accessed 31 March 2016), Wane Long, Cumberland, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 68, sheet 152C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1133; FHL microfilm 1,255,133.

"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VF3K-YD8 : accessed 31 March 2016), Wayne Long in entry for John H. Zimmerman and Norma M. Long, 25 Dec 1899; citing Marriage, Pennsylvania, county courthouses, Pennsylvania; FHL microfilm 1,318,252.

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVGW-GVN3 : accessed 31 March 2016), Winfield Scott Long, 1899; Burial, Khedive, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Muddy Creek Presbyterian Cemetery; citing record ID 112950965, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.