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The family settled at Turney community, lived in a log cabin,
and farmed. The cabin, said to have been built by John Turney, is
still standing and it was there that many of the Long children were
reared. Children born after they arrived in Texas: (4) William
Dover; (5) Missouri Ann; (6) John; (7) Thomas Tom; (8) Mack
Alexander; (9) Charles Beatty; (10) Lou Ellen.
The eldest son, James W., joined the Confederate Army in July,
1862, at age 15. He was captured at Donaldsville, La., and was held
prisoner for several months.
Several descending lines of the Long family still reside in Chero-
kee County. Missouri Ann Long, b. Aug. 20, 1857, m. William
Edward Otto Pressler, who emigrated from Halberstadt, Ger., ca.
1872. Their children: (1) Edward; (2) William Henry; (3) Joe Mor-
rison; (4) Charles Abbott; (5) Maud Emilie; (6) Lillian L.; (7)
Katherin Ilabel. All the children were born in Cherokee County,
most of them in the Pressler home which Otto built north of
Jacksonville ca. 1876.
Otto Pressler was a construction contractor and built or de-
signed many of the well-known residential and institutional build-
ings in Jacksonville. Some of these include The Twin Towers at
Lon Morris College in 1909, the original Jacksonville College, "Old
Main" building, First United Methodist Church (ca. 1909) and
First National Bank. Some of the more notable residences he con-
structed include the W. A. Brown, John Wesley Love, and A. N.
Ragsdale homes. Otto Pressler died in 1916 from injuries resulting\-' F'
Mrs. Otto Pressler
from a scaffolding failure during
construction of the earlier Central
Baptist Church building.
Maud Emilie Pressler m.
Joseph Foster Tilley. They lived in
Jacksonville and in the Panama
Canal Zone. The Tilleys owned a
feed, grocery, and hardware store
on North Bolton Street in Jack-
sonville before going to Panama
during the canal construction
days.
Lillian L. Pressler m. Col. C. A.
" Brodie and they lived in San Anto-
nio and in Washington, D. C.
Katherin Ilabel m. Walter R.
Reeves and they, too, have lived in
Jacksonville and in the Panama
Canal Zone. Mr. Reeves was Ser-
vice Manager of Cherokee Motorsin Jacksonville many years before World War II.
Lou Ellen Long m. Hugh Tarrant, had (1) Alfah; (2) Roy; (3)
Werdna; (4) d. in infancy. The family lived in Cherokee County.
Alford Morrison and Mary Ann Dover Long, as well as his mother,
Sarah Whitesides Long, are buried in the Jarratt Cemetery near
Turney. Otto and Missouri Ann Long Pressler and several of their
children are buried in the Jacksonville City Cemetery. - Walter
R. Reeves Jr.
Jimmie Howell Long Family
Jimmie Howell Long (b. Oct. 3, 1885, d. Sept. 8, 1971), son of
Duncan and Robena Long (see William Thomas Long family his-
tory), m. Emma Edna Barley (b. Feb. 27, 1887, d. Jan. 24, 1944,
daughter of C. C. and Carrie Wilson Barley) on Dec. 26, 1906.
He was born and lived his entire life on the same land four miles
south of Rusk, Tex., where he farmed and raised cattle, and his wife
worked hard to help him. Their children: (1) Lucille, b. Jan. 12,
1908; (2) James Barley, b. July 12, 1918.
Lucille graduated from Rusk High School in 1926 and from
Rusk College in 1928, received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Sam
Houston State University, Huntsville, Tex., and a Master of Edu-
cation from Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Tex.
She taught school 33 years, 26 of them in Rusk Elementary and
Rusk Junior High Schools. She is a member of Major Thaddeus
Beall Chapter National Society Daughters American Revolution,
William Roark Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, the
Rusk Study Club, and National Retired Teachers Association.
While attending Rusk College, Lucille met Daniel W. Heard (b.
Mar. 5, 1908, in Uvalde Co.), son of Mary Cummings Heard (b. June
23, 1877, d. April 29, 1953) and Wyatt Hubbard Heard (b. April 21,1872, d. Jan. 11, 1926). The couple m. Dec. 21, 1930. Their children:
(1) Daniel Howell, b. June 3, 1937; (?) Kahlan Ann, b. Oct. 6, 1940.
Daniel Heard was a star football player at Rusk College and
Furman University, Greenville, S. C. After college, he worked 42
years for the Texas State Highway Engineering Department. He is
a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Texas
Professional Engineering Association. Daniel and Lucille are
members of First United Methodist Church in Rusk. They retired
in 1972 and live on a farm which has been in the Long family four
generations.
James Barley Long m. Edith Lynn Martin, March 20, 1938.
They are members of First United Methodist Church in Rusk. He
is a Mason, a Shriner, and a veteran of World War II. He was
employed 35 years by Apac before he retired in 1981. He is the
present Mayor of Rusk. They have a son, Duane Martin Long, b.
April 10, 1942, who graduated from
Irving High School and Texas A
and M. University with honors, m.
. Roberta Crafford Sept. 1, 1961,
and is employed by Dresser Indus-
,4 tries. He and Roberta have Robert
Duane, b. Jan. 20, 1966, and
Ronald Bryan, b. Mar. 11, 1970.
Daniel Howell Heard gradu-
ated as valedictorian from Rusk
High School and with honors from
Baylor University, Waco, Tex. He
m. Felda Faye Courtney June 5,
1957, had (1) Joy Minette, b. June
14, 1965; (2) Amy Diane, b. Oct. 11,
1969. The family resides in
Richardson, Tex. Daniel Howell is
Distribution Manager for Procter
Emma Edna Barley Long and Gamble. Joy Minette gradu-
and Jimmie Howell Long ated from Burkner High School in
Richardson with honors and is a
sophomore in Baylor University. Amy is a student in Apollo Junior
High School.
Kahlan Ann Heard graduated with honors from Rusk High
School and Baylor University. While teaching in Victoria, Tex., she
met Eldon Louis Farrell of Camden, S. C. They m. in Rusk Jan. 24,
1962. He is regional sales manager for International Typewriter
Co. and Kahlan Teaches in Lago Vista, Tex. They have Kevin
Anthony Farrell, b. Dec. 19, 1969, a freshman in Lago Vista High
School.
Jimmie Howell and Emma Edna Barley Long are buried in the
Long lot in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Tex. - Lucille Heard.
John B. Long
John B. Long (b. Sept. 8, 1843, Nacogdoches County, Republic
of Texas, d. April 27, 1924) m. Emma King Wiggins (b. April 8,
1869, d. Nov. 4, 1918), had seven children.
John B. Long was a grandson of Col. Benjamin Long, a volun-
teer under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812, and Mary
Moore Dickson, a granddaughter of Gen. Joseph Dickson of Revo-
lutionary War fame. His father, Capt. William Thomas Long, was a
brave Confederate soldier (see family history).
John B. Long received a good education. He first attended a
private school conducted by Mrs. J. T. Moore, then school con-
ducted by R. H. Guinn, and later attended Stevens and Carter
Academy where he studied reading, writing, grammar, rhetoric,
and Latin. He studied law under Bonner and Bonner. 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 Reconstruction in his native community.
He was a man of ideas and ideals. He served 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. In this
work he was interested especially and did a great work. For several
years he was a director of Texas A. & M. College.381
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Cherokee County Historical Commission (Tex.). Cherokee County History, book, 2001; Jacksonville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth354360/m1/391/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission.