Individual Details

Married Harry Gordon Long, 19 Mar 1913, Smith Co, TX.

Texas Birth Certificate #21357
John Gordon Long was born 7 May 1916 to Harry Gordon Long and Nannie Bess Brigance. They lived at 527 N. Bois d'Arc in Tyler, Smith, TX. The father was a Fireman for the Cotton Belt Railroad.

World War I Draft Registration (no date)
Harry Gordon Long was age 30, born 28 Apr 1887, in Waco, TX. His residence was 908 N. Bois D'Arc, Tyler. He was a locomotive fireman for the St Louis S. W. Railway County of Texas. He had a wife and 1 child. Medium height and build, brown eye, brown hair, slightly bald

1920 Census. Commerce, Hunt, TX, Hh 56
Harry G. Long, 31, b. TX, parents b. AL, Engineer, Locomotive
Nannie Bess, wife, 26, b. TX
John Gordon, son, 3 years, 7 months

1930 Census. Commerce, Hunt, TX, Hh 187
Harry G. Long, 42, Married at age 26, Locomotive Engineer, steam railroad
Nannie B., wife, 36, Married at 19
John J., son, 13
Harry E., son, 7
Nancy J., dau, 3 years, 7 months
Dorothy S., dau, 1 year, 8 months
Everitt Whitlock, Lodger, 29, b. TX, Secretary, church activities

1940 Census. Commerce, Hunt, TX, Hh 125 (same page with her mother - this census was typed)
1308 Ash - lived in the same house in 1935
Harry G. Long, 52, Locomotive Engineer, Steam Railroad
Nannie B., wife, 46
Harry A., son, 17
Nancy Jane, dau, 13
Dorothy S., dau, 11

27 Apr 1942 World War II Draft Registration
Harry Gordon Long lived at 1308 Ash St. in Commerce, Hunt, TX. He was age 55, born Waco, McLennan Co, TX on 28 Apr 1887. Mrs. Bess Long, 1308 Ash Street, Commerce would always known his address. His employer was the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co, Tyler. Signed: H. G. Long. 5'10" tall, 160 lbs, brown eyes, gray hair

Harry and Nancy Bess have a joint grave marrker, Rosemound Cemetery, Commerce, Hunt Co, TX.
Harry G. Long, b. 28 Apr 1887, d. 21 Dec 1947. There is a masonic emblem on his gravestone.
Nancy Bess Long, b. 2 Apr 1893, d. 20 Apr 1981.

Texas Death Certificate #44534
Nancy Bess Long died of renal failure, 20 Apr 1981, at Garland Community Hospital, Garland, Dallas Co, TX. Her usual residence was 106 N. Beltline Road. She was Widowed. Born 2 April 1893. Parents listed as John Haywood Brigance & Nancy White. Dorothy Long Cody was the informant. Buried Rosemound Cemetery.

Birth	2 Apr 1893	Bowie, Montague County, Texas
Death	20 Apr 1981

Father	Haywood Thomas Brigance (1852 - 1899)
Mother	Nancy Lucinda WHITE (1861 - 1958)
Sibling	John Henry Brigance (1885 - 1968)
Sibling	Jessie B. Brigance (1891 - 1912)
Sibling	James Edgar Brigance (1895 - 1917)