Post (C) Doris McCraw
aka Angela Raines
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| Evergreen Chapel, Evergreen Cemetery Colorado Springs, CO Photo (C) Doris McCraw |
We know Isabell Long was the wife of a Civil War Veteran. Her headstone stands next to her husband John H Long. From there it gets murky.
Isabell, according to her headstone was born in 1846 and she died in 1836. Marriage records show she married in Tazewell County, Illinois on February 13, 1864. Pekin, founded in the 1820s along the Illinois River, probably was the largest town in that county. Her husband John had mustered out of the service in Sand Prairie, Tazewell County, Illinois in August of 1863.
Using the above information, Isabell was probably living in the vicinity and the couple may have known each other prior to John entering the service in 1862.
We know Isabell was born in England. Her maiden name was Joyce. While searching through the immigration records, I found an Isabell Joyce who arrived in New York in 1860 with her mother and about seven other siblings. This Isabell was fourteen at the time. However, there is another Isabell Joyce who arrived in New York in 1851. So far, research has not verified which Isabell is the one who married John H. Long.
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| Image of the possible ship Isabell may have taken in 1860 From Ancestry.com |
The 1910 census stated the couple had been married forty-seven years, and Isabell had born seven children all of who were still alive at that date. Her youngest was eighteen in 1910.
Isabell outlived her husband dying at about the age of ninety. What stories she could have told.
For other stories in this Civil War series, click the links below.
Sgt. James W. Bell - Western Fictioneers
Martha Lynn Bell - Prairie Rose Publications
Captain Richmon Finch- Western Fictioneers
Sarah Jane Durkee Anderson - Prairie Rose Publications
Esther Walker, Part 2 - Western Fictioneers
Esther Walker - Prairie Rose Publications
Alpheus R. Eastman - Western Fictioneers Blog
Helen Rood Dillon - Prairie Rose Publications Blog
Virginia Strickler - Prairie Rose Publications Blog
Henry C. Davis - Western Fictioneers Blog
Chester H. Dillon - Western Fictioneers Blog
Isabell did well having all her children survive at that period. I often think how heartbreaking it must have been to watch children go before you.
ReplyDeleteShe struck me as someone who was of sturdy stock and very determined. Of course, that's supposition but in many ways she just was so mysterious and I wanted to know more. Doris
DeleteI have the same comment as C.A. about how amazing it was that all seven of her children survived.
ReplyDeleteI was surpised also. Doris
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