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     Larry Joe Long was born on 5 Jun 1944.¹ He was the son of Henry Leroy Long and Florence Elizabeth Bryant.¹ Larry Joe Long died on 24 Feb 1968 at age 23.¹
     He was killied in an auto accident and buried at Batavia, Illinois. He was not married.¹

     Luther Benjamin Long was born on 17 Jul 1875 at Clay County, Illinois.² He married Clara Lucinda Bowers, daughter of George Washington Bowers and Louvina Rogers, on 28 Dec 1897.^3,4 Luther Benjamin Long died on 14 Nov 1933 at the Olney Sanitarium, Olney, Richland County, Illinois, at age 58. His death was the result of burns and injuires received on 12 Nov 1933 when his clothing caught fire from a campfire and the gun shells he carried exploded.^5,6
     His obituary states: "November 16, 1933 Luther Long, 58, living near Wynoose, died at the Olney Sanitarium Tuesday from burns received while sleeping near a camp fire Sunday night. He had gone hunting Sunday and did not return that night. Monday morning his son Darrell began a search and found him in the Little Wabash bottoms with his clothing partly burned away. He was brought to the Sanatarium and died early Tuesday morning from his injuiries. Funeral services were held this afternoon in Wynoose, with burial in the Decker Cemetery. He is survived by his wife, seven sons and one daughter; Earl, of Newark, Ohio; Clyde, Paul, Henry, George, Darrell and Joe, and Mrs. Ruth Mason, all of Wynoose."⁷

     Luther Darrell Long was born on 9 Mar 1913.¹ He was the son of Luther Benjamin Long and Clara Lucinda Bowers.¹ Luther Darrell Long married Leotta Mildred Foerster on 14 Jun 1936 at Olney, Richland County, Illinois.³ Luther Darrell Long died on 3 Dec 1990 at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, at age 77.⁴ He was buried at Crest Haven Cemetery, Richland County, Illinois.⁴
     In 1976, Darrell and Leota lived south of Noble, Illinois.³
     His obituary states:
     "Luther Darrell Long, 72, of Noble, died at 6:37 p.m. on Dec. 3, 1990 at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio.
"Arrangements are being handled by the Summers-Kistler Funeral Home in Olney. The funeral service wll be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 7 at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Crest Haven Cemetery. Visitation service will be held from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 6.
"Mr. Long was born in Wayne County on March 9, 1913 to Luther and Clara (Bowers) Long. He later married Leotta Foerster on June 19, 1936. Mrs. Long survives.
"Mr. Long had been self employed as an oil field pumper. He was a member of Forrest Ridge Christian Church.
"Mr. Long is survived by his wfe and by three sons: Danny Long, of Canton, Ohio; Monty Long, of New Philly, Ohio and James Long, of Noble. He is also survived by two daughters; Mrs. Willard Shelly Stoltz, of Olney and Mrs. John Shirley Drew, of Olney.
"Mr. Long is survived by three brothers, George Long, of Champaign; Henry Long, of Batavia and Joe Long of Olney. He is also survived by on[e] sister, Ruth Mason, of Noble.
"Mr. Long is survived by 18 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
"Mr. Long was preceded in death by his parents, three granddaughters and four brothers."⁴

     Luther Edward Long was born on 22 Mar 1935 at Wayne County, Illinois.^1,2 He was the son of George Daniel Long and Nellie Mae Tracy.¹ Luther Edward Long married Sandra Sue Kincade on 12 Dec 1959 at Noble, Richland County, Illinois.^3,4 Luther Edward Long appears in the Social Security Death Index as having died 18 Dec 1998 with the last place of residence listed as Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Luther Edward's SSN was issued in Illinois. Also, his birth date is given as 22 Mar 1935.⁵
     About 1976, he lived near Olney, Illinois and was employed in the oil fields as a logger.⁴
     "Mr. and Mrs. Luther (Bud) and Sandy Long will be celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary Tuesday, Dec. 12.
"They are the parents of Angi Long Tomlin and the late Rusty Long.
"Cards would be appreciated."⁶

     Mary Ruth Long was born on 30 Nov 1904 at Mt. Erie Township, Wayne County, Illinois.^1,3 She was the daughter of Luther Benjamin Long and Clara Lucinda Bowers.¹ Mary Ruth Long married Claude Mason, son of John Mason and Prunetta/Pernetta Walker, on 9 Sep 1922 at Wynoose, Richland County, Illinois.^3,4,5 Mary Ruth Long died on 11 Aug 1993 at age 88.⁶
     For twenty years she was employed by Khleim's Nursery of Arlington, Illinois, a firm which raised flowers and shrubs near Wynoose. In about 1976, she was living in Wynoose, Illinois.³
     Her obituary states:
     "Mary Ruth Mason, 88, of Olney formerly of Forest Ridge Community, died at Burgin Nursing Manor at 3:20 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 11, 1993.
"Funeral services will be 2 p. m. Saturday at Zirkle Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Ridge Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.
"Mrs. Mason was born Nov. 30, 1904, in Wayne County, the daughter of Luther and Clara (Bower[sic]) Long. She married Claude Mason Sept. 9, 1993 [sic]) in Wynoose. He died March 9, 1977.
"Mrs. Mason was a homemaker. She attended Forest Ridge Congrational [sic] Christian Church.
"Mrs. Mason is survived by one son, Ron Mason of Olney; two daughters, Mrs. Ralph (Evelyn) Beal of Olney and Mrs. Nova Osterman of Noble; three brothers, Joe Long of Olney, George Long of Urbana and Henry Long of Elgin; 19 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
"Mrs. Mason was preceded in death by her husband, parents, two sons, Lowell Mason and Clyde Mason and five brothers."⁷

     Paul Benjamin Long was born on 25 Nov 1906 at Wayne County, Illinois.^1,2 He was the son of Luther Benjamin Long and Clara Lucinda Bowers.¹ Paul Benjamin Long married Bernice Mae McCleary on 3 Dec 1927 at Richland County, Illinois.³ Paul Benjamin Long died on 5 Mar 1980 at age 73.⁴ He was buried at Forest Ridge Cemetery, Mt. Erie Township, Wayne County, Illinois.⁵
     Paul retired from oil field work and enjoyed hunting and fishing. They lived west of Olney, Illinois.³ Paul and Bernice observed their 50th wedding anniversary in 1977 with a reception at the Wynoose Community Building.⁶
     His obituary states:
     "Paul B. Long, 73, Olney died last night at Carl Foundation Hospital, Urbana. He was a retired 22-year employee of the Pure Oil Company, Transportation Division.
"Services will be Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Summers Funeral Home with visitation from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Friday.
"Bro. Gene Everette will officiate; burial will be in Forrest Ridge Cemetery, south of Wynoose.
"Mr. Long was born Nov. 25, 1906, in Wayne County to Luther and Clara Bowers Long. He married Bernice McLearry [sic] Dec. 3, 1929. She survives.
"Also surviving are sons, Bill of Thomasboro and Bob and Charles Long of Olney; brothers, George of Champaign, Darrell of Noble, Joe of Olney, and Herny Long of Batavia; a sister, Ruth Mason, of Noble, 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren.
"He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers."⁵

     Rusty Lane Long was born on 29 Jan 1965.¹ He was the son of Luther Edward Long and Sandra Sue Kincade.¹ Rusty Lane Long died on 18 Jun 1986 at age 21.²

     Ela Longespee was the daughter of Stephen Longespee. Ela Longespee married Roger la Zouche.
     Ela Longespee, Lady of Ashby (1244 – c. 19 July 1276) was a wealthy heiress and daughter of Stephen Longespée, Justiciar of Ireland, and Emmeline de Riddlesford, granddaughter of Walter de Riddlesford.[1] She was the wife of Sir Roger La Zouche, Lord of Ashby.

Family
Ela was born in 1244 at Salisbury, Wiltshire and was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Stephen Longespée, Justiciar of Ireland, Seneschal of Gascony, and son of William Longespee, the illegitimate son of Henry II. Her paternal grandmother was Ela, Countess of Salisbury, who had founded Lacock Abbey, and for whom she was named. Her maternal grandmother was the daughter of Henry FitzRoy (d. 1158). Ela had a younger sister, Emmeline, who became the second wife of Maurice FitzGerald, 3rd Lord of Offaly in 1273.

Marriage and issue
In about 1266 in Northamptonshire, she married Sir Roger La Zouche, Lord of Ashby, the son of Sir Alan La Zouche and Helen de Quincy. Their marriage produced one son:

Alan la Zouche, 1st Baron la Zouche of Ashby (19 October 1267 – 25 March 1314), married Eleanor de Segrave, by whom he had three daughters.
Ela died on about 19 July 1276 at the age of 32. Her younger sister Emmeline, was co-heiress to their father and the wife of Maurice fitz Maurice. She had one daughter, Juliana, who married Thomas de Clare, lord of Thomond. Emeline battled her daughter, Juliana, and her step-daughter Amabilia (Maurice's daughter from a previous marriage) for many years for her dower.[2] Juliana had been granted in frankmarriage to Thomas de Clare, and Maurice had given Inchiquin and Youghal, both in co. Cork, to the newly-wed couple. Amabilia and John fitz Thomas (later the first earl of Kildare) spent many years trying to recover the marriage lands from Juliana and dower lands from Emmeline.[3]

References
1. Charles Cawley, Medieval Lands, Earls of Salisbury 1196-1310
2. NAI, RC 7/2, pp 147, 151-2.
3. G.H. Orpen, Normans, iv, p. 654; Black Book of Limerick, pp 31, 102, 105; R. Frame, 'King Henry III and Ireland, n. 151.¹

     Stephen Longespee married Emmeline de Ridelisford. Stephen Longespee died in 1260.

     Rosa Longlaw was born on 8 Oct 1910.² She married Clifford B. Olds, son of Isaac Edward Olds and Mary Ethel Brown.¹ Rosa Longlaw died on 5 Jul 2003 at age 92.² She was buried at Ione Public Cemetery, Ione, Amador County, California.³
     The census enumeration of 34 Ocean View Avenue, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, for 2 Apr 1940 listed Rosa and Clifford B. Olds as follows:
     17 Olds, Clifford, head, 34, marr., 1 yr High School, b. Kansas, automobile mechanic at garage
      , Rosa, wife, 29, marr., 4 yrs college, b. New Mexico, laundress at hospital
      Longlaw, Oliver, father-in-law, 78, widowed, 8 yrs of school, b. French Canada
Rosa provided the information. The family had lived in the same place on 1 Apr 1935.⁴
     Greg Olds visited Rosa at her home in California in 1993. "Rosa told me that they met when Clifford, at the time working in a garage at Florence, Kans., had gone to California for a brief visit with one of his [and Dwight's] half-sisters Edna (who died in 1959, according to Dwight).
"Rosa said both Edna, as well as Dwight's and Clifford's other half-sister Ettie, had moved to California. (Edna and Ettie were born to Isaac Edward Olds durng his first marriage.) Ettie lived with her husband at Compton, Los Angeles County, Calif., where both died, according to Dwight. (I don't have the husband's name.) My father told me, as Rosa did, that Ettie was in Compton.
"When Rosa and Clifford met, Edna was living with her husband, Van Cates, operating a resort at Klamath, Del Norte County, Calif. Rosa then was vacationing at the Cates resort. Clifford was helping out at the resort during his visit, doing mechanical work and pulling boats. "He stayed on because of me," Rosa told me."⁵

     Ida Longley married William Clifford Olds, son of Levi Olds and Emily Meacham.¹

     Ann Loomis was born on 10 Jan 1678.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Loomis and Hannah Marsh.¹

     Belinda Loomis was born on 24 Jun 1752 at Suffield, Hartford County, Connecticut.¹ She married Abraham Granger, son of Capt. Abraham Granger and Elizabeth Old, on 25 Nov 1779.^1,2 Belinda Loomis died on 27 Jul 1820 at Tolland, Massachusetts, at age 68.¹

     Grace Loomis was born on 17 Mar 1685.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Loomis and Hannah Marsh.¹

     Hannah Loomis was born on 10 Jan 1678.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Loomis and Hannah Marsh.¹

     John Loomis married Agnes (?).¹

     Deacon John Loomis was buried at Windsor Burying Ground, Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut. He has a monument there. He married Elizabeth Scott, daughter of Thomas Scott. Deacon John Loomis was born in 1622 at County Essex, England. He was the son of Joseph Loomis and Mary White.¹ Deacon John Loomis died on 1 Sep 1688.

     Joseph Loomis was born on 7 Nov 1651 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.¹ He was the son of Deacon John Loomis and Elizabeth Scott. Joseph Loomis married Hannah Marsh, daughter of John Marsh and Anne Webster, on 28 Jan 1675.^1,2 Joseph Loomis died in 1699; probate 7 Nov 1699.³

     Joseph Loomis was born (probably) before 1590.¹ He was the son of John Loomis and Agnes (?).¹ Joseph Loomis married Mary White, daughter of Robert White and Bridget Allgar, on 30 Jun 1614 at Messing, County Essex, England.¹ Joseph Loomis died on 25 Nov 1658 at Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut.²

     Joseph Loomis was born on 13 Feb 1681.¹ He was the son of Joseph Loomis and Hannah Marsh.¹

     Joseph Loomis was born on 28 Nov 1682.¹ He was the son of Joseph Loomis and Hannah Marsh.¹

     Lucinda Loomis was born c 1794 at Westfield, Massachusetts.² She married Sylvester Olds, son of Samuel Old and Elizabeth (?), on 6 Oct 1814 at Westfield, Massachusetts.¹ Lucinda Olds died on 3 Jan 1857 at Chicopee, Massachusetts.³
     Lucinda Loomis appeared on the census of 20 Sep 1850 at Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, as follows:
     955/1096 Julius Granger, 37, cooper, b. Mass.
      Dianthe ", 30, b. Mass.
      George ", 3, b. N. Y.
      Lucinda Olds, 57, b. Mass.
      Sarah Jane " , 13, b. Mass.
      Caroline " , 10, b. Mass.⁴

     Lydia Loomis married Jonathan Lyman, son of Richard Lyman Jr. and Elizabeth Coles.¹ Lydia Loomis was born on 15 Apr 1686 at Windsor, Connecticut.² She was the daughter of Joseph Loomis and Hannah Marsh.¹ Lydia Loomis died on 10 Jul 1775 at age 89.^3,4 She was buried at Old Cemetery, Lebanon, Connecticut.⁵

     Lydia Loomis was born on 15 Apr 1686.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Loomis and Hannah Marsh.¹ Lydia Loomis died c 1702.¹

     Mary Loomis married Justus Olds, son of Samuel Old and Elizabeth (?).¹ Mary Loomis was born in 1780.^2,3,4,5 She died on 25 Sep 1857 at Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.^6,5,7

     Sarah Loomis was born on 8 Jan 1693.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Loomis and Hannah Marsh.¹

     Silence Loomis was born on 5 Apr 1764.² She married (2) Moses Olds, son of Samuel Old and Abigail Handchit, on 29 Mar 1786.^1,3 Silence Loomis died in 1828.¹

     Gerry Lorenz was the daughter of Alice Nichols Olds.¹

     Hannah Lothrop married Alexander Keith.¹ Hannah Lothrop was born c 1836.¹ She died in 1846.¹

     Mary Emerson Lovejoy was born on 24 Feb 1884.^2,3,4 She married (1) Herbert Vincent Olds, son of Alfred Allen Olds and Lizzie Maria Whipple, on 8 Jan 1913 at Lynn, Massachusetts.^5,6,7 Mary Emerson Lovejoy married (2) Dr. George Kirkpatrick on 30 Jul 1923.⁸ Mary Emerson Lovejoy died on 22 Aug 1976 at age 92.⁹ She was buried at Pine Grove Cemetery, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts.¹⁰