Jennie Mariam (Hall) LongBorn: 24 Mar 1879, Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, USADied: 3 Aug 1968 (aged 89), El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas, USABuried: Sunset Lawns Cemetery (El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas, USA),Section: B Lot: 210 Space: E3
I have been doing genealogy and family history for about two decades now. One thing I have noticed is how easy it is to find the fingerprints (metaphorically speaking) of my ancestors who were also family historians. Here is my favorite example. I was searching the holdings at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and I discovered a picture of my 3xg-grandparents William (1810-1873) and Sarah (Moore) McKee (1817-1895). And who donated it? Jennie (Hall) Long.
Another? I found a published family history on the descendants of my 5xg-grandfather Guian McKee (1750-1827), and whose research does the the author include? Jennie (Hall) Long. Jennie was even able to identify the location of the grave of my 4xg-grandmother Martha Moore (nee. Cunningham, 1773-1853), no marker in a forgotten overgrown cemetery.
Jennie was remarkable, and she did all this before the digital age -- paper research, and lots of correspondence. It took lots of time, lots of patience, and lots of dedication. You will not be surprised to know she was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Thank you Jennie.
Jennie Mariam (Hall) Long was my great-grandaunt, on my mother's maternal side.
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