John Benjamin Long

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Biographical Sketches

• LONG, John Benjamin (1843-1924). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress.
• LONG, JOHN BENJAMIN (1843-1924). Handbook of Texas Online.
• Portrait and biographical sketch, John B. Long, Representative, Second Congressional District, pp. 164-165. Born 9/8/1843 near Douglas, Nacogdoches County. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
• Biographical sketch, John B. Long, pp. 381-382. Cherokee County Historical Commission, Cherokee County History, copyright 1986, second printing 2001, Jacksonville, Texas, crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission.
  Biographical sketch, John Benjamin Long, pp. 129-136; mentioned throughout. Whitehead, Marie Hall. A History of The Rusk Cherokeean, 1847-1973, 2009, Lufkin, Texas, crediting Singletary Memorial Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). A History of The Rusk Cherokeean, 1847-1973 Cherokee County History
• Biographical sketch and finding aid, John Benjamin Long Papers, 1852-1924. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin. Texas Archival Resources Online, 2010.

Military Service Notes

• Describes the John Benjamin Long papers, including sermons, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and legal documents. Confederate Military Manuscripts: Series C: Holdings of the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, 2003.
• Biographical sketch, pp. 101-102. Texans Who Wore the Gray, 1907.
• Confederate States Army, Private, Company C, 3rd Texas Infantry. John Benjamin Long, birth date 9/8/1843, death date 4/24/1924 in biographical sketch and 4/27/1924 on headstone. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.

Other Resources

• John Benjamin Long, birth date 9/8/1843 in Nacogdoches; death date 4/27/1924 in Rusk, Cherokee County; newspaper (retired). FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
• John B. Long, birth date 9/8/1843, death date 4/27/1924, burial in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Rusk, Cherokee County. Find a Grave.
• Obituary, "Death of John B. Long Removes Interesting Texas Citizen," Brownwood Bulletin, 4/30/1924, p. 3, crediting Brownwood Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
• Mentioned on historical marker, The Rusk Cherokeean, Rusk, Cherokee County. "Among its significant publishers have been: . . . John Benjamin Long, a U.S. Congressman, state legislator and mayor of Rusk; and state representative Wallace M. Ellis." Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

Photographs

• Photograph. John B. Long, 33rd Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

• 33rd session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, west wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board.

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