Departed this life, June 18, 1873, at the residence of his son, in Monroe

Co., Mo., DEACON JACOB LONG.  He was born February 23, 1789, in Orange

Co., N. C., moved to East Tennessee in 1804, from thence to Morgan Co.,

Illinois, in 1832. He made a profession of religion and joined the Old

School Baptist Church in 1833, and was baptized by Elder John Ray. He

came to Brown Co., in 1834, was (I believe) in the constitution of the

New Salem Church, and was ordained first deacon of that church in 1835,

which office he held in honor until he got too old to officiate in church

capacity. He leaves an aged and infirm companion, and sister in the

church, to mourn her loss, which is his eternal gain, together with a

large family of children and grand-children, and a large circle of

friends.

 

May the Lord cause that the bereaved shall be resigned to their sad

bereavement, and prepare them for the solemn event of death.

 

PETER AUSMUS.

Brookfield, Mo.

 

Signs of the Times, 1873, page 251.