Served as a PVT in Co. G, 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry - Enlisted at the age of 35 on Mar. 15, 1862. Discharged on Aug. 20, 1862.
William was the son of Jane McBride and Christopher Ware Long. He spent his boyhood in Whitley County, Indiana, married Pyrene Ann Smith at Columbus City, and there the first two of their children were born.
In 1853 he, with his family, and his father's family moved to Washington, Iowa. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in a Iowa Brigade for border defense. In March 1862 he was transferred to Company G, 3rd Missouri Cavalry, where he experienced some very rough service. He was discharged in August 1862 and received a pension the rest of his life.
When land in the West was opened for settlement by the veterans of the Union Army, William took his family to Kansas and homesteaded on Pottawatomi County. He operated a sawmill with his sons on the Vermillion River.
In 1880 he and his son Charles, who was then 18 years old, came to Montana, by boat up the Missouri River to Fort Benton and from there by stage to the Judith Basin where he took up a timber claim on Rock Creek in Fergus County.
In 1882 his wife and the other children, with the exception of Anderson, joined him. They came up the Missouri River to Fort Benton in the late summer. The weather was very warm, the river was low and delays were caused by the boat frequently becoming stuck on sand bars. The passengers and crew suffered many hardships. The drinking water became stale and unpalatable and many became ill from drinking it or the river water. The youngest members of the Long family were twins, Addie and Annie, then 16 years old. They sickened of the so-called river-fever and one died in October 1882, and the other in January 1883. Their lonely graves, surrounded by a small picket fence are still to be seen on Rock Creek.
Williams Gibbs Long was 53 years of age and not in robust health when he came to Montana. He operated his farm for a number of years before retiring to Lewistown. Two of his sons died in early manhood. His daughter married and soon moved to California. His two other sons remained in Montana all of their lives and were leaders in the political and economic development of their home districts. Both supported the Republican Party and were members of the Methodist Church.
William was the son of Jane McBride and Christopher Ware Long. He spent his boyhood in Whitley County, Indiana, married Pyrene Ann Smith at Columbus City, and there the first two of their children were born.
In 1853 he, with his family, and his father's family moved to Washington, Iowa. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in a Iowa Brigade for border defense. In March 1862 he was transferred to Company G, 3rd Missouri Cavalry, where he experienced some very rough service. He was discharged in August 1862 and received a pension the rest of his life.
When land in the West was opened for settlement by the veterans of the Union Army, William took his family to Kansas and homesteaded on Pottawatomi County. He operated a sawmill with his sons on the Vermillion River.
In 1880 he and his son Charles, who was then 18 years old, came to Montana, by boat up the Missouri River to Fort Benton and from there by stage to the Judith Basin where he took up a timber claim on Rock Creek in Fergus County.
In 1882 his wife and the other children, with the exception of Anderson, joined him. They came up the Missouri River to Fort Benton in the late summer. The weather was very warm, the river was low and delays were caused by the boat frequently becoming stuck on sand bars. The passengers and crew suffered many hardships. The drinking water became stale and unpalatable and many became ill from drinking it or the river water. The youngest members of the Long family were twins, Addie and Annie, then 16 years old. They sickened of the so-called river-fever and one died in October 1882, and the other in January 1883. Their lonely graves, surrounded by a small picket fence are still to be seen on Rock Creek.
Williams Gibbs Long was 53 years of age and not in robust health when he came to Montana. He operated his farm for a number of years before retiring to Lewistown. Two of his sons died in early manhood. His daughter married and soon moved to California. His two other sons remained in Montana all of their lives and were leaders in the political and economic development of their home districts. Both supported the Republican Party and were members of the Methodist Church.
Served as a PVT in Co. G, 3rd Missouri State Militia Cavalry - Enlisted at the age of 35 on Mar. 15, 1862. Discharged on Aug. 20, 1862.
William was the son of Jane McBride and Christopher Ware Long. He spent his boyhood in Whitley County, Indiana, married Pyrene Ann Smith at Columbus City, and there the first two of their children were born.
In 1853 he, with his family, and his father's family moved to Washington, Iowa. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in a Iowa Brigade for border defense. In March 1862 he was transferred to Company G, 3rd Missouri Cavalry, where he experienced some very rough service. He was discharged in August 1862 and received a pension the rest of his life.
When land in the West was opened for settlement by the veterans of the Union Army, William took his family to Kansas and homesteaded on Pottawatomi County. He operated a sawmill with his sons on the Vermillion River.
In 1880 he and his son Charles, who was then 18 years old, came to Montana, by boat up the Missouri River to Fort Benton and from there by stage to the Judith Basin where he took up a timber claim on Rock Creek in Fergus County.
In 1882 his wife and the other children, with the exception of Anderson, joined him. They came up the Missouri River to Fort Benton in the late summer. The weather was very warm, the river was low and delays were caused by the boat frequently becoming stuck on sand bars. The passengers and crew suffered many hardships. The drinking water became stale and unpalatable and many became ill from drinking it or the river water. The youngest members of the Long family were twins, Addie and Annie, then 16 years old. They sickened of the so-called river-fever and one died in October 1882, and the other in January 1883. Their lonely graves, surrounded by a small picket fence are still to be seen on Rock Creek.
Williams Gibbs Long was 53 years of age and not in robust health when he came to Montana. He operated his farm for a number of years before retiring to Lewistown. Two of his sons died in early manhood. His daughter married and soon moved to California. His two other sons remained in Montana all of their lives and were leaders in the political and economic development of their home districts. Both supported the Republican Party and were members of the Methodist Church.
William was the son of Jane McBride and Christopher Ware Long. He spent his boyhood in Whitley County, Indiana, married Pyrene Ann Smith at Columbus City, and there the first two of their children were born.
In 1853 he, with his family, and his father's family moved to Washington, Iowa. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in a Iowa Brigade for border defense. In March 1862 he was transferred to Company G, 3rd Missouri Cavalry, where he experienced some very rough service. He was discharged in August 1862 and received a pension the rest of his life.
When land in the West was opened for settlement by the veterans of the Union Army, William took his family to Kansas and homesteaded on Pottawatomi County. He operated a sawmill with his sons on the Vermillion River.
In 1880 he and his son Charles, who was then 18 years old, came to Montana, by boat up the Missouri River to Fort Benton and from there by stage to the Judith Basin where he took up a timber claim on Rock Creek in Fergus County.
In 1882 his wife and the other children, with the exception of Anderson, joined him. They came up the Missouri River to Fort Benton in the late summer. The weather was very warm, the river was low and delays were caused by the boat frequently becoming stuck on sand bars. The passengers and crew suffered many hardships. The drinking water became stale and unpalatable and many became ill from drinking it or the river water. The youngest members of the Long family were twins, Addie and Annie, then 16 years old. They sickened of the so-called river-fever and one died in October 1882, and the other in January 1883. Their lonely graves, surrounded by a small picket fence are still to be seen on Rock Creek.
Williams Gibbs Long was 53 years of age and not in robust health when he came to Montana. He operated his farm for a number of years before retiring to Lewistown. Two of his sons died in early manhood. His daughter married and soon moved to California. His two other sons remained in Montana all of their lives and were leaders in the political and economic development of their home districts. Both supported the Republican Party and were members of the Methodist Church.
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