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Name Eliza Long
Birth 16 Oct 1804, Wilmington, Windham, VT150,135
Death 20 Jan 1886, Preble, OH135
Burial Old New Paris Cemetery, New Paris, Preble, OH
Father James Long (1780-1854)
Mother Lydia Davidson (1790-1853)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH: Heverly, Clement F. Pioneer and Patriot Families of Bradford County Pennsylvania 1800-1825., (1915), Vol. II150, p. 240, Eliza Long
!BIRTH-DEATH: Descendants of John Long - Generation 5135, Eliza Long
!BIRTH-MARRIAGE-DEATH-BURIAL: "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 1, p. 149, by Audrey Gilbert, “Braffett, Mrs., mother of Dr. Braffett of New Paris, died 20-Jan-1886, age about 81”; 21-Jan-1886 New Paris Mirror in "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 3, p. 24, by Audrey Gilbert, “Braffett, Mrs. Eliza died 20-Jan-1886. Born 16-Oct-1804 in Wilmington, VA, married 24-Dec-1823 to Alfred Brafett at Burlington, PA, to Yankeetown in 1831, to New Paris in 1839. Had hotel for over 20 years. Husband died in 1866. Mother of Dr. Brafett. Buried old New Parish cemetery.”
!CENSUS: 1850 Jefferson, Preble, OH, 1533/1533, p. 489
!CENSUS: 10-Aug-1860 Jefferson, Preble, OH 1198/1150, p. 79
!CENSUS: 25-Aug-1870 Jefferson, Preble, OH 233/234, Elizor Braffet
!CENSUS: 12-Jun-1880 New Paris, Jefferson, Preble, OH151,13/13, p. 127
!REFERENCE: Jul-1884 Gazetteer and Business Directory of Windham County, VT 1724-1884, by Hamilton Child
!REFERENCE: 1884 History of Wayne County, Indiana149, “Thaddeus W. O. Braffett, Auditor Wayne County, Ind., was born in Bradford County, Pa., April 12, 1829, a son of Alfred and Eliza (Long) Braffett, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of French descent, and his mother a native of Vermont, of English descent. In 1831 his parents removed to Ohio, settling near old Fort Black, built as such by General William Henry Harrison, near New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio; subsequently moved to Braffettsville in the same county, and in 1839 removed to New Paris, Preble Co., Ohio, where his father died in the year 1865, and where is mother still lives, now in the eightieth year of her age. Our subject is the second of five children.”
!REFERENCE: 08-Dec-1945 letter from William A. Wasson to James M. Braffitt Jr.102
!REFERENCE: Descendants of John Long - Generation 5135
!REFERENCE:http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/8882/d243.htm, Eliza Long had an aunt Wrexaville Long
!REFERENCE: Long Family152, Another reference to Eliza Long’s aunt Wrexaville Long Cornell
Spouses
1 Alfred Braffett
Birth 12 Nov 1802, Burlington, Luzerne, PA
Death 28 Apr 1866, Preble, OH
Burial Old New Paris Cemetery, New Paris, Preble, OH
Father James Braffett (~1763-~1808)
Mother Rebecca Gore (1776-1859)
Misc. Notes
!CENSUS: 1830 Burlington, Bradford, PA, p. 2, Allan Braffit - http://www.rootsweb.com/~pabradfo/census/1830burl.htm - lists 3 young males
!RESIDENCE: 05-Mar-1832 Darke, OH Land Patent148, Alfred Braffet, 77.76 acres
!CENSUS: 1840 New Paris, Preble, OH, p. 167
!CENSUS: 1850 Jefferson, Preble, OH, 1533/1533, p. 489
!CENSUS: 10-Aug-1860 Jefferson, Preble, OH 1198/1150, p. 79
!DEATH: "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 3, by Audrey Gilbert, “Braffett, Alfred died 28-Apr-1866, age 63.”
!REFERENCE: 1884 History of Wayne County, Indiana149, “Thaddeus W. O. Braffett, Auditor Wayne County, Ind., was born in Bradford County, Pa., April 12, 1829, a son of Alfred and Eliza (Long) Braffett, his father a native of Pennsylvania, of French descent, and his mother a native of Vermont, of English descent. In 1831 his parents removed to Ohio, settling near old Fort Black, built as such by General William Henry Harrison, near New Madison, Darke Co., Ohio; subsequently moved to Braffettsville in the same county, and in 1839 removed to New Paris, Preble Co., Ohio, where his father died in the year 1865, and where is mother still lives, now in the eightieth year of her age. Our subject is the second of five children.”
!REFERENCE: 21-Jan-1886 New Paris Mirror in "Obituaries from Preble County, OH Newspapers", Vol. 3, p. 24, by Audrey Gilbert, “Braffett, Mrs. Eliza died 20-Jan-1886. Born 16-Oct-1804 in Wilmington, VA, married 24-Dec-1823 to Alfred Brafett at Burlington, PA, to Yankeetown in 1831, to New Paris in 1839. Had hotel for over 20 years. Husband died in 1866. Mother of Dr. Brafett. Buried old New Parish cemetery.”
!REFERENCE: 1910 Greenlawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, OH burial record for daughter Wrexaville E. Wasson122
!REFERENCE: 08-Dec-1945 letter from William A. Wasson to James M. Braffitt Jr.102
!REFERENCE: Descendants of John Long - Generation 5135
Marriage 24 Dec 1823, Burlington, Bradford, PA
Children James L. (1825-1887)
  Thaddeaus W. Orlando (1829-1907)
  Charles F. (1833-1877)
  Wrexaville Emogene (1836-1910)
  Volney M. (1843-1902)
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