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Marriage: Children:
  1. Elnora N. 'Ella' or Ella Nora Longwell: Birth: 17 DEC 1852 in Maquon, Knox Co, IL. Death: 30 SEP 1892 in Maquon, Knox Co, IL

  2. Frances Henry 'Frank' Longwell: Birth: 10 OCT 1855 in Maquon, Knox Co, IL. Death: 1 SEP 1944 in St. Marys Hospital, Galesburg, IL.

  3. Mervin Oscar Longwell: Birth: 4 SEP 1859 in Maquon, Knox Co, IL. Death: 1940 in Maquon, Knox Co, IL

  4. George Merle Longwell: Birth: 14 FEB 1863 in Peoria, Peoria Co., IL.. Death: 19 DEC 1927 in Black Pond Twp., Oregon Co., MO.

  5. William Brunton Longwell: Birth: 1864 in Maquon, Knox Co, IL.

  6. Nellie A. Longwell: Birth: 29 NOV 1866 in Maquon, Knox Co, IL. Death: 1 JAN 1889

  7. Thomas Charles Longwell: Birth: 8 JUN 1871 in Maquon, Knox Co, IL. Death: 4 MAR 1951 in Moline, Rock Island Co., IL.


Sources
1. Title:   Family Source
Page:   Vera Longwell, Kinross, IA. 52250
2. Title:   Family Source
Page:   Dorothy Chesnut - descendent
3. Title:   Portrait & Biographical Album
Page:   p. 1081
Publication:   Knox Co, IL, 1886
4. Title:   Certificate of Death
Page:   son - George M. Longwell - Oregon Co., Black Pond TWP., MO. #37709 No. 29
5. Title:   Memories
Page:   'MAQUON IN EARLY DAYS' by Charley T. Davis
6. Title:   Will
Page:   Will Book 1, Page 99; Wyandot County, OH. Isaac Longwell - father
7. Title:   GEDCOM file imported
Author:   Pat Longwell Wharton
8. Title:   Certificate of Death
Page:   Physician's - State of Illionois, Knox Co. - Samuel Longwell
9. Page:   copy in possession of Pat Wharton (Marion Louise Sutterfield) from State of ILL., County of Knox. Certified by J.M. Hunter, J.P. James M. Debolt? made oath that Samual Longwell is 21 years of are and THAT HARRIETT E. CASTLE IS 18 YEARS OF AGE. Joined in matrimony 11 Mar. 1852. Sealed 12 Mar. 1852.

Notes
a. Note:   KNOX COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL ALBUM. Pub. Chicago, 1886. MAQUON VILLAGE Is situated in Maquon Twp., in the northeast corner of section 4, and was laid out by Parnach Owen, John G. Sanburn, Wm. McGowen and Robt. L. Hannaman in 1836. The survey was completed Oct. 24, same year. Benjamin Cox erected the first building. It was a frame one, and was used for a hotel, being opened as such by its builder. The town went on to add to it's number until it was thought it was large enough to be incorporated. Accordingly a vote was called for on the 19th of March, 1857, to decide this question. It resulted in favor of incorporation, 41 votes being cast for and 14 against the measure. In March an election was held for Village Trustees, which resulted in the choice of S.A. Huber, Horace Jones, W.J. Lane, SAMUEL LONGWELL and Dempsey Capps. At a meeting of the Trustees at the office of W.J. Lane, March 28, Dempsey Capps was chosen President of the Board; L.B. Potter, Clerk; and Anson S. Potter, Police Magustrate. Census of 1880, Maquon had a population of 548. MAQUON IN EARLY DAYS - by Charley T. Davis Having learned by accident that AARON WEIR and family and ROBERT W. SOTHARD, my particular friends and Missouri neighbors, were living near Maquon induced me to come here in June 1864. The village presented an old, neglected, faded appearance, and but for my wishing to live near my Missouri friends, I could not have entertained an idea of locating in such a place! SAMUEL LONGWELL was running a family grocery, and I soon bought him out on condition that I could get a dwelling to live in. Tenement houses were as scarce then as they are now. On inquiry, I could find no vacant house execept the two south rooms of what was familiarly called the "Barbero Barracks," which stood where JOSHUA BURNETT'S rersidence now stands. In the north end lived a MR. TALLENT and his wife, and in the wing or ell, TIM WARREN and family resided. I wended my way to see MR. BARBERO who lived where FRANK HURD now lives, and found him at dinner. He gave me an inbitation to join them at dinner, but I thanked him, having just dined. I told him I wished to rent the two vacant rooms of the old "Barracks" that I had learned he owned. "By goll," he said, "I will have to see about it and will be down in town directly and give you an answer." I waited a few hours and no BARBERO appeared, so I went back to see him and found him plowing. When he neared the street, I remarked to him that he had failed to come down town and give me an answer as he had promised to do. "Well, by goll, when I finish plowing this patch of corn I will walk down and give you an answer." "No, sir," I said, "You will give me an answer now or I am off on the next train." "Well, by goll, as you look like a pretty clever fellow you can have the room." MR. BEN McKENNEY was at this time selling goods in Gentry County, Missouri, and I requested him to sell and join me here in business, which he did on the 28th day of June, 1864. We closed the deal with SAMUEL LONGWELL and began business under the firm name of DAVIS & McKENNEY and have run longer as a firm without a change then any other concern in the state. Soon after we began business, to our surprise MR. WILLIAM SWIGERT came into our establishment and handed me $1,000 in bank bills, remarking that he was buying grain and livestock here and would check his money out as he needed it. I shoved the bills back to him, saying we had no safe and I might be robbed as many suspicious person were around in these war times. He said "Keep the money, sir, and if it is lost by robbing or fire, the loss will be mine not yours." Why MR. SWIGERT, under so short acquaintance, should place that much confidence in us was a mystery to me then and has never to this day been made mention of or explained, and we can truthfully say that MR. SWIGERT has been the best financial friend we have ever had, and we have had money transactions to more than half a million dollars with him without a clerk or friction. When we commenced here, we found the following persons in business: SILAS PRICE was keeping hotel in the stand known now as the Shearer House. JAMES M. GROVE was dealing in drugs in a two-story frame building on the corner where OUTERKIRK & GRAHILL are in the grocery store. Next building south on Main Street where the star Clothing now is was occupied by ALFRED THURMAN in the dry goods business. SAMUEL LONGWELL was using the next building for a grocery. JOSEPH B. CRABILL was in the post office, a 12 x 14 frame building. MR. PAGE, groceryman, was next in a --all building. Next (rest of document is missing)
b. Note:   Physician's Certificate of Death State of Illinois Knox Co. SAMUEL LONGWELL, male, white age 59 yrs., 6 mo., 4 days. Occup. Liveryman. Died May 8 1886 1:15 A.M., married, born U.S., Marian Co., OH. Resident of the state of Illinois for 37 years. Died Maquon, Knox Co., Ill. of Brights Diseases of Kidneys. Was ill for 3 months. Buried Maquon Cemetery, May 4, 1886. Undertaker William Bushhalter Maquon, Ill. Dated Maquon, May 5, 1886. Signed J.D. Dickson, M.D.


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