Forty years ago this first day of June, 1877, MARY, and I came to Fort Snelling. She was from the Old Bay State, and I was a native-born Buckeye. Her ancestors were the Longley's and Taylor's of Hawley and Buckland, names honorable and honored in the western part of Massachusetts. Her father, Gen. Thomas Longley, was for many years a member of the General Court and had served in the war of 1812, while her grandfather, Col. Edmund Longley, had been a soldier of the Revolution, and had served under Washington. Her maternal grandfather, Taylor, had held a civil commission under George the Third....
Forty years ago this first day of June, 1877, MARY, and I came to Fort Snelling. She was from the Old Bay State, and I was a native-born Buckeye. Her ...
