LONG, CALVIN FLOYD AND MARY (KENNEDY) FAMILY

by Donald Long

Entry F257 from the History of Hooker County Nebraska
with permission of the Hooker County Historical Society

Calvin Floyd Long and Mary Elizabeth
Kennedy were married February 28, 1867 and
had fourteen children, all born in the same
house in Independence, Grayson County,
Virginia. One daughter died in infancy.

Calvin Long and part of his family and
Floyd Pool, who was married to Candis May
Long, daughter of Calvin Long, came to
Mullen about 1895, by train. Floyd Pool took
a squatter's rights claim, north of Big Creek,
but later filed on a place north of Dry Valley.
Calvin Long rented a place from the Loomis
Boys, then located in the Valley north and
west of Seneca, Nebraska where the Long
ranch was until it was recently sold about
1978.

Calvin built a sod house and put down a
well. Later he built an addition to the sod
house.

In 1895, Charles U. Long and family and
Enoch Anders and family came by train to
Mullen, Nebraska. Charles Long was married
to June Boyer and they had two children
when they arrived in Mullen, a son Ellis and
daughter Tennie. Enoch Anders was married
to Addie Long (daughter of Calvin) and they
had one son, James Lennie Anders. Enoch
had less than a dollar when he stepped off the
train in Mullen. He took a claim in North Dry
Valley.

Charles moved to the Valley west of the
Calvin Long's homestead where Winton had
homesteaded. Finally Charlie moved to the
east end of Dry Valley and homesteaded
there.

When these settlers first saw Mullen, it
consisted of a frame store building owned by
J.J. Lowe, his sod house and a store owned
by Fred Cudabeck and a depot. The streets
were sandy trails.

As the other Long children left home, Glen
and Booker Long remained at the ranch. Glen
passed away in 1950. Booker remained on the
original ranch until he retired around 1953.
Booker's son, Howard Long ran the ranch
until it was sold by Howard in 1978. The
ownership of the Long Cemetery located on
the ranch, was retained by Howard Long
after the sale of the ranch.

Calvin F. Long was killed in a horse
accident on June 12, 1902 and was one of the
first to be buried in the Long Cemetery.

Over half of Calvin and Mary's children
homesteaded in Cherry County, Nebraska.