This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LONG NORTH GAWTHROP EGBERT WOOD Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/mh.2ADI/425.1 Message Board Post: Dear William, You listed "vi. DICY MATILDA LONG, b. April 23, 1853; d. 1876. Notes for DICY MATILDA LONG: She may have married Emery Granthrop or Egbert Gawtroup, and had daughter Sarah E. Granthrop or Sarah L. Gawtroup and Jackson Gawtroup." Dicey Matilda Long married Egbert Gawthrop son of Sarah Egbert and Amos Gawthrop on 7 December 1875 in Kosciusko County, Indiana. Dicey & Egbert had a son who was named Jackson L in 1877. Dicey's father was Jackson Long & Egbert Gawthrop's uncle ( his mother Sarah's sister Mary's husband) was Civil war captain Sampson Jackson North, so Jackson was a logical name to choose. Dicea & Egbert Gawthrop also had a daughter named Sarah E in Nov 1878. Most likely after grandmothers Sarah Egbert Gawthrop and Eliza Batson Long. Dicey died 6 Nov 1880, also in Kosciusko county, when Sarah would have been almost 2 years old. Egbert remarried to Elenora Wood 3 May 1881 and had (at least) 5 more children. Carl, Amos, Charles, Mary E & Emma Gawthrop. More about Egbert (& Dicey): "Egbert Gawthrop, a farmer of Van Buren Township, was born in Kosciusko County, September 4, 1853, son of Amos and Sarah S. Gawthrop. The father came to this county about 1833, and settled in the souther part of that locality, and, like other pioneers, endured hardships and privations. He was a self made man, having begun life with absolutely nothing. Egbert was reared to manhood in the county, and received a rudimentary education in the district of schools. He was married December 7, 1875, to Dicey M., daughter of Jackson G. Long, of this county. To this union were born two children - Jackson L., deceased, and Sarah E.. Mrs Gawthrop died November 6, 1880 and May 3, 1881, Mr Gawthrop was married to Elnora Woods, daughter of William Woods, of Harrison Township. To this union have been four children - Carl, Mary E., Amos and Emma. He owns a small improved farm of eighty acres and is a successful farmer. His father died in 1859. He was the father of seven children, six of whom survive - John, Florence, wife of Henry Gibson; Egbert, Victor H., Charles O., and Amos R. He was a Democrat until 1856, and since then has been a Republican. Our subject is also a Republican." "Egbert Gawthrop and his wife who have been visiting their children at Cody Wyo., for the past month, returned home on Saturday evening, having had a very enjoyable visit. Miss Sarah Gawthrop. their daughter, accompanied them home and remained a few weeks." Leesburg Journal, 6 Sep 1911. Egbert was a farmer and later Executive secretary of the Royal Telephone Co, of Milford, IN, founded 14 April 1910. SOURCES: a. Research conducted by Jan Gawthrop in the following: (1) Biographical and Historical Records of Kosciusko County, p. 257; (2) Standard History of Kosciusko County, Indiana, Vol 2, p. 363; (3) Warsaw Union, obituary, dtd 18 Feb 1921, p. 1. b. Ltr from Connie Gawthrop, 17 Dec 1985. c. Kosciusko County Marriages, 1846 - 1891, Grooms, Warsaw Public Library, IN. d. Index to Birth Records, Kosciusko County, 1882 - 1920. e. Ltr from Florence Weber, 25 Oct 1988. Children: i. Jackson L.[3] Gawthrop. Born, 1877. Died, 1880, in Leesburg, Kosciusko Co, Indiana. Burial: 1880, in Leesburg, Kosciusko Co, Indiana[2]. ii. Sarah E. Gawthrop. Born, Nov 1878, in Indiana. Died, 1920. NOTES AND REFERENCES [1]Kosciusko Co, IN. [2]Leesburg Cemetery. [3]Kosciusko County Marriages, 1846 - 1891, Grooms, Warsaw, Indiana. [4]Obituary, Warsaw Union, 18 Feb 1921, page 1, and Death Certificate. Compiled by: Bill Gawthrop, Gawthrop@aol.com" I am the second great grand daughter of Sampson Jackson North & Mary Alice Egbert, Egbert Gawthrop's Uncle & Aunt. Hope I have helped. Tammy