Carolyn - While I found quite a history on Samuel Sprague, I find few references to Delong. Here's a bit about the Spragues in the Adams Township section: "The Sprague family, in Washington County, is descended from an old English family of that name. Joshua Sprague, second, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1729. He married twice, first to Amy Darling, second to Abigail Wilber, from whom the Spragues of Adams township are descended. The family were living in Nova Scotia at the opening of the Revolution, but at that time removed to Massachusetts. Joshua served during the war as a major. He lost all his property during the war. In 1788, accompanied by his two sons, Jonathan and William, he came to Simrell's ferry with a horse and two wheeled vehicle. They came by water to Marietta, arriving in June. Mr. Sprague and sons took the contract of building one of the block-houses, for which they received one hundred dollars. They joined the second association in the spring of 1789, and were at Waterford during the Indian War. In the spring of 1784, the remaining members of the family were removed to Waterford. Joshua lived in Waterford until 1812, when he removed to Adams township where he died in 1816. Abigail, his wife, died at the same place, December 10, 1825, in her 95th year. Joshua's descendants at the time of his death numbered 163. The sons of Joshua numbered 9 and the daughters 4. Of these, William settled and died in Adams township; James in Muskingum county; Samuel on Meigs creek; Wilber in Jackson county; Frederick in Columbus; Nehemieh in Adams township; and Jonathan, the head of the Spragues, now living in Adams, settled on the bottom opposite Coal Run, in 1803, and built the stone house now occupied by his son, Elijah. He also built a mill which is still standing; it was known as the Island mill. He also had a distillery. His sons were Wayne, who lived on the old Lord farm, and died in 1848; Jonathan is still living in the valley, near the homestead; Joshua died in 1828, on a farm near the mill; Elijah occupies the old house; Seaman lives in the west; and Benjamin lived in Waterford. The family has always been highly respectable as well as numerous." Here are a couple of references to Delongs though neither mention any relationship to the Sprague family. The 2nd, from the section on Aurelius township, contains the only reference to Hannah Delong. "At Waterford, there had been no hostilities for so long a period that the settlers, whose number had been increased by the arrival of a number of families and single men, resolved this spring - 1794 - to send out a colony. A block-house was accordingly erected at the confluence of Olive Green creek and the Muskingum, four miles above Waterford; several ordinary cabins were clustered around it, and all were enclosed in a stockade. The settlers here were Able Sherman and wife, their son Ezra and his wife, and town unmarried sons of the firmer, but grown men; Ezekiel Hoit, wife and children; Aaron Delong, wife, son, and two daughters; Matthew wife, and children; and George Ewing, wife and children." "I.H. Delong, sr., was born in the last century, in 1790. While in Aurelius he was justice of the peace for 21 years, and was a volunteer in the war of 1812 being prevented from serving by the sudden close of the war. He married a Miss Hill, and she dying, his second wife was Nelsie Lancaster, who also died in 1864. His children were: Matilda, dead; Eliza, in Indiana; Jonathan, in West Virginia; William, in Aurelius; and Margaret. These were children of his first wife. By his second wife were: David, dead; Thomas J., In Nebraska; I.H., in Macksburgh; Nancy, in Iowa; Martha, In Kansas; Mary Jane, in Illinois; Juliette, and Hannah, also in Illinois; and David, who died unmarried." Hope this is informative. Lucy