In a message dated 10/18/99 6:34:20 PM Central Daylight Time, KLCoombs@aol.com writes: << If it turns out that they are the same family, I have information on the Longs going way back, from North Carolina to South Carolina, to Georgia to Alabama to Texas. --Kathryn Coombs >> RE: LONG family Would you have information on any of the following LONG persons who would be connected with Erath County families? (1) General James Beauregard Long, b. 1863 ---married Alice Hale who was born 1871 in Duffau; the couple lived in Eldorado, OK. The "General" is a given name and not a title. (2) Minos Gentry Long b. 1826 in TN---father of John W. Long who married Julia Ann McCarty and lived at Duffau. Bill McCarty Odessa, Texas http://members.tripod.com/cindyradway/Erath/erath.html http://members.aol.com/texastag/mccarty.html