DELONG

There are several of the DeLong family in Allen Co., IN, both Perry and Eel River Townships and also just over the line in DeKalb Co. In the early days many had lands on both sides of the line.

The DeLong family came from Pennsylvania; some moved down through Virginia and West Virginia, and some came on to Miami Co., Ohio. Some of the next generation moved on to Indiana.

We will be concerned mainly with the 3 sons of Mathias DeLong, our Pennsylvania ancestor, George, Joseph, and Jacob. It would appear that all 3 of those sons moved down to Botetourt Co., VA, for some time and then on to Miami Co., Ohio, where they raised their families.

1. George DeLong, Sr. b: March 4, 1774 in Lynn Twp., Northampton, PA

d: October 25, 1836 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

+ Elizabeth Statler, b: 1787 d: Feb. 15, 1872 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

(Both Elizabeth and George are buried in East Bethel Cem., Bethel Twp.)

2. George DeLong, Jr. b: abt. 1807 d: before Aug. 7, 1843

married March 30, 1825 in Miami Co., Ohio (poss. marriage)

(buried in East Bethel Cemetery)

+ Mary Ann Rudy

(George’s will does not name a wife, or children, probated in 1843 it

mentions, father George, mother Elizabeth, brothers William, David,

Washington, and Abraham)

2. William DeLong, b: July 9, 1814 in Ohio by 1850 census, WVA by death

record d: Aug. 11, 1886 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

married April 16, 1854 in Miami Co., Ohio (buried East Bethel Cem.)

+ Susan Croy

2. Christina DeLong b: abt. 1816 in Bethel Township, Miami Co., Ohio

d: abt. 1900 in DeKalb Co., IN (still looking for burial place in Auburn?)

married Aug. 19, 1835 in Miami Co., Ohio

+ Abraham Fair b: abt. 1814, in Frederick Co., MD

d: Feb. 2, 1867 in DeKalb Co., IN (burial in Cedar Chapel Cem.)

3. Barbara Elizabeth Fair b: April 19, 1836 d: 1922

3. David Winters Fair b: Aug. 9, 1938 d: 1919

3. William Henry Fair b: 1843 d: 1921

3. James E. Fair b: 1845

3. Calvin A. Fair b: 1847

3. Mary Fair b: 1852

3. Alice Fair b: 1855

3. Laura L. Fair b: 1857

3. Charles Irwin Fair b: Aug. 9, 1838 d: Sept. 10, 1839

3. Henrietta Fair b: July 26, 1849 d: July 5, 1850

3. Eliza Jane Fair b: 1840

3. Matilda Aveline Fair b: 1841

2. Ellen DeLong b: May 25, 1818 in Miami Co., Ohio d: Feb. 20, 1897 in

Allen Co., IN, married June 19, 1843 in “little town of Ft. Wayne”

+ John Edward Surface b: Oct. 7, 1812 in Warren Co., Ohio

d: March 31, 1891 in Allen Co., IN, at his home just north of the

county line. (both buried Cedar Chapel Cem., DeKalb Co., IN)

3. Henrietta Surface b: March 25, 1844 d: May 18, 1876

+ Alanson C. Griffin

3. Stephen Surface b: March 30, 1844 d: Sept. 29, 1919

+ Ellen V. Cornell b: Feb. 25, 1849 d: July 4, 1899

3. George Surface b: abt. 1844 d: 1901

+ Anjuline Hartzel b: 1851 d: 1923

3. Samuel Surface

3. Harriet Surface b: 1846

3. Hueston Surface b: 1848

3. Cornelius Surface b: 1848

3. Andrew J. Surface b: Sept. 8, 1850 d: 1927

+ Mary E. Snyder b: Nov. 18, 1854 d: 1933

3. John E. Surface b: abt. 1862 d: 1941

+ Martha E. b: 1863 d: 1945

3. Celina Surface b: abt. 1857

+ Thomas Harner

3. Julia A. Surface b: abt. 1860

3. Mary Surface

3. Ellen Surface

3. Thomas Surface b: abt. 1843 ??

See more under Surface/Surfus

2. Sarah Elizabeth DeLong b: May 29, 1818 (believe Ellen and Sarah to be

twins and do not know why they differ on their birthdates)

d: Sept. 2, 1908 in Perry Twp., Allen Co., IN, married June 4, 1840 in

either Allen or DeKalb Co. If they were at the home of sister, Christina,

then it was DeKalb. (Some also give June 10 as wedding date) Nathaniel

had land in both counties.

+ Nathaniel Fitch, b: July 9, 1806 in Falls Twp., Wyoming Co., PA

d: Jan. 1, 1877 in Perry Twp., Allen Co., IN

(Both Nathaniel and Sarah buried Perry Twp., Cemetery)

3. Perry Fitch

3. Mathias Fitch

3. Mary Jane “Jennie” Fitch

3. Charles Fitch

3. Nancy Fitch 1848-1848

3. Amos Fitch

3. Fitelia Fitch

3. Francelia Fitch

3. Harvey Fitch

3. Sarah Elizabeth Fitch

3. Allen Fitch

3. Ida Alice Fitch

3. Emeline Fitch

3. John Edward Fitch

3. David Nathaniel Fitch

See FITCH for more information on these families

2. Washington DeLong, b: Nov. 13, 1823 in Miami Co., Ohio d: Jan.31, 1877

in Allen Co., IN, married April 29, 1847 in Allen Co., IN

+ Mary Catherine Wimer b: Oct. 29, 1827 d: Jan. 21, 1862

(Washington and Mary are buried in Perry Township Cemetery)

3. Mary Elizabeth DeLong b: 1848 d: Feb. 22, 1870

3. Aaron DeLong b: about 1846 prob. died young

3. Abraham Isaac DeLong b: 1850

+ Mary Catherine Miller

3. Henrietta DeLong b: Nov. 29, 1851 d: Feb. 22, 1877 in

Churubusco

+ William Rhinehold d: Aug. 2, 1870

3. Jacob F. DeLong

+ Laura Miller

3. George W. DeLong

3. Ellen S. DeLong b: abt. 1862

+ Garfield Harner

2. David DeLong b: Aug. 1824 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio d: July 1,

1850 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio, married Oct. 4, 1849

+ Martha Martin, poss. d: 1851

(David is buried at East Bethel Cemetery with his parents)

2. Eliza DeLong b: March 1825 in Bethel Township, Miami Co., Ohio d: 1912

in Bethel Township, Miami Co., Ohio, married March 1842 in Miami Co.

+ John Ross b: July 21, 1814 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

d: Jan. 4, 1897 in Miami Co., Ohio (both buried West Charlston

Cemetery, Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio)

3. Ann A. Ross

3. Harrison C. Ross

3. Robert Ross

3. John L. Ross

3. Benjamin Franklin Ross

3. Sarah E. Ross

3. Mary Alethia Ross

3. George W. Ross

3. Eliza Ross

3. Thomas Jefferson Ross

3. Fanny Ross

3. Charles Ross

2. Abraham Delong b: 1827-1828 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

d. before 1872

2. Henrietta DeLong b: Jan. 1, 1831 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

d: April 15, 1909 in Miami Co. at her son’s home, married Sept. 30, 1857

+ David D. Young b: June 22, 1826 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

d: 1923 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

3. Sarah E. Young

3. George Daniel Young

3. Ada Arkansas Young

3. David Franklin Young

2. Isaac DeLong b: 1832-1833 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio d: 1863-

1864 in the Civil War, married Oct. 16, 1857 in Miami Co., Ohio

+ Martha Sullivan

3. Mary Ann DeLong

2. Jefferson DeLong b: abt. 1835 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio d: after

1894

2. Edward DeLong b: 1836-1837 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio

d: March 19, 1908 in Kansas

2. Son DeLong b: abt. 1819-1820 (There is an unreadable DeLong stone

at East Bethel Cemetery, Miami Co., Ohio

From the family of George DeLong and Elizabeth Statler, the following came to Allen or DeKalb Co. to make their homes.

Christina DeLong, Ellen DeLong, Sarah Elizabeth DeLong, Washington DeLong

1. Joseph DeLong b: Nov. 27, 1766 in PA d: May 30, 1856 in Miami Co., Ohio, married

in Marion Co., VA (now W.VA.) Date given as 1790 (if so Maria’s bdate prob. incorrect)

+ Elizabeth “Maria” Snodgrass b: Feb. 1779 in Ireland d: Sept. 13, 1821 Miami Co.

2. George Washington DeLong b: March 4, 1800 in VA d: Jan. 5, 1855

married March 4, 1827 in Miami Co., Ohio, buried Cedar Chapel Cem.

Butler Twp., DeKalb Co., IN (had land in both Allen & DeKalb Cos.)

+ Rebecca York b: March 29, 1808 in Ohio d: Jan. 2, 1851 in DeKalb

3. Joel DeLong b: April 5, 1828 in Bethel Twp., Miami Co., O

d: March 25, 1896 poss. Montana (Served in Civil War)

+ Mehetable Smith b: Aug. 5, 1830 in Ohio

d: Oct. 10, 1886 in Allen Co., IN

(tombstone for both Joel & Mehetable at Cedar

Chapel Cemetery, Butler Twp., DeKalb Co., IN

3. Samuel Alexander DeLong b: Sept. 22, 1829 in Ohio

d: July 17, 1866, married Nov. 18, 1852 in Allen Co., IN

+ Clarinda Angelina Blackwood b: Jan. 8, 1835

d: March 9, 1877

3. Alexander DeLong b: April 30, 1831 d: 1899-1910 in MT

+ Melissa

3. James George DeLong b: May 2, 1833 in Ohio d: Dec. 23,

1877 in DeKalb Co., IN, married Nov. 18, 1852

+ Mary “Polly” (Essig) Dailey b: Feb. 25, 1836

d: Aug. 6, 1906

3. Mary Ann DeLong b: abt. 1835 prob. Ohio d: March 28,

1862, married March 10, 1859, buried Cedar Chapel Cem.

Butler Twp., DeKalb Co., IN

+ Gilbert I. Patterson b: April 5, 1834 in NY

3. Joseph Henry (or G.) DeLong b: Sept. 2, 1839 in IN

d: abt. 1910 in Whitman Co., WA unmarried

3. Solomon DeLong b: 1841 in Perry Twp., IN

2^nd wife of George Washington DeLong, married between 1851-1852

+ Julia Ann Essig b: abt. 1815 in Ohio d: May 30, 1896

3. Rebecca Ann DeLong b: Sept. 1853 d: March 1924 in IN

+ John DePew

+ Corder Howell

+ James M. Aldridge

+ Joseph Henry Cox

2. Joseph DeLong, Jr. b: 1800 to 1812 in VA (Likely is the Joseph DeLong

died in 1885 and buried Waterloo, DeKalb Co., IN with birth given there

as 1812. Also census reports indicate his birth between 1800-1810.)

+ Jane Graves b: bet. 1804-1805 in NY

3. Daughter DeLong

3. Son DeLong

3. John DeLong b: abt. 1831 in Ohio

3. Ebenezer DeLong b: about 1832 in Ohio d. Nov. 24, 1908

in DeKalb Co., married May 2, 1862

+ Anna M. Cronk

3. Silva DeLong b: abt. 1836 married Sept. 30, 1855

+ Henry Tucker

3. Charles DeLong b: abt. 1841

+ Sarah Fisher

3. Drusilla DeLong b: abt. 1842 in DeKalb Co., IN

married Sept. 18, 1862 in DeKalb Co., IN

+ Amos Hoxie

3. James Clinton DeLong b: July 1844 d: 1911

+ Eliza E. Frick b: June 1850 in IN

3. Rufus DeLong b: 1852 d: May 7, 1906 in Waterloo,

Grant Twp., DeKalb Co., IN

+ Anna J. b: Oct. 1876

2. Rebecca DeLong b: abt. 1805 in VA d: Before 1849, married April 3, 1823

+ Jacob Statler

3. Jane Statler

3. Joseph Statler

2. James DeLong b: Abt. 1806 in VA d: abt. 1867 prob. Perry Twp., Allen

Co., IN, married Nov. 11, 1833 in Miami Co., Ohio

+ Barbara Elizabeth Fair b: abt. 1813 in MD or PA d: Sept. 3, 1878

3. Philena Ellen DeLong b: Sept. 25, 1834 d: Oct. 25, 1923

married Nov. 28, 1854 in Allen Co., IN

+ Joseph A. “Bird” Jones d: 1915 in Coffeyville, KS

3. Henry Fair DeLong b: Nov. 19, 1936 in Miami Co., Ohio

d: Feb. 4, 1889, married July 25, 1867 or 1871

+ Jane McCrum b: Sept. 25, 1838 in Brockville, CAN

d: Oct. 10, 1918 in DeKalb Co., IN

3. Louisa Sophia DeLong b: July 2, 1841 d: Oct. 19, 1858

3. David Denman DeLong b: Dec. 1842 d: Sept. 17, 1900 in

Fairfield Twp., DeKalb Co., IN, married May 26, 1867

+ Climera Green b: July 10, 1848 d: Jan 27, 1921

3. Emmalissa Jane DeLong b: Oct. 6, 1851

married Jan. 21, 1869 in DeKalb Co., IN

+ John Bangs (moved to Montana)

2. Alexander DeLong b: April 17, 1809 in Botetourt Co., VA d: April 25,

1881 in Wells Co., IN, married Oct. 4, 1832 in Miami Co., Ohio

+ Elizabeth Beer b: abt. 1809 in Montgomery Co., Ohio

d: Sept. 22, 1894

(Residence in Lancaster Twp., Wells Co., IN)

3. Asa DeLong b: Feb. 1834 in Ohio d: prob. Caldwell Co.,

MO between 1876-1880, married Feb. 23, 1860 Wells Co.

+ Hannah Elizabeth Pates/Pottee b: Aug. 1840 in OH

3. Solomon DeLong b: March 1836 d: abt. 1902 in Wells Co.

(unmarried and served in the Civil War)

3. George DeLong b: July 8, 1840 in Miami Co., Ohio

d: Nov. 7, 1899 in Wells Co., IN (served Civil War)

married Dec. 20, 1877 in Wells Co., IN

+ Sarah Elizabeth Cole b: june 4, 1842 in Ohio

d: May 20, 1906 in Wells Co., IN

3. Joseph S. DeLong b: May 25, 1849 in IN

married May 16, 1878 in Wells Co., IN

+ Louisa May Brickley b: May 1859

3. Mary Ann DeLong b: Oct. 25, 1853 in Wells Co., IN

d: March 23, 1879 in Liberty Center, Wells Co., IN

married April 15, 1875 in Wells Co., IN

+ Charles Cole b: March 11, 1849 in Bluffton, IN

d: Aug. 17, 1932 in Bluffton, Wells Co., IN

2. Elizabeth DeLong b: April 30, 1812 in VA d: Dec. 28, 1885

+ David Denman b: March 30, 1807 d: Sept. 21, 1881

(Elizabeth and David are buried at the Newville Cemetery at

Newville, Newville Twp., DeKalb Co., IN

2. Solomon DeLong b: Sept. 10, 1815 in Botetourt Co., VA d: April 17, 1873

in DeKalb Co., IN, married Aug. 26, 1841 in Paulding Co., Ohio

+ Mariah/Maria Landis b: Dec. 11, 1821 in Preble Co., Ohio

d: March 28, 1912 in Chicago, IL

(Both Solomon and Maria are buried at Newville Cemetery at

Newville, Newville Twp., DeKalb Co, IN)

3. John L. DeLong b: April 8, 1842 in DeKalb Co., IN

d: March 26, 1862 near New Albany in Civil War service

3. George Francis DeLong b: Jan. 9, 1844 in Newville

d: 1916, married Nov. 5, 1865 (Served Civil War)

+ Elizabeth “Lizzie” B. Smith b: Jan. 2, 1846 in OH

d: May 17, 1882

2^nd wife of George DeLong, married May 10, 1883, DeKalb

+ Josephine “Josie” F. Thomas b: April 21, 1854 in

Chambersburg, Columbia Co., Ohio d: 1916

3. David Denman DeLong b: Nov. 11, 1846 d: March 4, 1932

in Los Angeles, CA, married June 28, 1870 (Civil War)

+ Emmalyza Lete Knepper b: Jan. 20, 1847 in Ohio

d: Aug. 3, 1945 in Los Angeles, CA

3. Alfred S. DeLong b: July 24, 1848 d: April 26, 1873

(Alfred served in the Civil War)

3. Alva L. DeLong

3. Joseph S. DeLong b: Dec. 12, 1852 in Newville, DeKalb

Co., d: Nov. 26, 1884

+ Fidellis Horisington b: Oct. 1852 in Ohio

still living in Union, DeKalb Co., IN 1900 census

3. Morris DeLong b: March 19, 1855 d: April 21, 1858

Of the family of Solomon and Maria we find these buried at the Newville

Cemetery at Newville, DeKalb Co., IN

John L. DeLong

George Francis and both his wives

Alfred S. DeLong

Joseph S. DeLong

Morris DeLong

After the death of his first wife, Joseph DeLong, Sr. married Elizabeth Crane. Her husband had died in Miami Co., Ohio, about the same time that Joseph lost his first wife. Elizabeth Crane DeLong is buried with her husband Benjamin at East Bethel Cemetery, Bethel Twp., Miami Co., Ohio. She is named as Elizabeth DeLong, wife of Benjamin Crane on the tombstone. Joseph DeLong and his first wife are buried together at another.

Do not have the maiden name of Elizabeth Crane but she was born 1775 in Lycoming Co., PA and d: Dec. 15, 1862 in Miami Co., Ohio. She and Joseph DeLong were married March 7, 1822 in Miami Co., Ohio.

Of the family of Joseph DeLong, brother of George DeLong, we have these coming to pioneer in Indiana:

George Washington DeLong came to Allen and DeKal