Portsmouth Herald - March 10, 1903
Mrs. Mary O. Long, today observed her ninety-third birthday. She passed the day happily in the house where she was born, now the residence of Mrs. Charles H. Bell, her sister in-law. Mrs. long is a fine type of the gentle-women, and enters upon her ninety-fourth year in remarkable health and spirits. She drives out daily.
She is the daughter of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Folsom) Gilman. On June 1, 1829, she was married to the late John C. Long, a commodore in the United States navy, who began his career as a midshipman on the Constitution in its engagement with the Java. Mrs. Long can doubtless claim the distinction of being the sole survivor of an officer who served on "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812.
Commodore Long saw much other naval service. He commanded the Mississippi, which brought Kossuth to this country, and his firm stand in preventing the Hungarian leader from compromising out government by revolutionary harangues at Marseille was warmly commended by his superiors.
He circumnavigated the globe in 1840-43 in command of the sloop of war Boston and closed his active career as commander of the Pacific squadron. He died childless, at North Conway, Sept 2, 1865.
Mrs. Long's home is filled with art treasures and curios collected by her husband in every quarter of the globe.
Mrs. Mary O. Long, today observed her ninety-third birthday. She passed the day happily in the house where she was born, now the residence of Mrs. Charles H. Bell, her sister in-law. Mrs. long is a fine type of the gentle-women, and enters upon her ninety-fourth year in remarkable health and spirits. She drives out daily.
She is the daughter of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Folsom) Gilman. On June 1, 1829, she was married to the late John C. Long, a commodore in the United States navy, who began his career as a midshipman on the Constitution in its engagement with the Java. Mrs. Long can doubtless claim the distinction of being the sole survivor of an officer who served on "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812.
Commodore Long saw much other naval service. He commanded the Mississippi, which brought Kossuth to this country, and his firm stand in preventing the Hungarian leader from compromising out government by revolutionary harangues at Marseille was warmly commended by his superiors.
He circumnavigated the globe in 1840-43 in command of the sloop of war Boston and closed his active career as commander of the Pacific squadron. He died childless, at North Conway, Sept 2, 1865.
Mrs. Long's home is filled with art treasures and curios collected by her husband in every quarter of the globe.
Portsmouth Herald - March 10, 1903
Mrs. Mary O. Long, today observed her ninety-third birthday. She passed the day happily in the house where she was born, now the residence of Mrs. Charles H. Bell, her sister in-law. Mrs. long is a fine type of the gentle-women, and enters upon her ninety-fourth year in remarkable health and spirits. She drives out daily.
She is the daughter of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Folsom) Gilman. On June 1, 1829, she was married to the late John C. Long, a commodore in the United States navy, who began his career as a midshipman on the Constitution in its engagement with the Java. Mrs. Long can doubtless claim the distinction of being the sole survivor of an officer who served on "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812.
Commodore Long saw much other naval service. He commanded the Mississippi, which brought Kossuth to this country, and his firm stand in preventing the Hungarian leader from compromising out government by revolutionary harangues at Marseille was warmly commended by his superiors.
He circumnavigated the globe in 1840-43 in command of the sloop of war Boston and closed his active career as commander of the Pacific squadron. He died childless, at North Conway, Sept 2, 1865.
Mrs. Long's home is filled with art treasures and curios collected by her husband in every quarter of the globe.
Mrs. Mary O. Long, today observed her ninety-third birthday. She passed the day happily in the house where she was born, now the residence of Mrs. Charles H. Bell, her sister in-law. Mrs. long is a fine type of the gentle-women, and enters upon her ninety-fourth year in remarkable health and spirits. She drives out daily.
She is the daughter of Nathaniel and Dorothy (Folsom) Gilman. On June 1, 1829, she was married to the late John C. Long, a commodore in the United States navy, who began his career as a midshipman on the Constitution in its engagement with the Java. Mrs. Long can doubtless claim the distinction of being the sole survivor of an officer who served on "Old Ironsides" during the War of 1812.
Commodore Long saw much other naval service. He commanded the Mississippi, which brought Kossuth to this country, and his firm stand in preventing the Hungarian leader from compromising out government by revolutionary harangues at Marseille was warmly commended by his superiors.
He circumnavigated the globe in 1840-43 in command of the sloop of war Boston and closed his active career as commander of the Pacific squadron. He died childless, at North Conway, Sept 2, 1865.
Mrs. Long's home is filled with art treasures and curios collected by her husband in every quarter of the globe.
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