Long

(from Smith and a March 25, 1946 newspaper)

Ellen Long (1858–1948) moved to Warwick Village from Bothwell with her parents, Samuel and Ellen Long of Ireland, and her brother John, who died in 1924. John Smith, in his Memories of Warwick Village, remembered John Long as a retired California gold field worker and a veteran of the Fenian Raids.

In the 1860s, the Egremont Rd. was a stagecoach route and Ellen traveled over the “corduroy road” by wagon. The stagecoach made regular trips down the Egremont Rd., and Warwick Village was a stopping off point for many travelers from London or more eastern towns who were making trips to Sarnia and other western ports. Miss Long saw the drilling of some of the first salt wells in Warwick Twp., which were still operating in 1946 when Ellen turned 88 years of age. She was very active in village life and was a life long member of St. Mary’s Anglican Church.

Ellen and her brother John lived on Lot 26 NER (Rogers Survey) in Warwick Village. It had been the Restorick store. They rented a room to Dr. Gibson of Watford, who came to Warwick Village weekly to attend to his patients.

John Smith remembered John Long leaving for California very suddenly. Long had imbibed too much one night and had chewed the ear off a fellow imbiber during a fight. Rather than face charges, he left. He returned in 1906, settled with a sum of $50 and avoided jail.

After John Long returned from California, he tore down the store and built a house on the property. John and Ellen kept chickens for eggs and a pig in the summer, which was slaughtered for the winter’s pork. Ellen kept this up after her brother’s death until about 1935, when her niece Ella Inman and her son Ken came to look after her.

Chapter 24 of 25 - Long Family

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