-
- The
Shelby Museum Of History
-
- Recorders
of Shelby Pictorial History
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-
- Early
Shelby Photographers and their Photographs
-
- Augustus
Joseph Longe (c. 1866 - c. 1868)
- (1870
- 1872 in Kenton, Ohio)
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-
-
-
- Augustus
Joseph T. Longe born c. 1800 in the Sachsen region of Germany
came
- to
the United States in 1836 with his wife Ester and family of 3
children: Charles,
- Edward
and Julia Ann. The following year their fourth child Harrison
was born
- in
Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Four more children: William
Henry,
- Caroline,
Augustus II and Caroline (I don't know why there are two girls
listed
- with
the name Caroline) were born in Pennsylvania before the Longe
family
- moved
on to Sandusky
Twp, Crawford County, Ohio.
-
- The
1850 census indicates that Augustus Longe Sr. was a weaver by
trade. Sometimes
- this
would indicate a weaver of coverlets as discussed in the section
on area weavers,
-
- The
following ad ran in The Shelby Pioneer newspaper in May 0f 1859.
Augustus
- Longe
purchased lot 48 from Samuel Wiggins in 1858 and he appears to
have been
- running
the mill that was located there since September of that year.
This suggests
- the
Longe family has moved to Shelby and now are involved in the
many aspects of
- the
woolen business. Notice that they are offering blankets and coverlets.
Whether
- this
includes jacquard style coverlets is uncertain.
-
-
- Shelby Museum
-
-
- The
Woolen Factory mentioned in the above ad was located on north
half
- of
lot 48, on the north side of (n0w) West Whitney Ave., just west
of the
- BlackFork.
The other half of lot 48 was on south side of Whitney Ave.,
on
- Washington
Street, the site where the Shelby
U B Church was later located.
-
-
- The
1860 census confirms the Longe family have moved to the village
of Shelby and
- Augustus
Sr. lists his occupation as "clothier". Oldest son
Charles has recently
- married
(c. 1857) and he and his wife Mary have started their family
with the birth
- of
Emma in 1858. Charles also lists his occupation as "clothier".
Son Augustus II
- does
not appear in the Longe household in the 1860 Shelby census.
-
-
-
-
- Shelby
Chronicle Advertisement
-
-
- By
the 1870 census, Augustus Sr. and Charles Longe both indicate
they "work
- in
a woolen factory" and reside in Shelby. This is in line
with the occupation of
- "weaver"
and "clothier", but doesn't explain the advertisement
(above) that began
- running
in the Shelby Chronicle on May 23, 1867 or the following photograph:
-
-
-
-
-
- Picture
courtesy of Robert Sponseller
- Myers
Garrett - April 1866
- (For
information concerning Myers Garrett, please see the Mrs. Mary
Madden section.)
-
-
- The
above photograph proves that A. J. Longe was in the photography
business in
- Shelby
prior to his purchasing Mrs. Mary Madden's equipment in May of
1867.
-
-
-
-
-
-
- About
one year later an article appeared in the Chronicle newspaper
- that
read as follows:
-
- Photographs
for all -- A visit to the rooms of Mr. Longe will satisfy
- the
most skipticle (sp) that he understands his business. We have
visited
- a
great many operating rooms, and are free to confess that we have
never
- seen
one that recomends (sp) itself as does the one now used by him.
-
- His
operator Mr. Smith, of Hamilton, Canada, is an artist of ten
years
- experience
(Fred Smith
was 19 years old at that time.) and a gentleman
- of
fine abilities. We hope that the citizens of Shelby will support
well
- this
new gallery.
-
- Shelby
Chronicle - May 16, 1868 *
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-
-
-
-
- Picture
courtesy of Robert Sponseller
-
-
- After
purchasing the "Stock and Fixtures" of Mrs.Mary Madden,
on December 25, 1867
- A.
J. Longe presented the above complimentary photo to Julia Elizabeth
DuBois -
- oldest
daughter of Hobart Graves and Lucy Minerva Boardman DuBois. (In
1870
- the
H. G. DuBois family was living in Plymouth Township.)
-
- (Eugenie
Marie de Montijo was wife of Napoleon III and Empress of France.
She became
- widely
discussed when Sultan Abdulaziz of Turkey visited France in 1867.
She returned
- his
visit in 1869 to emphasize the strong relations between the two
empires.)
-
- Surviving
photographs seem to show a resemblance between Empress Eugenie
and Julia
- Elizabeth
Dubois.
-
-
- Who
was the presenter: A. J. Longe?
-
-
-
-
- How
does a "weaver" or "clothier" conduct a photography
studio business?
- That
puzzlement was probably answered when Augustus and Ester's youngest
son
- Augustus
(bn. c. 1844) was located in the 1870 census. He was then living
in
- Kenton,
Hardin County, Ohio and he listed his occupation as "daguertype
artist".
-
- It
can be assumed that son Augustus Jr., after the period of the
Civil War and the
- popularization
of photography, the return of Zackary Taylor, and the appearance
of
- Frederick
Smith, saw a business potential in this area for another photography
studio.
- It
is not known at this time whether Augustus Jr. had any experience
in photography
- but
certainly Frederick Smith had a good background. The combination
of Longe, who was
- 24,
and Taylor, who was 20, and the 19 year old Smith would perhaps
be just what
- this
community needed.
-
- It
appears that something went awry not long after this studio was
born, because
- Augustus
Longe Jr. was in Kenton, Ohio in 1870, less than two years after
the article
- appeared
in the Shelby Chronicle. Taylor and Smith were running advertisements
- in
the Shelby Independent News less than a year later. It seems
that a breakup
- occurred
and Augustus Jr. moved on while Taylor and Smith remained together
- for
a few more years.
-
-
- February,
2010
- Records
of Augustus J. Longe's service in the Civil War indicate that
he enlisted
- as
a private in Co. K, Reg 120 of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in
March, 1864
- and
was discharged July 7, 1865 at Camp Chase.
-
-
-
-
-
- Notice
- Shelby Times - Feb. 6, 1868 issue
-
-
-
- Note
- January 4, 2008:
- James
Hennessy found the above notice which confirms the break-up of
the
- Taylor
- Longe partnership and the end of the Longe & Taylor photographic
era in Shelby.
- Thank
you again Jim for your contributions!
-
-
-
-
-
-
- Since
thie Longe & Taylor partnership lasted
only a short time, the number of photos taken
- must
have been much smaller than those from Mary Madden or Taylor
and Smith.
-
-
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-
-
-
-
- This
photograph must have been taken during the period 1867 to 1868.
By 1869
- Taylor
and Smith were taking photos like the one below using the same
- backdrops
and props (table) as was used in the Longe and Taylor photo.
-
-
-
-
- Picture
courtesy of the Shelby Museum
-
-
-
- In
September of 1870 A. (Augustus) J. Longe, resident of Kenton,
Ohio signed papers to sell
- Shelby
lot 534 to David Lowrie of Shelby. Lot 534 is adjacent to the
current location of the
- Shelby
Museum. The evidence seems to indicate that it was Augustus J.
Longe, son of Augustus
- &
Ester Longe and brother to Charles and William Henry Longe, that
was the "Longe" in the
- Longe
& Taylor partnership.
-
-
-
-
-
- Augustus
J. Longe (c. 1865-1869)
-
-
-
- This
CDV was just discovered (February, 2008) in a collection of Shelby
area photos.
- It
is signed "Gus Longe". The style of dress as well as
the construction of the photograph
- indicate
the photo was probably taken in the late 1860s. This provides
further proof
- of
the existance of a dapper, younger Augustus Longe in the Shelby
area.
-
-
- February,
2010
- (See
the reverse of the CDV)
- Since
Hamilton, Canada West, became Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1867,
it is
- likely
that this photo was taken ca. 1865 - 1867. Also note that Fred
Smith who was
- a
partner in Longe's photography business in Shelby was also from
Hamilton, Ontario
- and
may have had connections with the firm of C. H. Wright.
-
-
-
-
-
- A.
J. Longe continued his career as a photographer and "daguertype
artist" in Kenton,
- Hardin
County, Ohio. He soon formed a Longe & Baker partnership
that appears to have
- lasted
just a few years.
-
-
-
-
- Picture
courtesy of Robert Sponseller
- Mary
Ella DuBois c. 1872
-
- (Mary
Ella, born 1855, was the youngest daughter of H. G. & Lucy
Minerva Dubois.)
-
-
-
-
-
-
- c.
1870 - 1872
-
-
-
- He
later produced photos labeled " A. J. Longe's Fine Art Studio"
in Kenton, Ohio.
- Mr.
A. J. Longe was no longer living in Kenton, Ohio in the 1880
census and we can find no
- later
information on him.
-
-
-
-
- March
2010
-
- The
search for Augustus Longe after the 1870 census has been a bit
difficult, however
- some
discoveries have been recently made. Augustus was found to be
a resident at the
- Home
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Leavenworth, Kansas during
the period February
- 8,
1907 to June 8, 1907. From this we learned that Augustus served
in Company K, 120th
- Ohio
Volunteer Infantry. He enlisted March 10, 1864 at Mansfield,
Ohio as a Private and
- was
discharged July 7, 1865 as a Corporal at Camp Chase, Columbus,
Ohio. In his military
- record
we find that in 1907 Augustus was fair of complexion, had blue
eyes and gray hair.
- He
lists his occupation as "photographer". He was discharged
on June 8th at his own
- request
and listed his nearest relative as Mrs. J. R. Gooding who was
living in Iberia, Ohio.
-
- Mrs.
J. R. Gooding was Carrie S. Longe / Gooding a younger sister
of Augustus. She had
- been
previously married to William Hall and they were the parents
of Elmer F. Hall born
- 1871.
Carrie married James R. Gooding in 1888 but by 1910 she was again
widowed and
- living
in Washington Township, Morrow Co., Ohio with her now divorced
son Elmer Hall.
-
- Betty
Meier of the Morrow County Genealogical Society verified that
Augustus J. Longe
- was
buried at the Iberia Cemetery. After several trips, Augustus's
stone was located at the
- cemetery.
It is a government issue stone that verified that Augustus served
in the 120th
- Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, but no further information. Mary Mc Cown
who works at the
- Iberia
Post Office helped with locating a cemetery employee who searched
the burial
- files
but was unable to find additional information. Just when and
where Augustus
- died
still remained a mystery.
-
- A
trip to the Morrow County, Ohio courthouse showed no entries
during 1907 - 1909 in
- the
death records for Augustus J. Longe. A trip across the street
to visit Betty Meier at the
- Genealogical
Society yielded nothing more in their death or cemetery records.
A final
- thought
sent us back to the courthouse to check for a possible estate
record. Success!
-
- His
Probate Court record indicates " death by accident at Burbank,
Ohio on the line of
- the
Erie Railroad Company, on or about November 21, 1908 occasioned
by his being struck
- by
an Erie locomotive while walking on the company's right of way
at Burbank, Ohio."
-
- Benefits
of his estate were to go Lina S. Quay, sister, and Carrie S.
Gooding, sister
- sole
heirs of Augustus J. Longe. (Lina S. Longe / Quay was an older
sister who
- married
James F. Quay c. 1871.)
-
- A
trip back across the street to share the information with Betty
Meier and she
- immediately
went the their archived newspapers and located a front page article
- in
a Mt. Gilead newspaper dated November 26, 1908.
-
- The
article reads as follows:
-
- "IBERIA
MAN KILLED
-
- A.
J. Long Struck by Erie Train at Burbank -
- Dies
Instantly - The Funeral Services at Iberia
-
- A.
J. Long, of Iberia, engaged as cook for a crew of carpenters
for the Erie railroad,
- under
the supervision of Wm Colmery, was struck and instatly killed
by an Erie train
- Saturday
morning at Burbank.
-
- Long
was crossing the tracks near the station, going for water, when
struck by the
- engine
of train 3. His back was broken and he died instatly. The remains
were brought
- to
Galion on Saturday afternoon and taken to the home of his sister,
Mrs. J. F. Quay in
- Iberia,
where the funeral was held on Monday at 10 o'clock.
-
- Mr.
Long was a Civil War veteran and was sixty years old. He was
unmarried, and
- for
a number of years has resided with the Quays. He leaves another
sister, Mrs.
- Carrie
Gooding, of Iberia."
-
-
- We
still don't know the whereabouts of Augustus Longe between 1872
and 1907, but
- thanks
to Mary McCown at the Iberia Post Office and Betty Meier at the
Morrow
- County
Genealogical Society for their help and kindness we have finally
found
- Augustus's
final resting place.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- July
2015
-
- Thanks
to Susie Holderfield, we now have a better understanding of August
Longe's
- whereabouts
between the years 1880 and 1900. While perusing Arkansas census
records
- for
her webpage research on the 120th Regiment OVI, she found an
A. J. Long in the
- 1880
and a Joseph A. Long in the 1900 censuses. Her email states the
following:
-
-
- I
do believe that I have found the missing years of Augustus J.
- LONGE
in the census records. He was out "west."
I found these when I was updating his file at my 120th Regiment
site.
- I
am putting each soldier into his own pdf file so that I can give
the
- information
to some libraries.
-
- 1880
Census, Gravelly Hill, Yell Co, Arkansas, Dwelling 224,
- Family
224: M. R. STOUT, age 28 AR, father born AR, mother
- born
PA; N J, wife, age 22 MO, parents born MO; A J, son, age 7 AR;
- W
G, age 1 AK, son; A J LONG, boarder, age 35 IN, artist.
-
-
- 1900
Census, Gravelly Hill, Yell Co Arkansas, Dwelling 104, Family
105:
- Joseph
A. LONG, boarder, age 58 PA, single, born Sep 1842, father born
- Germany,
mother born PA, PHOTOGRAPHER. He was boarding with
- Redman
CAVINESS or CARINESS, a merchant and his wife Maggie and
- their
children.
-
- Best
wishes,
- Susie
Holderfield
-
-
- Other
than his birth place being listed as Indiana in the 1880 census,
- this
certainly appears to be where Augustus moved after leaving Kenton,
- Ohio.
We are grateful to Susie for supplying this terrific lead and
will
- try
to build on this and perhaps locate some Longe photos from the
Yell
- County,
Arkansas area.
-
- Thank
you very much Susie!
-
-
-
-
- If
you have further information concerning the Augustus Longe family
or have a
- Longe
and Taylor photograph that you would like to share, please contact
the Shelby
- Museum.
-
-
-
-
-
- *
Thanks to James Hennessy for finding the article in the Shelby
Chronicle
- that
started the hunt for a Mr. Longe and his photographs....
-
-
-
-
- If
you have questions or if you would like to add information, please
contact :
-
- The
Shelby Museum of History
- 23
East Main Street
- Shelby,
Ohio 44875
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