John Thomas Longfellow was the first child of Joseph Longfellow and Mary Fowler born probably in Kent,Delaware 25 Jun 1802. John Thomas Longfellow married Lucy Silvey on 19 Apr 1826 and they had
3 children: 1)Malina Longfellow b. abt 1827 and she married James W. Young on 7 Jan 1844 in Indiana. 2)Tilghman/Tillman Perry
Longfellow b. abt 1830 in Decatur,Indiana and he married Matilda
Fordice/Fordyce on 25 Aug 1847 in Decatur,Indiana and they had 5 children. Check out this link to Mike Marks website which includes information about Tilghman Perry Longfellow Tilghman Perry Longfellow and Matilda Fordice/Fordyce. 3)Joseph Marion Longfellow b.14 Jun 1831 in Hookpole Town,Posey,Indiana and he married Marietta Stites on 28 Dec 1851 in Madison,Jefferson,Indiana. Appreciation for these photos goes to Bob Bennett
 they had 11 children: 1)Francis Marion Longfellow b.14 Nov 1852 married Elizabeth English 2)Laura Francis b.28 Sep 1854 married Abraham Brubaker 3)Helena Emoline b.15 Feb 1857 married E.A.(Ras) WIlliams 4)Matilda Elizabeth Longfellow b.21 Jan/Aug ? 1860 married Jasper J. Ward 5)Joseph Perry Longfellow b.21 Jan/Aug ? 1860 6)John Henry Longfellow b.10 Mar 1865 he married Martha Malissa Pyles on 19 May 1889 7)Mary Josephine b.25 Nov 1867 married Mr. Waner 8)Dora May b. 30 Oct 1870 married Charles Kennedy. 9)George Nelson b.21 Mar 1874 and he married Grace Laverne Garbarger.10)Alice Longfellow b.28 May 1877 married a Mr. Spores/Thomas ? 11)Ida Elizabeth Longfellow b.5 Jan 1880.You can view a webpage of the 1860 Census for Peru,Nebraska which includes Joseph M. and his family to that point Click here Special thanks goes to Sherry Levick for her contribution of this Death Certificate of Matilda (Longfellow)Ward. She married Jasper Ward 12 Oct 1879.
John Thomas Longfellow died very young about 1833 probably in Decatur,Indiana. Can anyone find his tombstone Marker? Lucy (Silvey) Longfellow remarried on 22 Jul 1836 to Absalom Harrell and can be found along with Joseph Longfellow then 19 on the 1850
census for Indiana.
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