John Murphy Long
(1825-1902)
Mary Elizabeth Wingate
(1829-1902)
Julia Long
(1862-1960)

 

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Thomas Harrison Nugent

Julia Long

  • Born: 16 Jul 1862, Winn Parish, LA
  • Marriage: Thomas Harrison Nugent on 1 Dec 1880
  • Died: 14 Mar 1960 at age 97
  • Buried: Liberty Chapel Cemetery, Williana, Grant Parish , LA
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• census, 1870, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA. Name: Julia Long
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Age in 1870: 7
Birthplace: Louisiana
Home in 1870: Ward 1, Winn, Louisiana
Race: White
Gender: Female
Post Office: Winnfield

• census, 1880, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA. Name: Julia Long
Home in 1880: 1st Ward, Winn, Louisiana
Age: 16
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864
Birthplace: Louisiana
Relation to Head of Household: Daughter
Father's Name: John M.
Father's birthplace: Ohio
Mother's Name: Mary E.
Mother's birthplace: Mississippi
Occupation: At Home
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Gender: Female

• Obituary, 1960. Obituaries: Julia Long Nugent, 1960, Winn Parish, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483

From: March 17, 1960 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites for Mrs. Julia Long Nugent At Liberty Chapel

Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Long Nugent, 97, who died at 11:30 a.m. Sunday
in an Alexandria hospital, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday from the chapel
of Hixson Brothers Funeral Home in Alexandria.

Burial followed services in the Liberty Chapel Cemetery at Williana, with
Dr. Guy Hicks and Rev, James Jones officiating.

Mrs. Nugent was the last of the nation's oldest set of twins and an aunt of
two Louisiana governors, Earl Long and the late Huey Long, and the late
Congressman George S. Long. She was also the mother of the late Albert Nugent
of Winnfield.

Her twin sister, Mrs. Olive Wright Long, of Winnfield, died on Jan. 10, this
year.

Mrs. Nugent was the daughter of John and Mary Wingate Long who came to Winn
Parish from Mississippi before the Civil War.

The twins were born in Louisiana and were the last survivors of 13 children.

Mrs. Nugent was born near Winnfield but had made her home in Alexandria for
many years.

Survivors include five children, Jesse M. Nugent of Baton Rouge, O. H. Nugent
and Mrs. M. T. Cappel, Sr., of Alexandria and Mrs. Dennis Bocock (Babcock?)
and Mrs. Lula Higdon of Winnfield; 15 grandchildren and a number of great
grandchildren and great, great grandchildren.


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Julia married Thomas Harrison Nugent, son of Matthew William Nugent and Julie Ann Mackie, on 1 Dec 1880. (Thomas Harrison Nugent was born on 31 May 1857, died on 10 Jul 1899 and was buried in Liberty Chapel Cemetery, Williana, Grant Parish , LA.)




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