The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-03-29
LEGACY FOR
MANCHESTER FAMILY.
Kalamazoo Lawyer Discovers that
Children of Mary Ann Long Tows-
ley Share Long Estate.

L
ley Share Long Estate.
| Rutland, Mar. "a Windfalls are nc
a thing Of the past, even in so prosai
a city as Rutland, as is proved b
the fact that several people in thi
vicinity are to share in the distribu
ton of $500, which is the amount o
the estate left by James G. Long o
Chicago, who was murdered last year
being found on top Of his storag
warehouse in that city with his throa
cut from ear to car. Mr.. Long lef
no will, and a man by the name O.
Joseph II. Mead, who claimed to b.
the nephew of the murdered man a!
we'll as the only living heir, appeared
in Chicago and swore to his right Il
the estate, which he was finally
awarded, without much difficulty.
Now, as the result of extensive in
vestigations on the part Of Clyde w
Ketcham, a lawyer of Kalamazoo
Mich, who was in this city yesterday
lit develops that Civil War veteran
by the name of Wallace l.. Long, who
is now in the soldiers home at Grand
Rapids, Mich, will share the. $7,50O
with Mrs. Jason Parmcnter of Rut-
land, Mrs. Blanche Lambert Of Proc
tor, Ezra Lewis of Ludlow, four peo-
pie in Manchester and one in Cali
fornia, while Joseph H. Mead gets
nothing at all, or rather loses that
which he already has of this estate.
Unraveling the Case.
This is the way the case developed.
Mr.. Kctcham received a letter late
last fall from an acquaintance in
Texas who thought that Clark l..
Long of 32 West street in this city
knew of other heirs to the estate be-
sides Mr.. Mead. Mr.. Ketcham took
up the case and these are the facts
which he has succeeded in unraveling,
and to the accuracy Of which Clark
L. Long of this city swore before
notary public in the city yesterday.
Luman Long, formerly of Rutland,
who was the son of Lyman Long of
was married between 1885
and 1910 to Henrietta French, daugh-
ter of an old Rutland family. Three
children were born to them, Mary
Ann, Helen Minerva and Wallace l..
Long. Mary Ann and Wallace lived
for some time with Clark l.. Long Of
his city, Mary Ann being here when
Mr.. Long went to the Civil War and
staying with his wife while he was
n the service. Later she went to
Manchester and married Nathaniel /
Towsley, living with him until she
lied about 20 years ago, leaving six
Clarence L., Albert, Lillian
nd Roscoe of Manchester, Mary Ann
Bell of California and Lizzie Whitman
f Rutland.
Helen Minerva Long, another child
f Luman Long has been dead about
5 years. She was married to a Mr..
.ewis and they had three children, all
whom are living. They are Mel
e Parmenter of Rutland, Mrs.
lanche Lambert of Proctor and Ezra
evils of Ludlow. One grandson, Ro-
laine Woods, son Of Helen Minerva
evils daughter, is now living in Rut-
nd
Wallace l.. Long, veteran Of the
ivil War, now residing at the sol
ers' home at Grand Rapids, is the
lily living child of Luman Long, he
ling born Of the first marriage, be-
geen Luman Long and Henrietta o
rench. During his boyhood, Wallace Y
ong lived for some time with Clark h
Long Of this city. c
Where Mead Comes In. u
Luman Long, after the death of his h
st wife, moved to Kalamazoo, and n
ere married again. In fact, he was a,
rec times left a widower. For his .,
urth wife he married a Mrs. Mary 81
likes, who had one child, Annie Au- r.
sta Wilkes, by her first husband. 7,
lis child later married man by the in
me of Mead, and the Joseph II. II
cad, mentioned before as the man 4,
10 claimed the estate Of James G.. %
ng, was the son of this marriage. NJ
Luiilah Long had TO children ny ms be
,ond and third marriages, but one ",
/, James G. Long, the murdered III
N, was the son Of his union with gi
s. Wilkes. II thus appears that IL
,eph H. Mead was really no blood a.
alton Of either Luman Long or his
j, James g. Long, and that he,
rcforc, has no claim 70 the estate,
lough his original claim was found ie
on the statement that his grand lis
thcr, Annie Augusta Wilkes, WIS ao
one and only wife Of Lunan Long for
Estate TO be Distributed. VIZ
.vidcnco that the above facts arC llc
Z WAS duly sworn to yesterday BY RS
4. L. Long of this city, who has a@'
ded here Stree he was eight years ln,