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DIED.Adam M. Long* died March 2nd* 1884, aged 81 years. Cancer was the cause of his death. He was born in Rockingham county, Ya., and was never out of the State. He was very fond of his home and spent but little time therefrom. At the age of twenty years, he was married to Agnes J. Barley. They located near Fellowship, and I lived there peaceably and happily together for 1 sixty-one years. Seven children were born to them, two of whom are numbered with the dead. Five live to morn the loss of a loving father, and to comfort an aged mother.He has been, from early life, an acceptable ! member of the United Brethren Church. His : sufferings were not long but severe, yet, during I his illness, he always manifested a spirit of res-1 ignition, and said he was ready if the Lord called ;him hence. He was a good citizen, an obliging 1 neighbor, a devoted husband and a kind father. His remains were interred in the family burial i ground, March the 4th, in the presence of a large concourse of people.Weep not for him, “there are no tears in heaven.” B. W. R.
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Thu, Mar 20, 1884
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