City: Memphis
LONG, Nicholas M., minister of the gospel; born Somerville, Tenn., July 27, 1849; English and Scotch-Irish descent; son of Nicholas and Margaret J. (Rhea) LONG; father’s occupation, lawyer,, civil engineer and soldier in Seminole War; paternal grandparents John J. and Frances (Quinlan) LONG, maternal grandparents Matthew and Mary (Looney) RHEA; graduated from King College, Bristol, Tenn., A.B., 1870, M.A., 1884; attended Theological Seminary and in 1875 entered the ministry; married E. Shirley WILSON, May 7, 1879; Democrat; served two years in the Confederate Home Guard Co., Witcher’s Co., Whites Battalion, 1863-1865; former member of Presbyterian Church, now Congregationalist.
