• General Notes

  REFN: 197
  Mary Stevenson Long's parents were William and Hannah Minerva Long.  They
  came to Williamsburg, IA from Cleveland, OH, in the early 1850's. 
  Williamsburg consisted of several houses at that time.  Minerva was the
  first school teacher in Troy Township.  The first school house was built
  of longs near where the cemetery is now located.  Minerva also gave piano
  lessons in her home, little Indian children would peer in the windows. 
  She gave one little Indian child lessons in her home.  When they were
  listed in the 1856 census there were William 38, Hannah M. 29, Mary S.,
  9, Anne E. 7, Eliza R. 5, and William 3.

Details of Mary Stevenson's family with John Baker Simmons