Jane long was an orphan at the age of forteen, and was a widow at the age of twenty four,
Jane wilkins long lived a long and hard life. But her heroic decisions woned her the name of ‘mother of texas.
Jane long was born on july 23, 1798, in charles county, maryland.
Her father died when she was a year old. In 1811 she moved with her mother to the mississippi territory. Her mother soon died a year later, so she moved in with her sister in natchez.
In the early 1815 jane soon met james long. He was a physician come to natchez to help with the war over new orleans. By the may of that year they got married and by november they had their first child.
By 1820 jane had joined her husband at ballivor point. Where they soon established an outpost in effort to free texans from mexican overtake.
Unaware of her husband's fate, …show more content…
Where they soon established an outpost in effort to free texans from mexican overtake.
Unaware of her husband's fate, jane steadfastly remained at bolivar point through the winter of 1821-1822. The few other inhabits left the fort as supplies ran out. Along with a twelve year old servant and her six year old daughter, jane. Stubbornly survived on dwelling supplies of corn meal, salted fish and oysters scavenging from the bay. Ans jane later reported, the trio kept nearby indians at a safe distance by a ruse of designed to give the illusion covered tent, jane gave birth to mary james long.
Janes ordeal ended the following march when a friend of her husband's persuaded her to leave bolivar point. And after a few years, she began a remarkable comeback.
By 1832, jane long opened a successful hotel in brazoria, then a primary port for a newly arriving immigrants. The hole soon became a focal point for a social and political activities in texas. In 1835 when stephen f Austin returned from eighteen months of improvements in mexico,a dinner and a ball was held at her hotel in her
Jane wilkins long lived a long and hard life. But her heroic decisions woned her the name of ‘mother of texas.
Jane long was born on july 23, 1798, in charles county, maryland.
Her father died when she was a year old. In 1811 she moved with her mother to the mississippi territory. Her mother soon died a year later, so she moved in with her sister in natchez.
In the early 1815 jane soon met james long. He was a physician come to natchez to help with the war over new orleans. By the may of that year they got married and by november they had their first child.
By 1820 jane had joined her husband at ballivor point. Where they soon established an outpost in effort to free texans from mexican overtake.
Unaware of her husband's fate, …show more content…
Where they soon established an outpost in effort to free texans from mexican overtake.
Unaware of her husband's fate, jane steadfastly remained at bolivar point through the winter of 1821-1822. The few other inhabits left the fort as supplies ran out. Along with a twelve year old servant and her six year old daughter, jane. Stubbornly survived on dwelling supplies of corn meal, salted fish and oysters scavenging from the bay. Ans jane later reported, the trio kept nearby indians at a safe distance by a ruse of designed to give the illusion covered tent, jane gave birth to mary james long.
Janes ordeal ended the following march when a friend of her husband's persuaded her to leave bolivar point. And after a few years, she began a remarkable comeback.
By 1832, jane long opened a successful hotel in brazoria, then a primary port for a newly arriving immigrants. The hole soon became a focal point for a social and political activities in texas. In 1835 when stephen f Austin returned from eighteen months of improvements in mexico,a dinner and a ball was held at her hotel in her