Lettie Long was Frances Letitia Long (1831-1908) who was married on 9 Oct. 1856 in Winston County to Samuel Edward Haimes (1823-1901). Lettie's brother Henry Long was bondsman with Sam Haimes in obtaining the marriage license. Their marriage was performed by Methodist minister James Oliver Woodward.

Sam and Lettie Haimes lived in the Gum Branch community in northern Winston County. Their farm was located at the intersection of the Louisville-Houston Road and the Webster-New Prospect Road, north of the Noxubee Creek. They were the parents of four sons and two daughters. Sam and Lettie Haimes were buried in the cemetery at Antioch Baptist Church, along with many members of their family. A photograph of Sam and Lettie with their youngest daughter Virginia was included in the 1980 book Winston County And Its People.

One of their sons, Robert Boyd Haimes (1859-1944), was married first to Nancy Alice "Allie" Porter (1862-1893). Allie Porter Haimes was a sister of Lucy Susannah Porter (1860-1886) who married John R. Bailey. Lucy and Allie both died young and were buried in the cemetery at Antioch Baptist Church. They were the two youngest sisters of my maternal great grandfather Porter. A photograph of Lucy and Allie with their mother Nancy Wallace Porter also was included in the book Winston County And Its People. Lucy was the mother of two daughters, and Allie was the mother of four sons and one daughter.

I do not know the specific connection between the Bailey family and the Long family. As I have not located the marriage record for George and Mary Bailey, the parents of John R. Bailey, I do not know if Mary's maiden name was Long.