I am transcribing the obituaries from our local news archives (Scotia, Nebraska)

The Scotia Register
Volume XXXII, Thursday, July 8, 1926, pg. 1, column 4
Civil War Veteran Called By Death
Bernard A. DeLong was born at Zanesville, Ohio, October 30, 1848.
He enlisted in the Union Army at New London, Iowa (11th Iowa Co. G.) in 1864 and served until the end of the Civil War.
He was married to Hannah A. Griffin, at Chatfield, Minnesota, Oct. 31st, 1875, to which union were born four children: Dora DeLong and Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, of Scotia, Nebraska; Ralph J. DeLong, of North Loup, Nebraska; Alton H. DeLong, of Syracuse, Nebraska.
In 1878 the family moved from Luverne, Minnesota, to near Scotia, Greeley Co., Nebraska, where a farm was homesteaded. In 1904 the home was established in North Loup, Nebraska where the family resided until Mrs. DeLong's death in August, 1923. Mr. DeLong then located at Grand Island, where he died on July 3, 1926.
The funeral services were held at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Clark, of Scotia, Monday afternoon, July 5th. Interment was made in the Mount Hope Cemetery.


Julie Middendorf
mjmiddendorf@nctc.net