Nathan Moras Longfellow (b.April 11, 1830,d. Dec 24,1893) and his family lived in Greenwood, in eastern Jackson County, MO. It is now a suburb of metropolitan Kansas City. The family lived in Greenwood in the late 1800's. They had moved there from Ohio. Nathan was a Baptist minister.

Nathan Moras Longfellow

Nathan's wife, Mary Catherine (Creamer), b.Dec. 14,1829, d. Jan.19,1914) had six children.

Mary Catherine (Creamer)

Martha Day (Mina) Longfellow (b.Dec.1, 1860, d.Feb.2,1918) (She married Marion Harness)
Robert Longfellow (birth and death dates unknown)
Perry W. Longfellow (who, like his Dad, became a minister) (b.1854,d.1915)
George Longfellow (b.1855.d.1946). He married an Elsie A. (?) (b.1861,d.1952). It is known that they lived in Oklahoma in the early 1940's.
Maggie Longfellow (birth and death dates unknown)
Vashti Longfellow (birth and death dates unknown)

Longfellow Women

Nathan Moras Longfellow and his wife, Mary Catherine (Creamer) are buried in the Lee's Summit, MO historical cemetery, located a few miles from Greenwood. Their son, George and his wife, Elsie, are buried elsewhere in the same cemetery. Another son, Perry W. Longfellow, is buried in the same plot as his mother and father.

NOTE: Several other Longfellow graves are located in the same part of the cemetery as those of Nathan and his wife, but their family connection is unclear. The graves read: Jennie M. Longfellow 1862-1896 Lois C. Longfellow 1881-1896 Jennie C. Longfellow 1868-1930 ...and the grave of an infant has an indistinguishable first name but otherwise reads_____Longfellow, b.July 13,1893, d.Nov.13,1894

What church (or churches) Nathan or his son Perry may have served as minister is unknown. However, there is some indication that one or both of them may have been circuit preachers, serving a number of smaller churches in the area.

The only member of the Nathan Moras Longfellow family of Greenwood, MO we have been able to trace beyond Greenwood is one of the daughters, Martha Day (Mina) Longfellow.

Based on a letter that has been passed down in the Harness family, Martha Day, or Mina as she was called, made the acquaintence of Marion G. Harness while the Longfellow family lived in Ohio. She and Marion corresponded by letter after the Longfellow family moved to Missouri.

On December 27, 1882, Mina married Marion G. Harness in Jackson County, MO (the county in which Greenwood is located). The newly married couple returned to Ohio where Marion still resided, and started raising a family there. They later moved to Arkansas.

Mina's mother, Mary Catherine, died in Heber Springs, Arkansas where she was visiting the home of her daughter who had married Marion Harness. Her body was returned to Lee's Summit, MO where she is buried beside her husband.