Longstreth family correspondence

Thomas Kimber Longstreth (1851-1883) was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on August 30, 1851, the son of William Collins Longstreth and Abby Ann Taylor. He married Lucy Branson in October of 1880, and the couple had one child, William Collins Longstreth (1881-1974). He died on March 3, 1883 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Lucy Branson Longstreth Roberts (1856-1936) was born in 1856 and was a life-long member of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Western District (Orthodox), also known as Twelfth Street Monthly Meeting. She taught in the First Day School and was a founder of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society, which later became the Mission Board of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. She was a president of the Friends Historical Association and was active in the Friends' Library, formerly on 16th Street in Philadelphia. In 1880, she married Thomas Kimber Longstreth, a graduate of Haverford College and also a member of Twelfth Street Meeting. They had one child, William Collins Longstreth, born in 1882. Thomas K. Longstreth died in 1883. Lucy's second marriage, to Charles Roberts, took place at Twelfth Street Monthly Meeting in November, 1892. Charles died in 1902, and Lucy Roberts died in 1936.

William Collins Longstreth (1882-1974) was born on March 13, 1882, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas Kimber Longstreth and Lucy Branson. He attended Westtown School and Haverford College. In April of 1917, he married Nella Thacher (1888-1958), and the couple had one child, William Thacher Longstreth (1920-2003). He died in May of 1974, in Haverford, Pennsylvania.

Source: Finding aid, An Inventory of the Roberts Family Genealogical Papers RG 5/131 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore