Mary Elizabeth Fischer

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MOLLY LONG'S SNUFF BOTTLE - John Zugay's second wife, Hilda Clay Hill of Llano, TX gave me a snuff bottle that belonged to her Grandmother Molly Long. The little brown bottle has four dots on the bottom that represent the strength of the snuff. Five dots was the strongest. Molly had no teeth so she had Clay, who was raised by Molly from the time Clay was two years old, help her use it by cutting little sticks from a vine that grew near the house. Clay would chew the end of each stick to make it into a little brush. Molly would use the little brushes by dipping them in the snuff and then transferring the snuff to her mouth. She didn't smoke it or sniff it; she just let it sit in her mouth. Clay has five other bottles and a little tin box with which Molly used to take some snuff with her. As a side note, Molly had long dark hair that didn't turn gray even when she got old. She kept it in a bun and stuck a big pin through it to hold it. Clay still has one of those pins. Mary Elizabeth Fischer, aka Mollie, was Hilda's Grandmother. She had nine children. The Fischers later changed their name to Fisher.

Mary married Doke Marrellas Long 17 Aug 1882. Doke was born 1 Oct 1861, Texas; died Apr 1939. [Group Sheet]

1. Edna Long was born 1901, Kingsland County, TX; died 1928.