Longley, Sylvanus S., 1834-1922

Prominent farmer and stockman, now retired, ex-member of the Kansas legislature and influential citizen of Greenleaf, Washington County, Kan.; was born on his father's farm near Foxcroft, Me., on 15 Sept. 1834; Longley was onboard the whaling ship Canton on its last voyage and returned to Boston three years after the shipwreck.

From the description of Retrospective narrative of the wreck of the ship Canton, circa 1894. (Old Dartmouth Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 586046187