He and Guylene Cox are 1st Cousins 2 times removed.
She is the great grandmother of "Aunt Bess " and "Aunt Myrtle Kerr" so she is probably closely related to Ruth Long/Guylene
Source Batch #722236 Serial Sheet 34./ Not married at the time her father's will was written. She was the mother of 10 children./some people have her place of birth as Bethel Twp./
There is an entry in the Plum Creek Church Congregation Records referring to a Mrs. Mary.... formerly Mary Long, respecting a separation from her husband, date 2 July 1842. Guylene does not know if this could possibly be this Mary. Plan search marriage records and 1870 and 1880 Census./Guylene