Minerva Allen Long, known as Nervy, was born January 18, 1868. She had four brothers and two sisters. Her father was Henry Long born December 29, 1839, died September 8, 1899 and her mother was Dolly Garner born: July 16, 1838, died September 9, 1929 they married November 2, 1865. Minerva had a daughter named Dollie that died at age four, her father was believed to be Henry Calvin Pearson. She had her second daughter Nancy Elizabeth who was raised by her grandparents, her father was Henry Calvin Pearson but they never married. She was married to George Washington Nugent on August 25, 1895 by G.W. Wagner J.P.and had six children by him. She lived on the side of Mount Eagle Mountain over looking Roark's Cove. She died December 23, 1957 at Emerald Hodgson Hospital in Sewanee, Tennessee. She is buried in the Gipson cemetery in Roark's Cove, Franklin Co. Tennessee, the marker says "MA Nugent wife of GW Nugent"

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