Biography of M C Long, Independence Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northeast Arkansas. 
Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
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M. C. Long, an enterprising business man of Jamestown, Independence
County, is a dealer in general merchandise, farm implements, etc., and is also
postmaster. He was born in McMinn County, Tenn., in 1851, and is a son of
William R. and Susan C. (Scoggin) Long, natives, respectively, [p.688] of
Tennessee and North Carolina. They were married in the latter State in 1850,
and subsequently in 1857 removed to Independence County, Ark., where Mr. Long
died in March, 1889. Mrs. Long is still living, and is about fifty-eight years
of age; the former was a tanner by trade in early life, but afterwards turned
his attention to farming. He served a short time in the Civil War. He is a son
of Moses Long, a native of Tennessee, who died in that State in 1880. The
parents of our subject were both members of the Baptist Church. They had ten
children (six living), of whom M. C. was the eldest. The latter attended the
common schools and one year at high school in Houston, Mo., after which he
taught one year in Texas, with which exception he has lived in Independence
County since six years of age. In 1875 he married Ruth A., daughter of William
and Emeline Jessup, the former a native of Indiana, and the latter of North
Carolina. They lived several years in Greene County, Mo., and soon after the
war removed to Lawrence County, thence to Independence County, where Mr. Jessup
died in June, 1889. He was a blacksmith, and served as justice of the peace
several years in Missouri. Mrs. Jessup is still living. Mrs. Long is a native
of Missouri. Mr. Long engaged in farming a short time after marriage, and, then
in 1878, established a grocery in Jamestown, in connection with which he taught
school. In 1882 he enlarged his stock, and now keeps a general stock of
merchandise, valuing the same at about $4,000. In 1878 he was appointed
postmaster, which position he still holds. He served two terms as mayor of
Jamestown, and is one of the most influential citizens of the place. Mrs. Long
is a member of the Baptist Church. They have five children, and the family is
most highly respected by all who know them. The great-grandfather of Mr. Long,
George Long, was a native of Virginia, where he probably spent his life; he was
a prominent Baptist minister.