William C. LONG from the "Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa"

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WILLIAM C. LONG, a successful farmer of Wright Township and an
ex-soldier of the late war, came to Pottawattamie County, Iowa, in
1876, and has since resided here.

He was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1847.  His
father and grandfather, Jacob H. and Henry Long, were both natives of
Somerset County.  His mother was Mary E. Baker, also a native of that
county, a daughter of Josiah Baker, a native of Pennsylvania.  Both
the Longs and Bakers are of German extraction.  When William C. was
six years old his parents moved to Howard County, Indiana.  There he
worked on the farm in summer and attended school during the winter
months.  In the fall of 1863 he enlisted in Company E, Eleventh
Indiana Cavalry, and took an active part in the war until its close.
He participated in the battles of Huntsville and Athens, Alabama;
Columbia, Tennessee; was on the march against General Hood's forces,
and was at Franklin, Spring Hill and Nashville, Tennessee.  The war
over, Mr. Long received an honorable discharge at Indianapolis,
Indiana, and from there went to Lee County, Illinois, whither his
father had moved during the war.  His mother had died in Howard
County, Indiana, in 1863, leaving twelve children, as follows:  Lydia
Susana, Lucinda, William C., Rebecca, J. W., Matilda E., Martin
Luther, Mary Ellen, Rosyanna: Franklin and a babe unnamed are
deceased.  Henry, another son, was drowned.  He was a member of the
same company in which his brother served, was taken prisoner at
Columbia, Tennessee, and confined at Andersonville for four months.
At the end of that time he was paroled, put on board the Old Sultana,
a condemned vessel, which went to the bottom of the river with all on
board, near Memphis.

Mr. Long resided in Lee County, Illinois, until 1876, when he came to
Iowa.  He spent one year in Boone County before coming to
Pottawattamie County.  In Center Township he purchased and improved a
farm of eighty acres, which, in 1883, he sold to Jack Evans.  Then he
bought his present farm of 120 acres.  This place is one of the best
farms in the township, everything about the premises indicating
industry and prosperity.  Mr. Long has a story and a half frame house,
which is built in modern style ,and which is surrounded with a grove
and orchard.  He has a good barn 24 x 26 feet with sixteen-feet posts,
and a corncrib 24 x 32 x 12 feet, with a capacity of 3,000 bushels.
He has a long cattle shed, a cow stable, a wind pump, and everything
convenient for carrying on general farming and stock-raising to the
best advantage.

July 3, 1867, Mr. Long was married, in Howard County, Indiana, to Miss
Lavina Darby, a lady of much intelligence and a native of Clinton
County, that State.  She is a daughter of John and Rachel Darby.  Mr.
and Mrs. Long have three children: Laura Etta, Lilly Dale and Lucy
Ellen.  They lost their first-born, an infant son.  Mr. Long is a
Republican, and, like the representative citizens of his county, is
well posted on general topics and current events.

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If you would like more information about anyone mentioned in this
biography, please write to the Pottawattamie County Genealogical
Society at:

PO Box 394
Council Bluffs, IA 51502-0394

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