Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Long, William 1835 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 25, 2006, 11:39 pm Author: John C. Odell (1916) WILLIAM LONG. Splendid achievements always excite admiration, and men who accomplish things are men whom the world delights to honor. Ours is an age representing progress in all lines of material activity, and the man of initiative is the one who forges to the front in the commercial world. Among the well-known, retired farmers of Flora, Indiana, and among its venerable citizens is William Long, one of the worthy pioneers of this section, who, in his advanced age, is still able to look after his farm properties. He is the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of land, practically all of which he has made by his own efforts, but this venerable citizen has not permitted the accumulation of fortune to affect in any way his actions toward those less fortunate than he. He is a man of most sympathetic turn of mind, and has a host of warm and admiring friends who honor him for the work that he has done, and the things for which he has stood in this community. William Long was born in Butler county, Ohio, March 16, 1835, and is a son of Noah and Barbara (Bolinger) Long, the latter of whom was a native of Germany, coming to America with her parents when only two years old. They settled in Butler county, Ohio, where she grew to womanhood and where she was married to Noah Long. In 1845 Noah Long and family emigrated to Indiana and settled in Democrat township, Carroll county, where both lived to the end of their lives. They were the parents of two children, one of whom died in infancy, and William, of whom this narrative speaks. Noah Long was a prosperous farmer and was the owner of a quarter section of land in Democrat township. On his father's farm William Long grew to manhood. He attended the pioneer district schools a few months and remained at home with his father on the home farm as long as the latter lived. Mr. Long was first married to Mary A. Smith, and to this union were born four children: Mary A., the wife of John H. Woodram; Ellen, the wife of William Hinkle, arid Jennie and Alpha. The mother of these children died and afterwards Mr. Long was married to Martha Akens, who is also deceased, leaving no children. Mr. Long was subsequently married to Lissie Jewett, and to this union were born six children: Margaret, Dora, Emma, Garfield, John and Roscoe. Mr. Long was next married, in 1888, to Mrs. Lydia A. (Gaumer) Sibit, the widow of Alva Sibit. She was born in Carroll county, December 8, 1861. By her marriage to Mr. Sibit she had two children, of whom one, Edna M., is a graduate of the Flora high school. William Long is a veteran of the Civil War, having enlisted in Company K, Seventy-second Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and later in Company E, Forty-fourth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, serving almost from the beginning to the close of that great struggle. Fraternally, Mr. Long is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, Lodge No. 605. He has always been a Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. Long are quiet and unassuming people, who are privileged to enjoy the fruit of a substantial competency. They are well known in Flora and vicinity and enjoy the confidence and esteem of all who know them. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Biographical Section of HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS BY JOHN C ODELL With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families ILLUSTRATED 1916 B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/carroll/bios/long217nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb