BIO: Long, David - Woodford Co, Ky From: Diana Flynn Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 22:05:46 -0400 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ DAVID LONG is the fourth of twelve children of JOHN and ELIZABETH (MARTIN) LONG, and was born in Woodford County, Kentucky, October 26, 1823. His father was born near Richmond, Virginia, November 6, 1796, and his mother in Woodford County, KY. They were married in 1818, and came to this county in 1829. David remained at home until twenty-five years of age, receiving in youth limited schooling. February 22, 1848, he was united in marriage with SARAH FISH. Eight children have blessed this union, five of whom are now living: CHARLOTTE, ARETAS W., ELI A., JESSE R. and C. EDITH. Mr. Long is a farmer and owns ninety-one acres of excellent land in the famous Leatherwood District, Shawswick Township, Lawrence County, Indiana. He is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the Christian Church. His son, Jesse R., is a teacher of Penmanship and phonograghy and typewriting at the Central Indiana Normal School. Eli A. is practicing short-hand at Memphis, Tennesssee, and Aretas W. is mining in Mexico. Grandfather WILLIAM LONG was a German, who first settled in Pennsylvania, thence moved to Virginia, thence to Kentucky, where his marriage occurred. "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884.