Biographical Sketch of William Long, Washington County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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William Long is one of the most prominent men of Washington County, and
his connection with its affairs dates back to a period which only few
can remember.  He was born in Washington County February 16, 1818, and
is a son of Samuel Long, a native of Virginia, who was taken to Ken-
tucky at the age of seven years, where he lived until his nineteenth 
year, and then settled in Washington County, Mo.  In 1816 Samuel Long
married Nancy Whaley, also of Virginia, and of the eighteen children
born to them fourteen grew to maturity, and nine are now living.  The
father was taken from his home during the war, and brutally shot with-
out cause.  The mother died May 11, 1878.  William Long was reared a
farmer, and in 1847 commenced handling mineral, and also engaged in
smelting and selling goods.  He conducted a large and successful busi-
ness until the panic of 1873, when he suffered severe and heavy losses,
which absorbed the profits of years.  He has been connected in the 
management or sale of the largest operations of the county.  He settled
where he now resides, in 1876.  Mr. Long has been twice married, first,
April 6, 1848, to Miss Mary Parkinson, a native of Washington County,
and a daughter of William Parkinson, who was born in England in 1827,
and married Sarah Kennedy, a native of South Carolina.  Mrs. Long died
in September, 1875, leaving five children, four of whom are now living,
viz.: Samuel L., Joseph M., Sarah E. and Anna B.  Mr. Long's second
marriage took place March 29, 1877, to Miss Rhoda Chambers, who was
born in Warren County, Mo., and is a daughter of Thomas and Ellen
(Kennedy) Chambers, of South Carolina.  Too much cannot be said of Mr.
Long's indentification with the interests of Washington County.  No
worthy movement tending to its financial or moral advancement has fail-
ed to receive his earnest support, and, though he has passed the allot-
ted three-score years and ten, he is still one of the most active men
of the county.

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