Biographical Sketch of William L. Long, Webster County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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William L. Long, cashier of the Merchants' & Farmers' Bank of Marsh-
field, Mo., was born in Columbus, Ohio, June 16, 1846, and is the son 
of Matthew and Hannah M. (Tuttle) Long.  Mathew Long was also a native
of Columbus, Ohio, his father having built the third log cabin where 
that city now stands.  Matthew Long moved to Licking County, Ohio, 
where he remained until 1863, at which date he moved to Iowa county,
Iowa, and was there engaged in farming for about ten years.  His son,
William L. Long, completed a course of study in the public schools, and
then spent three years at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., where
he lived with his uncle, Joseph F. Tuttle, who is a Presbyterian minis-
ter, and who has been president of the above mentioned institution for
nearly thirty years.  After leaving the college Mr. Long taught school
during the winters and farmed during the summers for several years.  In
the fall of 1871 he went back to Ohio, and was there married to Miss
Lottie P. Condit, daughter of Phillip Condit, a merchant at Jersey,
Licking Co., Ohio.  About a year after marriage Mr. Long and a friend
of his, Dr. O. W. Archibald, now superintendent of the Insane Hospital
at Jamestown, Dak., traveled over Southern and Southwestern Iowa, and
both located at Glenwood, Mills county, of that state, about 1872.  Mr.
Long spent one year in the post office at that place, and was then
elected principal of the public schools.  This position he held for
eight years, and after being re-elected for the ninth year resigned and
accepted a position in the office of the State Insurance Company of Des
Moines, Iowa.  This company his father had served about ten years as 
secretary, and his brother as head of the note department.  After serv-
ing with the book-keeper for several months Mr. Long was appointed 
examiner of applications, in which position he served the rest of the 
three years of his stay in the insurance office.  About this time his
father and brother took a trip through Southwest Missouri, for the
latter's health.  The father purchased 320 acres of land lying immedi-
ately north of Marshfield, and here the brother remained.  About a year
later Mr. Long moved to Marshfield, having been elected principal of 
the school at that place, which position he held for three years.  
After this he spent one year on his father's farm, and was then elected
cashier of the Merchants' & Farmers' Bank at Marshfield, which opened
its doors for business the 13th of August, 1888.  To Mr. and Mrs. Long 
were born two children: Elizabeth C., a native of Glenwood, Iowa, born
November 3, 1874; and Matthew P., who was also born at Glenwood, Iowa,
September 4, 1876.

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