Hancock-Fairfield County OhArchives Biographies.....Long, Robert 1801 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   ROBERT LONG, farmer, P. O. Findlay, was born in Kentucky, February 23, 1801.
son of John and Isabella (Thompson) Long, natives of Pennsylvania, who moved to
Kentucky in an early day. Short time later they came to Fairfield County, Ohio,
and in 1826 to this county, where our subject and parents were among the first
settlers in what is now Big Lick Township. They were in the county some time
before they took up land, but finally entered in Section 21, of Big Lick
Township, where the subject of this sketch now resides. Robert Long was the
third in a family of nine children, of whom only two survive: Robert and Jeptha.
He married, in 1832, Polly, daughter of Philip and Hannah (Hull) Essex, pioneers
of Big Lick Township, this county, and to this union were born four children, of
whom only one survives, Margaret, wife of John Lovengood. Mrs. Long dying, Mr.
Long afterward married Mary, daughter of John and Mary (Northcutt) Graham, also
early settlers of Big Lick Township, this county. To our subject's second
marriage were born seven children: James W. (deceased), Malinda, wife of Jacob
Weller; Nancy Jane; George W.; William H. (deceased); Mary A. wife of R. Blair,
and Elizabeth, wife of John Tawney. Mr. Long loved pioneer experiences, and
still thinks that a life spent in the wild woods in hunting is far preferable to
living in modern cities or towns. He is connected with the Methodist Church. In
politics he is a Republican. His son, George W., was married in November, 1878,
to Nancy J. Stininger; they have two children living, Laura L. and Wilson S.
George W. Long now owns his father's old home farm and also eighty acres
adjoining it in Section 16, Big Lick Township. His mother died August 9, 1879.

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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Big Lick Township

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