BIO: W. O. LONG, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 940 & 941.
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  W. O. LONG,* who is the operator and half owner of Long's Mill, situated in 
Pine township, Clearfield county, Pa., a custom mill manufacturing shingles and 
torpedo caps and doing general contract work, is a well known business man of 
this section and a substantial and representative citizen.  He was born in Sandy 
township, Clearfield county, October 26, 1860.
  With the exception of some years spent in Jefferson county, Pa., Mr. Long has 
always lived in Clearfield county.  He resides on his farm of seventy-five 
acres, which is situated twelve miles from Clearfield and four miles from 
Penfield, on the Clearfield and Penfield road, ten acres of which is cleared.  
In 1899 he erected his present mill and all of the camp buildings.  Ever since 
he has been very closely engaged and at the present time (1910) has just 
finished cutting 380 acres of timber on the Thompson tract and also has had the 
contract for cutting and sawing some state timber.  His mill is an important 
business adjunct of this section.
  Mr. Long was married the first time to Miss Isabella Rockbach, a daughter of 
Thomas Rockbach, of Union township.  She died in Sandy township and her burial 
was at Grampian, Clearfield county.  Two children survived her, Thomas J. and 
Belle.  Mr. Long was married a second time, to Miss Bessie Mimm, a daughter of 
George Mimm, of DuBois, Pa., and four children were born to this union:  Mayme, 
Hays, Edward and Viola.  Mr. Long's third marriage was to Miss Fannie Soliday, a 
daughter of S. C. Soliday, of Huston township, and they have seven children:  
Mary, Essie, Lottie, George, William, James and Roxie.  In politics Mr. Long is 
nominally a Democrat but he has independent inclinations.  He is identified with 
the fraternal order of Knights of Pythias, at Rockton.