BIO: Michael Long, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER LV.

                              PENN TOWNSHIP.

530  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

  MICHAEL LONG, farmer, P. O. Walnut Bottom, was born February 7, 1831, 
in Lancaster County, Penn.  His father, John Long, died in that county, 
and his mother, Mary Long, came to Franklin County, Penn., where she 
remained until her death.  Michael Long married Miss Rebecca Geesaman, 
of Franklin County, Penn., February 1, 1854, and they moved to Penn 
Township, this county, in the spring of 1857, locating at once on the 
place they at present occupy, in the valley of Yellow Breeches Creek; 
here they have a farm of 91 acres of valley land and 37 acres of 
timbered land on South Mountain.  Their children are Alfred Claton, 
William Joseph, Daniel Abram, Aaron Albion, Franklin Clarence and Anna 
Belle.  Mr. Long and his son established a store at Centre Valley in 
1880, and moved it to Bendersville in 1883, where it is at present 
located.  They do a general merchandising business, and are building up 
a prosperous trade.  Our subject and wife and all their children, 
except the youngest, belonged to the United Brethren Church.  Mr. Long 
is very active in his devotion to the interest of the Church, and has 
been a class-leader for 

531  PENN TOWNSHIP.

many years.  He is a man of generous impulses, a liberal patron of 
public enterprises, and is one of the leading citizens of Cumberland 
County.