William Long Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Bloomington, Biographical Sketches, Page 950

WILLIAM LONG, farmer; P. O. Platteville; a very early settler of Platteville; 
was born Jan. 30, 1815, in Grayson Co., Va.  His father was a Virginian, and his 
mother a native of Tennessee.  To the latter State they removed soon after his 
birth. Grown to manhood here, he mounted his horse in 1834, and rode across the 
country to Platteville; engaged in mining until 1853, when he settled where he 
now is.  Has 40 acres, originally timbered.  His wife was Susan Gregory, born in 
Tennessee, and reared in Marion Co., Mo. They have eleven living children.