Wetzel County, West Virginia Biography of Simeon L. LONG ************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: Material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor. Submitted by Valerie Crook, , April 1999 ************************************************************************** The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 125 SIMEON L. LONG. For twenty years or more Simeon L. Long has been one of the men of leadership in the business, financial and educational affairs of Wetzel County. He is president of the Bank of Littleton and one of the prin- cipal lumber mill operators in the county. Mr. Long has made his own way in the world. He se- cured his early education in the rural schools of Wetzel County, where he was born near Silver Hill, March 6, 1873. He also attended the Fairmont State Normal School two terms, concluding his work there in 1896. At the age of seventeen he taught his first term in a rural school of Wet- zel County. Altogether he spent nine years in the school- room and in 1902 was elected county superintendent of schools beginning his first four year term on July 1, 190,1. In 1906 he was returned to this post of responsibility, his second term beginning July 1, 1907. Thus for over twenty years he was either a teacher or had the general adminis- tration of the school system of the county. In the meantime, in 1900, Mr. Long became interested in the timber business and lumber milling, and he still owns and operates two saw mills, working up various timber tracts throughout this section. One of his mills is now es- tablished at Hammond and the other at Mobley. The Bank of Littleton, of which he is president, was established May 20, 1901, under a state charter, and is now one of the strong and prosperous institutions of Wetzel County with capital of $25 000, surplus and profits of $15,000, and deposits averaging $400,000. Mr. Long was vice president from July, 1920, to January, 1921. The other executive officers are: F. W. Daugherty, of Little- toll, vice president; B. A. Pyles, cashier; while the direc- tors are S. L. Long, F. W. Daugherty, B. A. Pyles, Baker Cosgray, J. K. Long of Silver Hill, John L. Carney of Sil- ver Hill, Ellis Miller of Littleton, U. G. Thomas of Glover Gap and Dr. W. V. Teagarden of Cameron, West Vir- ginia. There has been no lapse in Mr. Long's sincere interest in the educational affairs of his county. He is now presi- dent of the Board of Education of the Clay District, com- prising Littleton and five rural schools. He votes as a democrat, is affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal Church, and is a member of Littleton Lodge No. 131, F. and A. M., and Littleton Lodge No. 111, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. In 1897, near Littleton, he married Miss Myrtle Aberegg, daughter of David and Margaret (Francis) Aberegg, the latter a resident of Smithfield, West Virginia. Her father owned a large farm and died in Clay District of Wetzel County. Mr. and Mrs. Long have had a fine family of nine children. The oldest, Edna Ellen, is the wife of Jean H. Wood now superintendent of city schools at Lit- tleton. The second child, Cecil A., died May 25, 1918. at the age of eighteen, while a junior in the Littleton High School. Clarence, the third child, died at the age of four years. The other children are: Ernest, born January 6, 1905. attending the Littleton High School; Mildred, born April 9, 1907; Virginia, born February 11, 1910; Carl, born February 24, 1914; Willa Frances, born November 26, 1916; and Bernadette, born May 30, 1920.