The fertile fields of Allen County have furnished some of its best citizens with the means of workng out their life's destiny and of laying up for themselves a comfortable provision for later years. Among the honored residents of this county who have found contentment and success in agricultural work, and who at the same time have gained the good will and esteem of their associates, is Michael Long, sill carrying on his operations in Jackson Township.
Mr. Long was born on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1853, a son of John T. and Barbara (Long) Long, natives of the same state and county. They were reared, educated and married there, but in 1854 migrated to Allen County, Ohio, arriving August 20 and settling on a farm in Jackson Township, on which they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr Long was a democrat in politics and a man highly respected in his community, and he and his wife were honest, God-fearing people who were devout members of St. Paul Reformed Church. They were the parents of ten children, of whom six are living: Mary, the widow of John F. Shuffer; Michael, of this notice; Lizzie A., the wife of John Rhodes, a farmer of Allen County; Jonas, who is engaged in farming in Hardin County, Ohio; Tobias, who is engaged in farming in Jackson Township; and Emanuel A., who is also engaged in farming in Jackson Township.
Michael Long was brought from Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Allen County, Ohio, when he was an infant and was reared on the Long farm in Jackson Township, in which community he was sent to the public school. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years old, and September 7, 1876, was united in marriage with Miss Leah Anspach, who was born May 2, 1854, in Liberty Township, Allen Couny. Following his marriage Mr. Long rented a farm in Allen County for nine years, after which he purchased his present farm of eighty acres in Jackson Township, in addition to which he owns thirty acres in Liberty Township, Hardin County. He is a general farmer and also raises a good grade of livestock, and has his farm well improved of buildings and modern equipment.
His standing has always been that of an honorable man of business and he is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator of Ada. His political affiliation is with the democratic party. With his family he belongs to the St. Paul Reformed Church, in which he has served as elder. In recent years Mr. Long had the novel experience of a journey in an aeroplane, having made a trip from two miles east of Ada to hi farm, the journey having been made at an altitude of 3,000 feet. He thoroughly enjoyed his ride, and had the distinction of having been the most elderly man who had been taken of such a journey by his pilot up to that time.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Long: Emmett E., a graduate of the Lafayette High School and the Ohio Northern University at Ada, who is now a teacher of the commercial class in that institution; Clara, the wife of Wilber Rhodes, a farmer of Allen County; Jennie, a graduate of the Lafayette High Scool, who is the wife of Victor F. Clum, an agriculturist of this county; Charles C. who is engaged in farming in Jackson Township, and George G., who assists his father on the home farm. Mr. Long and the members of his family have always been staunch supporters of movements tending toward the advancement of the interestes of their home community.
Mr. Long was born on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1853, a son of John T. and Barbara (Long) Long, natives of the same state and county. They were reared, educated and married there, but in 1854 migrated to Allen County, Ohio, arriving August 20 and settling on a farm in Jackson Township, on which they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr Long was a democrat in politics and a man highly respected in his community, and he and his wife were honest, God-fearing people who were devout members of St. Paul Reformed Church. They were the parents of ten children, of whom six are living: Mary, the widow of John F. Shuffer; Michael, of this notice; Lizzie A., the wife of John Rhodes, a farmer of Allen County; Jonas, who is engaged in farming in Hardin County, Ohio; Tobias, who is engaged in farming in Jackson Township; and Emanuel A., who is also engaged in farming in Jackson Township.
Michael Long was brought from Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Allen County, Ohio, when he was an infant and was reared on the Long farm in Jackson Township, in which community he was sent to the public school. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years old, and September 7, 1876, was united in marriage with Miss Leah Anspach, who was born May 2, 1854, in Liberty Township, Allen Couny. Following his marriage Mr. Long rented a farm in Allen County for nine years, after which he purchased his present farm of eighty acres in Jackson Township, in addition to which he owns thirty acres in Liberty Township, Hardin County. He is a general farmer and also raises a good grade of livestock, and has his farm well improved of buildings and modern equipment.
His standing has always been that of an honorable man of business and he is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator of Ada. His political affiliation is with the democratic party. With his family he belongs to the St. Paul Reformed Church, in which he has served as elder. In recent years Mr. Long had the novel experience of a journey in an aeroplane, having made a trip from two miles east of Ada to hi farm, the journey having been made at an altitude of 3,000 feet. He thoroughly enjoyed his ride, and had the distinction of having been the most elderly man who had been taken of such a journey by his pilot up to that time.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Long: Emmett E., a graduate of the Lafayette High School and the Ohio Northern University at Ada, who is now a teacher of the commercial class in that institution; Clara, the wife of Wilber Rhodes, a farmer of Allen County; Jennie, a graduate of the Lafayette High Scool, who is the wife of Victor F. Clum, an agriculturist of this county; Charles C. who is engaged in farming in Jackson Township, and George G., who assists his father on the home farm. Mr. Long and the members of his family have always been staunch supporters of movements tending toward the advancement of the interestes of their home community.
The fertile fields of Allen County have furnished some of its best citizens with the means of workng out their life's destiny and of laying up for themselves a comfortable provision for later years. Among the honored residents of this county who have found contentment and success in agricultural work, and who at the same time have gained the good will and esteem of their associates, is Michael Long, sill carrying on his operations in Jackson Township.
Mr. Long was born on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1853, a son of John T. and Barbara (Long) Long, natives of the same state and county. They were reared, educated and married there, but in 1854 migrated to Allen County, Ohio, arriving August 20 and settling on a farm in Jackson Township, on which they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr Long was a democrat in politics and a man highly respected in his community, and he and his wife were honest, God-fearing people who were devout members of St. Paul Reformed Church. They were the parents of ten children, of whom six are living: Mary, the widow of John F. Shuffer; Michael, of this notice; Lizzie A., the wife of John Rhodes, a farmer of Allen County; Jonas, who is engaged in farming in Hardin County, Ohio; Tobias, who is engaged in farming in Jackson Township; and Emanuel A., who is also engaged in farming in Jackson Township.
Michael Long was brought from Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Allen County, Ohio, when he was an infant and was reared on the Long farm in Jackson Township, in which community he was sent to the public school. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years old, and September 7, 1876, was united in marriage with Miss Leah Anspach, who was born May 2, 1854, in Liberty Township, Allen Couny. Following his marriage Mr. Long rented a farm in Allen County for nine years, after which he purchased his present farm of eighty acres in Jackson Township, in addition to which he owns thirty acres in Liberty Township, Hardin County. He is a general farmer and also raises a good grade of livestock, and has his farm well improved of buildings and modern equipment.
His standing has always been that of an honorable man of business and he is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator of Ada. His political affiliation is with the democratic party. With his family he belongs to the St. Paul Reformed Church, in which he has served as elder. In recent years Mr. Long had the novel experience of a journey in an aeroplane, having made a trip from two miles east of Ada to hi farm, the journey having been made at an altitude of 3,000 feet. He thoroughly enjoyed his ride, and had the distinction of having been the most elderly man who had been taken of such a journey by his pilot up to that time.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Long: Emmett E., a graduate of the Lafayette High School and the Ohio Northern University at Ada, who is now a teacher of the commercial class in that institution; Clara, the wife of Wilber Rhodes, a farmer of Allen County; Jennie, a graduate of the Lafayette High Scool, who is the wife of Victor F. Clum, an agriculturist of this county; Charles C. who is engaged in farming in Jackson Township, and George G., who assists his father on the home farm. Mr. Long and the members of his family have always been staunch supporters of movements tending toward the advancement of the interestes of their home community.
Mr. Long was born on a farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1853, a son of John T. and Barbara (Long) Long, natives of the same state and county. They were reared, educated and married there, but in 1854 migrated to Allen County, Ohio, arriving August 20 and settling on a farm in Jackson Township, on which they spent the remainder of their lives. Mr Long was a democrat in politics and a man highly respected in his community, and he and his wife were honest, God-fearing people who were devout members of St. Paul Reformed Church. They were the parents of ten children, of whom six are living: Mary, the widow of John F. Shuffer; Michael, of this notice; Lizzie A., the wife of John Rhodes, a farmer of Allen County; Jonas, who is engaged in farming in Hardin County, Ohio; Tobias, who is engaged in farming in Jackson Township; and Emanuel A., who is also engaged in farming in Jackson Township.
Michael Long was brought from Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Allen County, Ohio, when he was an infant and was reared on the Long farm in Jackson Township, in which community he was sent to the public school. He lived with his parents until he was twenty-four years old, and September 7, 1876, was united in marriage with Miss Leah Anspach, who was born May 2, 1854, in Liberty Township, Allen Couny. Following his marriage Mr. Long rented a farm in Allen County for nine years, after which he purchased his present farm of eighty acres in Jackson Township, in addition to which he owns thirty acres in Liberty Township, Hardin County. He is a general farmer and also raises a good grade of livestock, and has his farm well improved of buildings and modern equipment.
His standing has always been that of an honorable man of business and he is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator of Ada. His political affiliation is with the democratic party. With his family he belongs to the St. Paul Reformed Church, in which he has served as elder. In recent years Mr. Long had the novel experience of a journey in an aeroplane, having made a trip from two miles east of Ada to hi farm, the journey having been made at an altitude of 3,000 feet. He thoroughly enjoyed his ride, and had the distinction of having been the most elderly man who had been taken of such a journey by his pilot up to that time.
Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Long: Emmett E., a graduate of the Lafayette High School and the Ohio Northern University at Ada, who is now a teacher of the commercial class in that institution; Clara, the wife of Wilber Rhodes, a farmer of Allen County; Jennie, a graduate of the Lafayette High Scool, who is the wife of Victor F. Clum, an agriculturist of this county; Charles C. who is engaged in farming in Jackson Township, and George G., who assists his father on the home farm. Mr. Long and the members of his family have always been staunch supporters of movements tending toward the advancement of the interestes of their home community.
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