BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IASPER COUNTY. Pages 236- 237
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Dr. John S. Long JOHN S. LONG, A. B., M. D.
Dr. John S. Long has been numbered among the physicians and surgeons
of Joplin since 1896, and while he is one of the comparatively recent arrivals he does not hold second rank to any in his profession in the southwest. As a practitioner his skill and ability at once called him into prominence, and the liberal patronageas been numbered among the physicians and surgeons of Joplin since 1896, and while he is one of the comparatively recent arrivals he does not hold second rank to any in his profession in the southwest. As a practitioner his skill and ability at once called him into prominence, and the liberal patronage. The Doctor is a native of northern Mississippi, his birth having there occurred in 1855. His father, John H. Long-, is a native of Tennessee, but prior to the Civil war removed to Mississippi, and is now living in Verona, that state. He and his three brothers were all soldiers in the Confederate army, loyally espousing the cause of their loved southland and the principles with which they had been familiar from boyhood.

John H. Long was united in marriage to Miss Victoria Dismukes, of Hannibal, Missouri, a daughter of Robert Dismukes, who served as a soldier in a Missouri regiment during the Mexican war and was killed in battle. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Long were born three sons, the brothers of the Doctor being Rev. Samuel D. Long, D. D., and Harvey C. Long. The former is presiding elder of the Knoxville district of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, residing at Knoxville, Tennessee, and the latter is an attorney in Washington, D. C, and has won the degree of LL. D.
Dr. Long determined to seek a location elsewhere, and in 1896 came to Joplin, where he has since remained. He engaged at once in the general practice of medicine and surgery, and now has a paving business. He is also a partner in the Palace Drug Company, of Joplin, and this materially increases his income.
The Doctor was united in marriage to Miss Nora, daughter of G. D.
Streeter, formerly of Lancaster, Wisconsin, but a resident of Crete at the time of the marriage, which has been blessed with one son, John.
The Doctor is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, South, and is now serving on the official board as president. In his profession he has ever been a close and discriminating student and is deeply interested in everything that enables man to understand more fully the complex mystery of life and the problems of restoration and perpetuation of health. He is skilled in his chosen calling and his work has been of marked benefit to mankind.