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BIOGRAPHIES
HISTORY OF CLERMONT & BROWN COUNTIES, OHIO
By Byron Williams
1913
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CLARENCE G. LONG.
Mr. Clarence G. Long, a prosperous farmer and successful stockraiser of
Sterling township, Brown county, is a representative of a family who for
four generations have been prominent in the affairs and enterprises of this
section of Ohio. The birth of Mr. Long occurred near Eastwood,
Sterling Township, Nov. 10, 1868, and is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Widmeyer)
Long.
Thomas Long was born opposite the present home
of Mr. Clarence Long, of this review, in the year 1845, and has lived
in Starling township all his life thus far, and is by occupation a
blacksmith, being considered the best horseshoer in this section. He
is still active in business and resides near Eastwood. He has always
taken an active interest in politics and is in favor of all measures that
tend to the advancement of the public. He is a member of the Masonic
order, Harmony Lodge No. 435, Mt. Orab. He is a son of Joseph R.
Long.
Joseph R. Long was born at Clover, Clermont
county, Ohio, in 1821, and died in Brown county, in 1906. He was a
blacksmith by trade, in connection with which he operated a productive farm.
He was also a local Methodist minister of the early days. He was a son
of Thomas Jefferson Long.
Thomas Jefferson Long came to Clermont county
from Pennsylvania some time prior to 1800 and located at Rural. The
trip was made in the usual way by flatboat down the Ohio river. In
1811 he was conducting a tavern at Williamsburg and a little later secured a
farm which he operated and which was near Clover, where he died. After
this event the widow and the family removed to near New Harmony, Brown
county.
Elizabeth (Widmeyer) Long was born in 1846 and
is an earnest and active member of the Methodist church. She is the
mother of four children, whose names follow: Clarence G., our
subject; Harriet, wife of Dr. Frank Lewis, a dentist of
Quincy, Ohio. She married, first, Thomas Eggelston, by whom she
had one child. The Egglestons were of Virginia and came to
Brown county about war times; Joseph R. resides with his parents;
Dotte, wife of Thomas Taylor, a blacksmith, of near Eastwood.
Clarence G. Long was united in marriage to
Miss Pearl G. Bindley, who was born at their present home, the ceremony
having taken place on the 25th of December, 1889, at Newport, Ky. She
is a daughter of H. J. and Anna (Collins) Bindley, both of whom are
deceased.
Hiram J. Bindley was born in Pennsylvania, Apr.
23, 1835, and died in March, 1909. When a young man Mr. Bindley
learned the trade of machinist, which he followed until he came to Ohio in
1859. In 1860 he married Annie S., daughter of Edward
Collins, who was born in September, 1834, and to them were born four
children: Ida, wife of Hugh Dyer of Pittsburgh, in the
United States mail service; Harry E., of Terre Haute, Ind.; Annie
and Pearl, who is Mrs. Long. Mr. Bindley was
extensively engaged in public works of Brown and Clermont counties, also
counties adjoining these, for some seven years, in addition to attending his
well kept farm on the Williamsburg and Mt. Oreb pike, now the home of Mr.
and Mrs. C. G. Long. He was a son of Edward and Rebecca (Newly)
Bindley of English descent.
The grandfather of Mr. Hiram J. Bindley, who had
settled in Pennsylvania, was loyal to the King of England, and on the
opening of the war of 1812 returned to England with his family. As
Edward was not yet of age he was also compelled to return with the
others, but on the night before his twenty-first birthday he packed up his
belongings to return to America, locating at Pittsburgh. Later his
brothers followed him and became wealthy iron and steel operators.
Edward Bindley remained in Pittsburg until about 1840, when he removed
to Newport, Ky., engaging in milling and carpentering. In later life
he removed to Loveland, Clermont county, Ohio, where he died, at the age of
ninety-seven years.
John A. Bindley a brother of Hiram J. Bindley,
resides at Blanchester, Ohio, where he owns the Bindley block,
including the hotel, bank and other business enterprises. Another
brother, Edward Bindley, is a druggist of Terre Haute, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence G. Long have two
daughters, Ida Mabel and Inez Rebecca.
Mr. Long is a practical farmer and is thoroughly
conversant with all lines of this business. He is interested in other
enterprises also, and has stock in the First National Bank, of Williamsburg,
Ohio.
Mr. Long takes an active part in politics, being
a member of the Republican party, and has served in the various local
offices. He has also served on the school board.
Socially, Mr. Long has membership with the
Clermont Social Lodge No. 29, Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Long and the daughters are consistent
members of the Methodist church; also active members of the Order of the
Eastern Star.
* Source: History of Clermont & Brown Counties, Ohio
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LOUIS LYON. Louis
Lyon, a retired farmer residing in Georgetown, Brown county, has spent
his entire life in Pleasant township, and is one of the substantial citizens
of the community. He comes of an old family of that region and one
that has always been identified with its best interests. He was born
on his father's farm in that township, Feb. 8, 1845, son of Robert and
Rachael (Printy) Lyon. Robert Lyon was born in the same place, in
1803, and died in 1854. He was a son of William Lyon, who came
to pleasant township in 1796. Robert Lyon became the owner of
nine hundred and twenty-one acres of land in Brown county, part of it on
what was known as "Free Soil." In 1841 he married Rachael Printy,
daughter of Jesse Printy, who came to Lewis township in 1810, and
died in 1882, thus being able to watch the progress and growth of the region
from a dense wilderness to a beautiful prosperous country. Jesse
Printy's father, William Printy, was born in Ireland and served
in the Revolution. Mrs. Lyon was born in Lewis township, Brown
county, in 1819, and died in 1912. Mr. Lyon was a farmer and
large land owner and he and his wife had six children, all born in
Brown county: William, a retired farmer of Higginsport;
Louis, of this sketch; Mary, wife of Col. Charles D. Thompson,
of Georgetown; Dan, who died at the age of twenty-eight years, some
thirty-three years ago; Ruth, the wife of U. G. Rese of
Georgetown; and Anna, the fourth child, died in early childhood.
Mr. Louis Lyon attended the public schools of
his native township, spent one year at Fulton, Ill., and a short time in
school at Athens, Ohio. He then engaged in farming and after the death
of his father took great interest in what he was able to do on the home
farm. After marriage he settled on part of the home place, and about
thirty-three years ago went to live with his widowed mother, remaining with
her until her death. He managed the large place of three hundred and
ten acres of choice land to excellent advantage. In November, 1912, he
purchased the old Henry Loudon place, with all modern conveniences.
Mr. Lyon taught school with success in early youth, in Brown county,
and has always kept himself well informed on general topics and issues.
He showed energy and foresight in conducting his farm and made a specialty
of raising tobacco. He is Democratic in politics and took great
interest in township affairs. He and his wife belonged to the
Christian church at Higginsport. He is a man of quiet habits and
simple tastes, and he and his wife have a large circle of friends.
On Jan. 28, 1868, Mr. Lyon was united in
marriage with Miss Rachael Amanda Dougherty who was born in Union
township, Brown county, Mar. 12, 1848, daughter of Rev. J. P. Daugherty
and his wife, Jane (Barnes) Daugherty. Rev. Daugherty was born
in Brown county in 1819, and died in 1903, and his wife was born in
Tennessee in 1810 and died in 1889. He was a minister in the Christian
church in Brown county and remained in active ministry until his death,
being a man who did much for the upbuilding of the community. He was
highly regarded and did a noble work among his fellows. He and his
wife had six children: Martha, wife of Carey Mitchell,
deceased; Sarah, widow of John Pangburn of Ripley; Lucinda,
deceased, who was the wife of Dr. D. S. Guthrie of Mt. Orab;
Amanda, Mrs. Lyon; Emma L., deceased, who was the wife of
A. P. Cahall of Georgetown; Ella, wife of Lewis Miranda
of Hamersville, Ohio. Mrs. Daugherty, by a former marriage with
William Denniston had two children - William Maxwell and
Mary Ann. William Maxwell Denniston married Elvina Savage,
and both are now dead. Mary Ann Denniston married Josiah
Richey, now deceased, and she lives on Pisgah Ridge, near Ripley.
Mrs. Louis Lyon has been a temperance worker for many years, and was
one of the Ohio crusaders.{
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lyon have had two children,
born in Pleasant township; Ira J., born Nov. 30, 1868, died Dec. 10,
1868; Jesse Daugherty Lyon, born Apr. 10, 1870. Jesse D.
was married, Feb. 5, 1897, to Miss Mary Hervey Moore, and he is a
mechanical engineer and he and his wife are now living in Cincinnati, on
Walnut Hills. They have a daughter, Dorothy, born Dec. 16,
1897.
A brother of Mrs. Lyon, William Maxwell
Denniston, served in the Civil war, as a member of the Eighty-ninth Ohio
volunteer infantry, and served in all over four years, being discharged
after the war was over and having spent seventeen months in Andersonville
and Libby prisons. William Lyon grandfather of the subject of
this sketch, a native of Ireland, was with Gen. masse when the latter
made several important surveys, and in 1802 came with him to Brown county,
so he was in this region before a county was organized and was one of the
oldest settlers here. He bought one of the surveys from General
Massie and his grandson has in his possession the deed made out to him
by General Massie. Mr. Lyon prizes this document very
highly, as well he may.
* Source: History of Clermont & Brown Counties, Ohio
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