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Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1899.
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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JOHN W.
LONG. If it be true - we
have good authority for it being fact - that one's
environment has an influence upon character, then the men
who have had the fortune to pass their lives in the midst of
the movements which have brought about the rapid development
of this section may well be expected to show independence,
enterprise, and practical sagacity. In the life of
this well-known merchant of Florida, Henry county, we find
these qualities manifested in an unusual degree, his success
being based upon a prompt and judicious use of opportunity.
Mr. Long was born Aug. 12, 1859, in Flat Rock township,
Henry county, Ohio, a son of John and Caroline (Greybast)
Long, who came to this section from Stark county, Ohio, at
an early day. The father, who was born in Hessen-Darmstadt,
Germany, in 1818, was a shoemaker by occupation, and for
some time after his removal to this section followed this
trade in Florida, Henry county, where he also conducted a
grocery. Later he purchased a farm about three miles
south of the village, but after five years of agricultural
work he returned to Florida, and from 1865 to 1872 was
engaged in shoemaking. He then became interested in a
grocery business which he carried on until his death, March
2, 1877. His wife, whose birth occurred in Germany in
1827, still lives, and resides with her daughter, Elisabeth
Tuttle; John W. is the fifth in the family of nine children
- four sons and five daughters: Augustus (deceased),
Louisa,
Elizabeth, Caroline (deceased), John W.,
Frank P., Mary, Wilhelmina, and William.
Our subject's education was begun in the common schools
of his native township, and in 1879-80 he attended a
commercial college at Hillsdale, Michigan. Although he
was only seventeen years old when his father died, he took
charge of his mother's interests, especially in connection
with the grocery business, while pursuing his studies at
Hillsdale. On completing his course of study he
purchased his mother's share in that business, and formed a
partnership with W. S. Brubaker; but two years later he
purchased the latter's interest, becoming the sole
proprietor. In 1883 he took another partner, Mr. A.
Tuttle, with whom he continued until Apr. 1889, when he
again became the owner of the entire business by purchase.
In 1883 they engaged in the grain business, which Mr.
Long
also purchased, and he now carries on both lines of trade
with marked success. In 1892 he bought an additional
elevator at Okolona; in 1896 he built on at Stanley, Ohio,
and at present he operates the three, doing a prosperous
business, the volume of which may be inferred from the fact
that from Jan. 1, to Jul. 1, 1897, he handled three hundred
and ten cars of grain.
Notwithstanding his business cares, he has taken an
active part in local politics, as a member of the Democratic
party. In 1882 he was elected clerk of Flat Rock
township, and this office he held until Mar. 1888, when he
resigned. Later he was chosen township treasurer, and
served two terms, being re-elected in the fall of 1896.
He is prominent in local affairs of a non-political nature,
and socially is identified with the National Union, the B.
P. O. E., Defiance Lodge, and with the Masonic fraternity,
having reached the Thirty-second degree.
On Oct. 12, 1882, Mr. Long was married in Texas, Ohio,
to Miss Hattie S. Durbin, who was born Aug. 8, 1858, a
daughter of William and Mary Durbin, well-known residents of
Texas. The following children have blessed this union:
Richard H., Lewis O., William D., Carl F. (who died Jul. 17,
1893, at the age of five and a half years), Mabel M., Vernia
F., John W., Jr., Earl E., and Hattie S.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
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