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FRANK LONG. Among
those men of sterling attributes of character who have impressed their
personality upon the community of their residence and have borne their full
share in the upbuilding and general development of Jasper County, mention must
not be omitted of Frank Long, one of the progressive farmers and stock men of
Independence Township, where he has long maintained his home and where he has
exerted a strong influence for good to the entire community, being a man of
upright principles and desirous to see the advancement of the County along
material, civic and moral lines. Mr.
Long has, with the exception of four years spent in Hamilton County, Iowa, and
one summer in South Dakota, spent most of his life in Jasper County, having come
here with his parents in 1867. He
was born in Winneshiek County, Iowa, March 29, 1862. He is the son of John and
Lucy (Smith) Long, both natives of Canada, the father born March 29, 1825, and
his death occurred on March 30, 1907, the mother having died in February 1868.
The father was twice married. The
parents of the subject came to Iowa fifty-five years ago when the state was just
beginning to be developed in a general way.
Six sons were born to John Long and his first wife, namely: George, of
Clear Creek Township, was born April 3, 1855; Charles, born November 15, 1856,
is living in Walla Walla, Washington; John W., born March 7, 1860, lives in Eden
Township, Marshall County, Iowa; Frank, of this sketch; Wilson, born in 1864, is
living in Idaho; Albert, born in April 1869, lives in Des Moines, Iowa. The
following children were born of John Long's second union: Bessie, Josie, Amanda,
Bert, Alonzo and Jonah. Frank
Long, of this review, was married on December 3, 1881, to Mary Alice Deeter, who
was born in Story County, Iowa, December 27, 1868, and there she grew to
womanhood and was educated. She was
the daughter of Sydney C. and Sarah H. (Runyon) Deeter, both born in Ohio; the
father, born on September 17, 1844, is living in Washington, and the mother
makes her home in Idaho. Eleven children were born to them, three of whom are
deceased; they were named as follows: Lucy Long lives in Idaho; Mrs. Frank Long,
of this sketch; Eliza died in infancy; William lives in Idaho, as does also
Loyal J.; Milo lives in Washington; Arthur Glenn lives in Idaho; Leo Don died in
infancy; Arminta Clarke lives in North Dakota; Lee lives in Idaho.
These children were born in Story County, Iowa, except the two younger,
who were born in Jasper County. To
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Long four children have been born, namely: Ada Sego, born
October 5, 1886, is living in Independence Township, this County; Arthur, born
December 26, 1890, is living in Des Moines; Grace Muriel, born August 5, 1895;
Cleo Fern, born January 27, 1897. These
children were all born in Jasper County. Mr.
Long has worked hard, managed well and as a result he has become well
established in a material way, being the owner of a finely improved farmstead of
one hundred and eighty acres in Independence Township, and here he carries on
general farming and stock raising in a manner that stamps him as being fully
abreast of the times. He has a pleasant and modernly furnished home and large,
convenient outbuildings. He is
liberal, yet properly conservative, and his support may always be counted on
when any laudable movement is placed on foot having as its object the general
good of the community. Politically,
he is a Democrat and in his fraternal relations he belongs to Unity Lodge No,
520, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, at Baxter. The Past and Present of Jasper County, Gen. James B. Weaver, Editor-In-Chief, 1912 B.F. Bowen Co., Indianapolis, IN, p. 1092. |
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