The Long Families of Wyandot County, Ohio

HUGH LONG,* one of the oldest settlers of the township, was born in West Liberty, Va., April 12, 1794. He is the son of John and Catharine (Fry) Long, natives of Pennsylvania. His great-grandmother, Nancy Howard, was kidnapped in London, England, brought to this country and sold for her passage. His grandfather Fry was a soldier in the Revolutionary war three years. His father was reared a farmer, and at the age of twenty-one, went to Pittsburgh and learned the tanner’s trade, Gen. Wayne’s army being then stationed there. He was married there and moved to St. Clairsville, Belmont County, Ohio, and became the father of ten children. He died in his sixty-fourth year, and his wife in her seventy-fifth. May. Long, the subject of this sketch, attended the common schools of his time and enlisted in a Light Horse Cavalry Company in the war of 1812, but, with other volunteers, was not wanted, and was exempted from entering the service. He learned the tanner’s trade of his father, and was engaged with him in the trade till twenty-five years of age. About that time he married Miss Catharine Trucks, four children resulting therefrom, two living — Mary and Matilda; the deceased are Catharine and Joseph. The mother of these died in 1832, aged twenty-four years. Mr. Long was married again the same year to Miss Sarah Hinkle, who by him became the mother of fourteen children, six surviving to the present time — Hugh H., John, Hiram, Orrin, Vincent and Hattie, wife of Lawson H. DeLander. Mr. Long came to Marion County, in 1832, settling in Marseilles, then Burlington; the Fitzgeralds, Youngs and Merrimans being the only families in the township; our subject now being the oldest and only surviving resident of those early days. He built his shop and began his trade as tanner in 1834, and continued in this occupation till 1876. He is the owner of thirty acres of land within the corporation and has been largely interested in building up the village. He has held every office in the township except that of the Justice of the Peace, and that he refused. He obtained the title of “Major” through Charles Merriman. For his eighteen days’ service in the war of 1812, he receives a pension of $8 per month; also received a title to 160 acres of land, which afterward sold for $140. He was formerly a Whig, but later ly a Republican. His wife died February 9, 1882, aged seventy-three; he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and highly esteemed in his old age.

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JAMES LONG was born in Adams County, Penn., May 18, 1820. His parents were Jacob and Lydia (Eyler) Long, who were both natives of Pennsylvania, and emigrated to this county in 1835. James Long was engaged in shoe-making up to the year 1859, when he purchased land in this township, and engaged till the year 1865 in agricultural pursuits. He was married, in 1856, to Sarah J. Freet, of Tymochtee Township, and two sons were born to them, viz., Franklin and Scott. In 1865, Mrs. Long died, and Mr. L., disposing of his farm and chattels, spent three years in "roaming," marrying his second wife, Diantha Crow, December 6, 1868. Their only child, Mary Alice, died at the age of nine months. In 1870, Mr. Long again purchased land (forty-nine acres) in this township, and since that time has been actively employed in improving the same, now valuing the farm at $65 per acre. Mr. Long cast his first vote for Harrison, and is yet a stanch Republican.

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HENRY LONG, proprietor of the " Gier House," Old Tymochtee, Ohio, was born December 15, 1842, in McCutchenville, Ohio, and is the son of Jacob and Lydia (Eyler) Long, natives of Pennsylvania. They emigrated to Ohio in about 1837, and settled in McCutchenville, Ohio, where he followed the trade of shoe-making for several years. In 1845, he purchased fifty-six acres of land in Tymochtee Township, this county, upon which he settled, after clearing and building a log cabin, etc., in 1849. He reared a family consisting of four sons and five daughters — James, Margaret, Harriet, Mary, John, Lucinda, Henry, Elizabeth and Wilson, of whom all are living with the exception of the two latter. The mother died in 1867, and the father in 1872. Oar subject was married, in 1862, to Lydia C. Freet, of Tymochtee Township, this county, who was born in Loudoun County, Va., her parents being Henry D. and Lydia C. (Clise) Freet, natives of Virginia and of German descent. They emigrated to Ohio and settled in McCutchenville, this county, where he followed the blacksmith trade, afterward moving to "Old Tymochtee." They raised a family of twelve children, of whom only four are living: Amanda A., Henry C, Lydia C. and George W. The parents are deceased, both interred in the Dunn Graveyard. To the union of Henry and Lydia C. Long have been born one son and one daughter — Carl Grant and Vistio A., both of whom are living. Our subject rented farms for several years, then purchased property in "Old Tymochtee," subsequently purchasing the old tavern stand known as the Gier House in the above town, where he still lives, and his present occupation is farming and grain threshing. In 1882, he purchased 114 acres of land, which he is now improving, and which he values at $50 per acre. Politically, he is a Democrat.

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JOHN R. LONG was born in Northumberland County, Penn., June 5, 1833. His parents, Joseph and Barbara (Rutter) Long, were natives of Pennsylvania and Maryland respectively, coming to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1836, and to this county in 1847, settling in Salem Township, where the father died November 3, 1863; the mother, May 21, 1883. John Long, the subject of this sketch, was married, April 10, 1856, to Hannah Snyder, of Marion, Ohio, where they resided four years, removing to this township in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Long have four children: Mary J., George B,,

William H. and Cora A., the latter possessing considerable skill as a musician. Mr. Long worked at his trade as carpenter till his marriage, but has since engaged in farming. He owns sixty-five acres of land, which, by improvement, he has made worth $75 per acre. Mr. Long is a Democrat, and has served as Township Trustee four terms.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.