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Born 1849, Clearfield County
From Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908)
DAVID C. LONG, a general farmer and dairyman, who resides on his first-class farm of forty-four acres, which is situated near Fairlawn, in Portage Township, came to Summit County in 1867. He was born in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, February 8, 1849, and is a son of Samuel and Magdalena (Arnold) Long.
David C. Long spent his boyhood in Pennsylvania, where he was partly educated, and he attended a select school in Green Township, after reaching Summit Coimty, his parents living there for one year. His father then purchased the farm on which Mr. Long resides, moving onto it in 1873. The father died on this farm in September, 1892, his wife having passed away in 1874. They had eleven children, of whom David C. was the seventh son.
In 1879 David C. Long was married to Lydia Staver, who is a daughter of Rev. Elias Staver, an Evangelical minister located at Greensburg. Mr. and Mrs. Long have had four children: Ralph, who died at the age of thirteen years; Leo, residing at Akron, who married Clai'a Robinett, and Harry and George, both valuable assistants to their father. Mr. Long and his family belong to the West Side Congregational Church at Akron. He takes an active interest in public matters and leu'ds has aid and influence in promoting the best interests of the township of which he is a representative citizen. In politics a Republican, Mr. Long served as assessor of Portage Township for four years and at present is one of the township trustees.
As printed in Centennial history of Summit County, Ohio and representative citizens (1908). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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