Dennis J. Long

As printed in 1881

DENNIS J. LONG, Agent Union Express Company, Akron; was born in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1844, where he lived until he was 15 years of age, when he came to Akron with his brother, J. A. Long. In 1859, he became an apprentice in the Beacon office, where he served about four years. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, 104th 0. V. I., serving the first two years as private soldier. In February, 1864, he was appointed to a clerkship in the office of Gen. Schofield, where he remained in the Department of Ohio until the close of the war. June 28, 1865, he was mustered out at Greensboro, N. C. On his return, with A. L. Paine, he started a new weekly paper entitled, the Summit County Journal, in 1865, with Judge Carpenter as editor; this they conducted with good success two years, when Mr. Long sold out his interest and bought a one-third interest in the Beacon, being connected with that paper as stockholder and proprietor until 1875, when he became book-keeper in the office of the Akron Iron Company-, continuing for two years. March 1, 1877, he was appointed agent of the Union Express Company; he is now agent of the Union, American and Adams Express Companies. In May, 1870, he was married to Miss Eliza A. Potter, of Akron.

As printed in History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.