Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....Long, Richard S. October 24, 1835 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      R S Long, stock dealer, farmer and stock grower. The 
subject of this sketch was born in Greene County, Penna, 
October 24, 1835. He is a son of Jerry (Jeremiah) Long and 
Lucretia Stephens Long, who were natives of this county and 
of English origin. His father was reared on a farm where he 
spent the early part of his life. He afterwards made a 
specialty of stock growing, in which he dealt quite 
extensively in the West, and succeeded in accumulating a 
handsome fortune, being at the time of his death in 1863, 
the owner of 1300 acres of well improved land in Greene 
County, and extensive stock interest in the West. 
  
      He was married in his native county and all of his six 
children were born in Cumberland Township. They are as 
follows: Milton Long; Elizabeth Long, wife of Corbly Garard; 
Mary Long; R S Long; W S Long, Sarah A Long, wife of James 
Stephens; and Nancy V Long, wife of Wallace Eicher. 
  
      Richard Long was reared on the farm and attended the 
common school. In business he has very closely followed the 
example of his father, and has met with about the same 
success. At the age of twenty two, he went West and engaged 
in buying stock, of which he made heavy shipments from Iowa 
to Chicago. He deals principally in sheep and cattle, and of 
the latter owns at present 900 head in company with others 
in the West. 
  
      His home farm consists of 261 acres of land, well 
stocked and improved. He was married December 4, 1861, to 
Miss Phoebe C Bailey, daughter of J K Bailey, and they are 
the parents of three children: J C Long; D Annie Laurie 
Long; and Lucretia V Nellie Long. In politics Mr Long is a 
Republican, and he and his wife are members of the 
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, in which he is one of the 
leading officers. 

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