Biography of Michael F. Long, pages 255 / 256.  History of Northeast 
Indiana; LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the 
editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and 
William H. McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York, 
1920.

    Michael F. Long.  The life of the subject of this sketch has been such 
as to elicit just praise from those who know him best, owing to the fact 
that he has always been true to the trusts reposed in him and has been 
upright in his dealings with his fellow men, at the same time lending his 
support to the advancement of any case looking to the welfare of the 
community at large. 
   Michael F. Long is a native of DeKalb County, having been born near 
Auburn on June 4, 1849.  His parents, Michael and Caroline (Baird) Long, 
were natives of Georgetown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where they 
were reared and married.  Subsequently they moved to Ohio, locating near 
Orville, Wayne County, but in 1845 moved to Auburn, Indiana, where they 
located on a farm.  Seven years later they moved into Auburn, where Mr. 
Long opened, a meat market, being a pioneer in that line here.  That was 
prior to the use of refrigerators and most of meat was peddled by wagon. 
This business he conducted until his death.  He was a democrat in his 
political affiliations, and he and his wife were members of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church.  They were the parents of two children, Henry J., of 
Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Michael F.
   Michael F. Long received a good education in the public schools of 
Auburn and then for a number of years he was engaged in teaching schools, 
being employed in the district schools in Auburn.  He then engaged in the 
mercantile business at Auburn, which claimed his attention for three years.  
Mr. Long then took the United States civil service examination and received 
an appointment as railway mail clerk.  He held some of the earliest “runs” 
in this part of the country, having those from Chicago to Cleveland, on 
the Lake Shore Railroad, from Chicago to Newark, Ohio, on the Baltimore & 
Ohio Railroad, and then opened the route from Toledo to Dayton.  Eventually, 
tiring of that vocation, Mr. Long came to Butler and opened a fine meat 
market, which he conducted about eight years.  Then for six years he was 
engaged in the farming implement business, relinquishing that vocation to 
enter the office of county clerk, to which he had been elected on the 
republican ticket.  He faithfully and efficiently discharged the duties of 
this responsible office for four years, and at the expiration of his term 
he returned to Butler and entered the employ of the McCormick Harvester 
Company, for whom he traveled for about seventeen years.  Because of 
failing health he was compelled to resign that position, and he then 
opened the Overland Garage at Butler, which he is now conducting and in 
which he has met with well-deserved success.
   On October 8, 1871, Mr. Long was married to Vianna Stonebraker, and to 
them were born four children, namely: Blanche, the widow of Charles Felske; 
Lenore, the wife of Charles LaDue, of New Rochelle, New York; Louise, wife 
of Albert E. Whitehead; George, who was drowned near Butler when fourteen 
years of age.  The mother of these children died in 1881 and in 1885 Mr. 
Long married Eva Share. To this union two children have been born, Frank 
L., a butter salesman, and T.M., who is interested with his father in the 
garage.
   Politically Mr. Long has been a life-long republican and has taken an 
active part in the affairs of his community.  His fraternal relations are 
with the Free and Accepted Masons and the Knights of Pythias. His life has 
become a part of the history of his community, and his long and honorable 
business career has brought him before the public in such a way as to gain 
the esteem and confidence of his fellowmen.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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