Lenna Long
Dependent very largely upon his own resources from his early youth, Lenna Long has attained to a prominent position among the agriculturists of his township. He has encountered many obstacles and met with reverses, but. nevertheless. has pressed steadily forward, ever willing to work for the end he had in view. For several years he worked as a molder throughout the Central West, but the call of the farm drew him back to the old home place, where he is now living. His tenacity and fortitude are due in a large measure to the worthy traits inherited from his sterling ancestors, whose high ideals and correct principles he has ever sought to perpetuate in all the relations of life.
Lenna Long, the son of C. H. and Belle (Wilson) Long, was born June 22, 1880, on the farm where he is now living. His father settled here in his young childhood. grew to maturity, married and reared a family of seven children: Ira, who lives in Columbus, Ohio; Lenna, with whom this narrative deals: Frank: Fay; Claire, deceased; Clara, who resides in the state of Rhode Island, and Louisa. The mother of these children died in 1906. Frank Long still lives on the home farm of one hundred acres.
Lenna Long received his education in the Whissler school of his home neighborhood and the Spring Fork and Roberts schools of Madison county, this state. His boyhood days were not unlike those of the average farm lad and consisted of attendance at the district schools during the winter seasons and hard work upon the home farm during the summers. After leaving school he learned the trade of a molder and for a few years worked at this trade in several different cities throughout the country. However, he never lost his love for the farm and after his marriage, in 1903, located on the old home farm, six miles north of Bloomingburg, in Paint township, where he has since lived.
Mr. Long was married June 22, 1903, to Lucy Harrow, the daughter and John D. and Lucretia (Shaw) Harrow. John D. Harrow is a prominent citizen of Columbus, Ohio, where he and his family are now living. Six children were born to John D. Harrow and wife: Lucy, Steel, David. Grace, Luella and Christian.
Politically, Mr. Long is a Democrat, but has never held any public office except that of road supervisor.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)