John Long Jr. (1819-1909), (painting).

John Long Jr. (1819-1909), (painting).

Gasche, Charles, painter.

John Long Jr. (1819-1909), (painting).

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Portrait of John Long standing beside two bulls that are hitched to a wagon. Trees and an open field are in the background.

Portrait male -- Long, John -- Full length

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Animal -- Cattle

Architecture -- Vehicle -- Wagon

Occupation -- Farm -- Farmer

Wayne County Historical Society of Ohio, 546 East Bowman St., Wooster, Ohio 44691 Accession Number: 1900.0892.01

Gift of Smith, Wallace ca. 1950s.

Gift of Dingman, E. Smith, Mrs., ca. 1950s.

John Long was born on Sept 12, 1819 and died on Aug. 9, 1909. He married in 1852. He was one of the earliest settlers in Wayne County, Ohio.

John Long Jr. (1819-1909), born in Wayne Township in 1819, was the eldest son of Wayne County pioneer settler John Long Sr. The Long family lived in poverty for many years and in the early years his father, having no animal team of his own, had to work for neighboring farmers in exchange to get his field plowed by the neighbors oxen team. His father went insane when John Jr. was around twelve, and John Long Jr. worked hard all his life to help support his family and improve their prospects in life. He worked as a property caretaker for John Sloane for a number of years and bought the land on which he built his house from Sloane. He remained single until the age of 33 when he married Nancy Miller of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1853. The couple lived in the house he originally built for his mother on the lot procured from Sloane. This portrait is done in a Colonial Revival style. A local newspaper attributed the painting to Michael Strieby Nachtrieb.

Wayne County Historical Society, 1980, 2018.

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