J. A. LONG, manager of the Eureka Coal Mine, was born Feb. 24, 1847. His grandfather, Elias Long, was a native of Virginia, but in 1816, with his wife and children, settled in Jackson, Ohio, where he died. Andrew, the eldest of his children, was born in Virginia in 1810, and the greater part of his life was a farmer. e married Eliza, daughter of Hon. John James, of Jackson County. She was born in 1810 and died in 1874. Mr. Long died in 1869. J. A. was the youngest of their four children. Although reared on a farm he received a liberal education. In the spring of 1868 he was appointed Deputy Auditory. In 1869 he was appointed Treasurer of Jackson County. Dec. 10, 1873, he bought the dry goods house of C. S. Dickinson & Co. He subsequently was at the Franklin Mills two years when he opened the Eureka Mine. He is a stockholder and director of the Iron Bank, Jackson. Politically he is a Republican; in religious faith a Methodist. Oct. 10, 1870, he married Ella Dascomb, of Chillicothe, Ohio. They have four children.
Source #2 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 576
J. A. LONG, manager of the Eureka Coal Mine, was born Feb. 24, 1847. His grandfather, Elias Long, was a native of Virginia, but in 1816, with his wife and children, settled in Jackson, Ohio, where he died. Andrew, the eldest of his children, was born in Virginia in 1810, and the greater part of his life was a farmer. e married Eliza, daughter of Hon. John James, of Jackson County. She was born in 1810 and died in 1874. Mr. Long died in 1869. J. A. was the youngest of their four children. Although reared on a farm he received a liberal education. In the spring of 1868 he was appointed Deputy Auditory. In 1869 he was appointed Treasurer of Jackson County. Dec. 10, 1873, he bought the dry goods house of C. S. Dickinson & Co. He subsequently was at the Franklin Mills two years when he opened the Eureka Mine. He is a stockholder and director of the Iron Bank, Jackson. Politically he is a Republican; in religious faith a Methodist. Oct. 10, 1870, he married Ella Dascomb, of Chillicothe, Ohio. They have four children.
Source #2 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 - Page 576
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