Sedgwick County KSGenWeb
Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.
Chapman Brothers 1888
Pages 432 - 433
PETER LONG, who is engaged in farming and stock-raising on section 2, Kechi Township, is one of the substantial and reliable citizens of the community, and a prosperous and able agriculturist. He is a native of Washington County, Md., born Jan. 28, 1830, and is the son of John and Margaret (Barns) Long, who were also natives of the same State. His father was of German descent, and a farmer by occupation. He was a member of the German Baptist Church, and an upright and Christian man, who received the warmest approbation of his neighbors for his sterling integrity and straightforward dealing. He died in the State where he was born in 1865. The mother of our subject, who was of English ancestry, was born in 1794, and died in 1878, haying been the mother of nine children, as follows: Evaline, who married David Palmer; Jacob, whose wife was formerly Miss Evaline Keeny; Catherine, Mrs. Daniel Highbarger; Susan, deceased; Peter, the subject of this memoir; Lydia, who is also married; Hezekiah, deceased; Emmanuel, who married Evaline Highbarger; and Daniel, whose wife was Miss Ellen Colbert.
The subject of this biographical notice was reared in his native county, and there received the elements of his education in the district schools, and laid the foundations of his future life. On attaining manhood he entered into the mercantile business at Downsville, Washington Co., Md., which occupation he pursued for some three years, after which he filled the office of Postmaster of that town for some nine years. In 1874 he opened a grocery store, which he operated until 1879, at which date he sold out and came to Kansas, and settled in this county. At first he rented a farm, and for five years was engaged in tilling the soil, but at the expiration of that time he purchased 160 acres of excellent land, on a portion of which he is now living. Eighty acres of it, which lay in Wichita Township, he disposed of for $200 per acre, and purchased some additional land in Kechi Township, and at the present time has 120 acres, most of which is under an excellent state of cultivation.
Mr. Long has been twice married. The first matrimonial contract was entered into Feb. 7, 1854, at which time he was wedded to Miss Matilda A. Dovenbarger, who died March 14, 1857, having been the mother of two children: Catherine, who married Henry E. Herr, but is now deceased; and Matilda A., Mrs. Harry J. Winders. In December, 1860, Mr. Long and Miss Aleatha Dovenbarger, a sister of his first wife, plighted their troth at the altar. This lady is also a native of Washington County, Md., and the daughter of John and Mary E. (Eakle) Dovenbarger, natives of the same State, and the parents of the following eleven children: Jacob, who married Miss Katie Hollen; Henry, whose wife was formerly Mrs. Auscherman; John, whose wife was Maria Roland; Sarah, Mrs. Thomas Auscherman; Christian, who married Mrs. Elizabeth Butterbaugh; William, who was united in marriage with Miss Mary S. Ullum; Daniel, the husband of Miss Catherine Heaflybouer; Mary A., Mrs. Wesley Ullum; Matilda, the first wife of Peter Long; Susan, Mrs. Eli Mondel; and Aleatha, the wife of the subject of this sketch. By this second marriage Mr. Long is the parent of four children, viz: Harry J. married Florence B. Warren, and resides in Wichita Township; Emma J., Irvin D. and Peter. The latter child died in infancy, and was much mourned by its sorrowing parents.
The subject of this notice is a Republican in politics, but has strong Prohibition proclivities, being convinced that the rum traffic is not only hurtful to the men engaged in it and to their victims, but demoralizing to the community. Both he and his wife are strict members of the German Baptist Church, in which society he is Trustee, Deacon and Treasurer.
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