JAMES EDWARD LONG, M.D., is an ardent devotee of the Aesculapian art, to which his life has been devoted. He is a son of Thomas H. Long, a native of the District of Columbia, who married Sarah Fullyard. Thomas H. Long followed carpentry in early life, and afterward entered mercantile business at Dunningsville, Penn., thence moving to Independence, same State. He finally went to Grafton, W. Va., and conducted a hardware business in that place, where he died, leaving the following children: Sadie (wife of Dr. Hill, of Dunningsville, Penn.), Thomas C. (residing at Grafton, W. Va.), William, James Edward, and Harry L. (also in West Virginia). The mother died when the children were small, and since the death of the father the hardware store has been conducted by two of the sons, Thomas C. and Harry L., under the firm name of Long Bros. Dr. James Edward Long was born in 1862, in Washington county, Penn., and attended the common schools during boyhood. He afterward graduated at Independence, Penn., and then took a five years' course of study at the academy of Prof. J. C. Messenger. After finishing this course be entered the office of Dr. Parkinson, at Independence, also reading medicine three years with Dr. Hill, of Dunningsville, Penn. He then passed two years at the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons, and returning to Washington county, Penn., practiced his profession one year, then returning to college, graduated in 1881. On March 1, 1883, he located in Kammerer, Somerset township, this county, where he has since resided. In June, 1887, he was united in marriage with Miss Maggie Kammerer, who has borne him two children: Francis O., and Edith Virginia (deceased in early youth). D)r. Long has served in many local offices in Somerset township. The family are all members of the Pigeon Creek Presbyterian Church.
Text taken from page 1109 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed January 1997 by Jean Suplick Matuson of Plano, TX as part of the Beers Project.
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