J. Luther Long and Minnie Belle Craig

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Husband J. Luther Long ¹

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           Born: 15 Apr 1855 - Freeport, Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: William A. Long (1820-1907) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth A. Cunningham (Abt 1820-1869) 1

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       Marriage: 1891 1

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Wife Minnie Belle Craig ¹

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1 F Ruth Isabel Long ¹

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2 F Helen Lucile Long ¹

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3 M Luther Craig Long ¹

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General Notes: Husband - J. Luther Long

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He received his education in the public schools, and learned the trade of carpenter with his father. When only seventeen years of age he engaged in the contracting and building business with headquarters at Freeport, Pennsylvania. In 1885 he built a planing mill, which he operated until September 23, 1890, when it was destroyed by fire. In the autumn of 1889 he built a saw mill and electric light plant, and also opened a feed store, all of which were successfully operated, and in 1890 he established a fine grocery and general store, which business was continued for several years. In 1899 Mr. Long moved to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, and continued in the business of contracting and building, with an office in the First National Bank Building, on Wood street. He built many of the finest buildings in Pittsburg, East End, and Wilkinsburg, including the Ross Avenue Methodist Episcopal church, the Wallace Avenue Baptist church, Wilkinsburg, and the Methodist Episcopal church on South avenue, Wilkinsburg. He also completed a handsome school building in Uniontown, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Long was a Republican, and while at Freeport served several years as a member of the council, being president of the council three of these years. He was a member of the Lutheran church and an elder for several years.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 274.

2 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 33.