Mr. A. F. Long

Alter, Lewis S. | Bruce, Edgar L. | Cultp, George | Darroch, William | Denham, Charles T. | French, Moses F. | Hamilton, Louis H. | Hammond, Joseph P. | Hammond, Stewart C. | Hanley, Judge Charles Walker | Hanley, Charles W. | Kent, Alexander J. | Kent, Carroll Carey | Kent, John Alexander | Leatherman, James N. | Long, Abram F. | Long, Samuel | Makeever, John | McCray, Greenberry Ward | McCray, Warren T. | Parkison, George B. | Peck Family | Ravenscroft, Sampson | Stockton, William Sims
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Concerning the children of Jacob and Margaret (Landis) Alter the following authentic data are entitled to preservation in this connections: Veronica, born October 9, 1769, married Lawrence LaFever; John, born September 13, 1771, married Helenor Sheets; Jacob, born January 1, 1773, married Elizabeth Foutz; David, born February 7, 1775, married Elizabeth Mell; Esther, born February 28, 1777, married Michael Baer; Samuel, born Mar 17 1779, died young; Susanna, born October 25, 1784, married Maria Elizabeth Reinhard; Abraham, born March 13, 1787, died unmarried; and Margaret, born March 23, 1790, became the wife of a Mr. McCullough.
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One of the oldest and best known business men of Rensselaer is Abram F. Long, son of the pioneer Samuel Long.
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To their marriage were born five children, and the three that reached maturity were Abram F., Edward and Addie, the last being the wife of W. W. Miller of Mount Ayr.
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His son, Abram F. Long, has for many years been proprietor of the leading drug store at Rensselaer.He was born November 7, 1862, on the old homestead in Newton Township of Jasper County, and was reared there and in Newton County, whither his parents removed when he was a boy.His early education came from the public schools, and when about eighteen he acquired his first experience in the business which has subsequently become his permanent vocation by hiring out as a clerk in a drug store at Rensselaer.A year later he returned to the home farm and assisted in its cultivation until he was twenty-two.In 1883, he again came to Rensselaer as a drug clerk, followed that employment three years, and then with an eye to the future took a short course in Chicago School of Pharmacy.This was followed by another experience as a clerk, and in 1886, he returned to the Chicago College of Pharmacy from which he was graduated with his diploma in the spring of 1887.As a registered pharmacist he had some experience in the city of Chicago, and from there returned to Rensselaer and became a partner in a local drug store.In 1890, he bought out his partner, and since that time the drug store of A. F. Long has been one of the business fixtures of Rensselaer, and its continuous standing of a quarter of a century makes it one of the oldest concerns in the city.About 1907 Mr. Long bought the ground and erected the home of his present business.

On September 25, 1889, Mr. Long married Elizabeth Purcupile, a daughter of Archibald and Elizabeth (Howe) Purcupile.