History of Lee County, Illinois - Bushnell Historical Society

HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 193
lowing his father's death and for a k)ng period successfully carried
on agricultural pursuits.
He is still the owner of valuable farming property including
about four hundred acres. That his methods of developing his
crops were practical is indicated in the generous liar^xsts which he
gathered and which returned to him a gratifying annual income.
Mr. Toug, since coming to Aniboy in 1906, has been engaged in the
live-stock business and annually handles a large amount of stock,
shipping many carloads from this point each month. lie is one
of the directors and stockholders of the Lee County Fair Association
and has done much to stimuhite pride among the farmers and
stock-raisers of the county in holding before them high ideals of
their work and showing them what can be accomplished both in
tilling the soil and in raising fine stock.
Mr. Long was married in Sublette, Illinois, May 1, 1878, to Miss
Ellie M, Ayres, a daughter of Henry and Anna Ayres, pioneer
farming people of the county, who have now passed away. Mrs.
Long died May 30, 1908, leaving two children: Joe, a ci^dl engineer
residing in Springfield. Illinois; and Leon R., a mining
engineer now in Ecuadoi', South Amei'iea, where he is engaged
in railroad construction.
Mr. Long is well known as a representati-\'e of the Masonic
fraternity, holding membership with the Lodge and Chapter of
Amboy. In politics he is a reynililican and is serving as road commissioner
of Amboy township. His position upon any vital ques-
tion, political or otherwise, is never an equivocal one. Ho stands
fearlessly for what he believes to be right and as the years go on
his worth as a public-spirited man and one whose labors are of
practical value is more and more widely acknowledged.
FRET) D. DANA.
Fred D. Dana, filling the office of deputy county treasurer
since 1910, is one of the native sons of Dixon, his birth haA'ing
occuri'ed in this citv on the 6th of July. 1875. His parents were
Josiah P. and Winifred M. (Nixon) Dana, the former a native
of New York and the latter of England. They became residents
of the middle west in early life, however, and wevo married in
Wisconsin, wliile subsequently they established their home in
this citv.