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KANAWHA COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: LONG, E. Leslie
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
Sandy Spradling
SSpradling@AOL.com
September 26, 1999
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History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and Representative
Citizens
W.S. Laidley
Richmond Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, ILL.
1911
p. 438-441
E. LESLIE LONG, state treasurer of West Virginia, who was elected to his
present office from McDowell County, W. Va., in 1908 for a term of four
years, was born in Tyler County, W. Va., July 23, 1874, a son of L. H. and
Martha - (Henthorne) Long. His paternal grandfather, who was a native of
Tyler County, died in the prime of life when his son, our subject's father,
was a child. The paternal great grandparents of Mr. Long were from
Pennsylvania.
L. H. Long was born in West Virginia in May, 1847. He resides in Alma,
Tyler County, where he formerly carried on a mercantile business and was
postmaster for some fifteen years. In April, 1863, he enlisted in the 11th
West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, although not then quite sixteen years of
age, and subsequently took part in many engagements, but escaped unhurt. His
commander was Col. Bukey of Parkers-burg, W. Va. His brother-in-law, Capt.
Eli C. Henthorne, was captain of Company C, 7th W. Va. Regiment in the
Federal army, and died from a gunshot wound received at the battle of
Spottsylvania. - Mrs. Martha Henthorne Long, our subject's mother, was a
daughter of James Hen, thorne, a native of Ohio, and Matilda (Conaway)
Henthorne, a native of West Virginia. James Henthorne died in Ohio at the
age of forty-one years. His widow married for her second husband a Mr. Davis,
of which marriage there was no issue. She died in West Virginia in 1897.
E. Leslie Long began his education in the public schools of Tyler County and
was subsequently graduated from the West Virginia Wesleyan College at
Buckhannon, W. Va., in the Class of 1898. He was later graduated from the
law department of the University of West Virginia at Morgantown, Class of
1901, and being admitted to the bar the same year, began the practice of his
profession at Welch, McDowell County, this state. He early became interested
in politics as a member of the Republican party, and has been a delegate to
every state and county convention since 1896 and is chairman of the judiciary
committee of the 8th Judicial District, consisting of Mc-Dowell, Mercer and
Monroe Counties. In 1908 he was elected, as above noted, to his present
responsible position as state treasurer, this being the first public office
he has held in the state. Since assuming its duties he has justified the
choice of his party, having capably administered the business pertaining to
the office. As may be inferred he stands high in the councils of his party
in this state. Mr. Long belongs to the Ma-sonic order, being a member of the
Blue Lodge, No. 112, Welch, W. Va.; the Consistory of West Virginia and of
Beni-Ke-deni Temple, M. S., of Charleston; also of the Pi Kappa Psi college
fraternity. He is unmarried.
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