An American Family History

Franklin Monroe Long was born in Lincoln, Illinois, Logan County on January 3, 1875. His parents were Thomas Long and Louisa Taylor. His name was spelled Franklyn in the 1900 census.

He appeared in the 1900 census in Webster County, Iowa. He was a sawmill engineer.

At the time of the 1910 census he was in Emmons County, North Dakota. He was 35 years old and a merchant. He was living by himself when the census was taken and was next door to his sister, Eldora.

He married Louise Bell on June 15, 1910 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They moved to Braddock, North Dakota where their son, Leo Franklin Long, was born on September 29, 1910.

He was a manager in a grocery store and was a lodger.

At the time of the 1925 North Dakota census he was in Braddock with his wife Margaret.

In 1930 he was still in Braddock. The household consisted of Frank Long who was 55 and his wife Margarite Long who was 47. Margarite was born in Iowa about 1883. Frank was a merchant in a general store.

In 1955 at the time of his sister, Lura's, death, he was living in Indianola, Warren County, Iowa.

Leo Franklin Long