Gilbert, Frank T. "Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory; and Umatilla County, Oregon." Portland, OR: Print & Lithographing House of A. G. Walling, 1882. p. a22. JOHN AND GARRETT LONG The father of these gentlemen, Peter Long, was a native of Penn. from which state he moved to Ohio in an early day. Their mother was Hilah Dorland. John was born in Crawford county, Ohio, August 22, 1825, and Garrett in the same county January 25, 1835. In the year 1839 the family removed to Missouri, living in Platt county two years and then settling in Holt county. In 1850 John crossed the plains to Solano county Cal., and remained till the next summer. He then returned to Missouri, and married Ann W. Barker January 1, 1852. She is a native of that state, and is a daughter of Henry Barker and Sarah Noland, both natives of Kentucky. The father having died, John and his wife, with Garrett and their mother, again crossed the plains in 1852 and settled on a farm in Solano county. John went to North San Juan in 1855 and engaged in butchering, and in 1857 to Tehama county, where he began farming and raising stock. In 1860 he went to Eugene City, Oregon, where he engaged in merchandising and in raising stock. In 1863-4-5 he drove stock into this region, and in 1865 moved his family here and settled on the Touchet, four miles below Dayton, where he still lives. The next year he and Garrett built a grist mill, John owned and operated the mill from 1867 till the fall of 1881, when he sold it to Millin & Church of Portland. It is a three story frame mill 36 x 42, and has two run of stone with a capacity of seventy barrels of flour daily. The place has for some time been known as "Millton," but the O. R. & N. Co. have put in a side track here and have named the station "Longs." John has here 317 acres of land, a great deal of which is fine meadow and 130 acres excellent grain land. On the farm are two residences, two orchards, barns and other improvements. A view of the place, showing the mill, will be found one another page. John has a family of nine children, Sarah Catherine, John Henry, Hilah, Dora M., Luemma, Pauline, Willie, Finis, and Ledstone. James A., deceased, was the fourth child. Garrett remained on the farm in Solano county till 1855, when he went to Santa Clara and attended school for a year. Being in ill heath he made a trip to Oregon and then returned home. In 1858 he was carried off by the Frazer river excitement. He went to British Columbia by the way of the Danes, passing through Washington Territory along the eastern base of the Cascade mountains. His party of eighteen passed safely where the McLaughlin party of 300 had suffered at the hand of Indians a short time before. He mined for a time on Frazer river making an ounce per day, and returned home in the fall. In April 1861, Garrett married Mary G. Small, of Pettis county, Mo., daughter of George Small, a native of Tennessee, and Melinda John, and again in 1864. He then went to the mines at Placerville, Boise Co. Idaho. Returning to Oregon, he again drove cattle here with his brother, bringing his family. After building the mill spoken of before, he disposed of his interest to his brother Hinch, of Mo. After this event he mined in Butte county. In 1863 he drove cattle from Oregon to this region with his brother in 1867, and farmed there until 1870. He then took up some land two and one-half miles east of the mill, where he now resides. He ownes there 320 acres, twenty of which are fine meadow. His residence and improvements form one of the illustrations of the volume. He also has a fine orchard. Garrett and wife have had a family of ten children, George, deceased, James I., John E., Henry W., Brick, Hilah Ann, Oscar, Millard, Maudie, and a child that died in infancy. * * * * Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in February 2007 by Diana Smith. Notice: These biographies were transcribed for the Washington Biographies Project. Unless otherwise stated, no further information is available on the individual featured in the biographies.