GEORGE S. LONG, private secretary to Governor Harmon, has for a quarter of a century enjoyed an enviable position at the bar of Miami County, Ohio, and has been identified, as stockholder and director with numerous business enterprises of Troy, of which city he is a resident. He was born in Troy, Ohio, and is a son of Jacob F. Long, who was a carpenter by trade and first located in that city in 1854,

Mr. Long was reared in Miami County where he attended the public schools, being a graduate of Troy High School. After teaching one year in the schools of Troy he entered Dartmouth College and graduated therefrom with the degree of A. B., in 1879, after which he taught in the Portsmouth (Ohio) High School for a period of three years. He then returned to Troy and prepared himself for the legal profession in the office and under the direction of Hon. Theodore Sullivan. He was admitted to practice in 1884, and immediately thereafter opened an office in Troy. He practices before all State and Federal courts, and has been connected with much of the important litigation in Miami County. He has taken a more or less active interest in political affairs, and has at times been called upon to fill offices of public trust. He served as mayor of Troy, a member of the City Board of Education as State senator from his district in, 1898 and 1900, and in 1908 was appointed private secretary to Governor Harmon, upon the duties of which place he entered in January, 1909, at Columbus, Ohio.

George S. Long was united in marriage with Miss Lina Weller, a daughter of Capt. J. B. Weller of Troy, and they have one son, Frederick, who is a student in Dartmouth College. Fraternally, Mr. Long is a Scottish Rite Mason, and a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and the Elks. In religious attachment, he and his wife are members of the Episcopal Church.