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Source: The Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Fulton County
Munsell Publishing Co., Chicago, 1908

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The Biography of Henry LONG 

[Surnames: APPLEGATE, LONG, NORRIS] 

LONG, HENRY 

    
He is the capable and efficient superintendent of the NORRIS Coal Mining Company's mine at Norris, Fulton County. He is a native of England, where he was born in 1860. In 1868 he came to the United States with his parents who settled in Iowa, where he spent his boyhood and received his mental training in the public schools, and later engaged in coalmining. About 1899 he came to Norris, Fulton County, where he opened the mine for the Norris Coal Mining Company, of which he has been in charge ever since. The company built the present plant, which is equipped with up-to-date machinery. It furnished employment to 175 men and its output is about 150,000 tons per year, which is all shipped to other points. The vein of coal is four feet, six inches thick and the company hs 1,300 acres of land leased with mining rights. It also owns ninety-five houses and a store in Norris. 
    
Mr. Long was joined in wedlock with Arzilla APPLEGATE who was born in Iowa, and their union resulted in eight children, namely:
Edward W., Emma, Mabel, Ezra, Henry Walter, Hazel, Ellen and Dale. 
    
Under Mr. Long's capable management the work of the Norris Coal Mining Company is progressing with good results.