Capt. Henry H. Long was born in Perry County, Tenn., July 14, 1834, the seventh of twelve children of Hugh W. and Martha A. (Burnett) Long, and of Irish descent. His father and mother were born in Rutherford County, N. C., and Petersburg, Va., September 22, 1798, and September 12, 1799, respectively. The father married in North Carolina, and in 1831 came to Tennessee and purchased 265 acres of land in Perry County. He reared his family in what is now Decatur County, but was then Perry County. He died November 2, 1849, and the mother September 12 1865. Our subject has always spent his life on a farm. He learned the tanner's trade, but abandoned the business after serving his apprenticeship. His marriage to Eveline Simmons took place in Perry County, March 23, 1854. She is a daughter of Benjamin Simmons, and was born October 10, 1834. They have four children: Sarah A., Frances E., James N. and John W. Mr. Long served in the Federal Army in the Second Tennessee Cavalry under Col. 0. N. Haney, and served through the latter part of the late war. After the general surrender he was mustered out at Nashville, Tenn., in May, 1865. He is a stanch Republican, and a conservative and liberal reasoner in politics. He is a Mason, and he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church. Capt. Long has a fine farm of 453 acres of land and a substantial and commodious residence.