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History of Boone County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Historical Company, 1880.

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Unless otherwise noted, biographies submitted by Dick Barton.

LEININGER, ADAM, farmer; Sec. 25; P. O. Boone; the subject of this sketch was born in Fulton county, Ohio, in 1846, and in 1856 he came to this county with his parents; his farm consists of 80 acres of well improved land; he was married in this county, November 20th, 1867, to Miss Fannie Sherm, of Bucks county, Pennsylvania; they have, by this union, a family of two sons and three daughters: John W., Abbie C. M., Emma D. R., Mary L. M. and George F.; his parents were both born in France.

JOHN LONG was born in Virginia February 3, 1812 . When about ten years of age his parents went to Lawrence county, Indiana , where they remained three years; then removed to Clay county, where they remained until young Long grew to manhood. He emigrated to Iowa in 1850, and settled in the neighborhood where he now resides. When he came to Iowa he was poor, having scarcely enough money to defray the necessary expenses of his trip here. He now owns about one section of land, and has given to his children, who have married and left the parental roof, over eight hundred acres of choice land. Mr. Long is a quiet and unassuming man, and is a good representative of that class of persons who are known by their actions, rather than their words. He is of Welsh and Irish ancestry, his grandfather having been a native of Ireland and his grandmother being from Wales .