Catching up with Joseph D. Long of Friends Creek, Illinois

Below is a photograph of Joseph D. Long's copy of CFR Shehane's A Key to Universalism, published in 1854.  

Inside the cover are two notes from Mr. Long himself.  The first states that the book was purchased in Chicago in 1858 by Joseph D. Long

The second note states that it was purchased in Chicago from the Covenant office in 1858 by Myself (Joseph D. Long).

Google continues to publish old public domain books. I found this interesting article that Joseph D. Long published in the Prairie Farmer in January 1852.  They incorrectly state that he lives in Mason County, rather than Macon County, but it is clear from Mr. Long's stated location at Friends Creek and his background coming to Ohio in 1822 that it should read "Macon County".

Mr. Long learnt to feed corn to hogs by throwing it off a wagon.  Also, his neighbors laughed at him for his painstakingly slow Eastern Style corn planting.