JOHN L. FURLONG.John L. Furlong, burgess of the village of Roscoe, a veteran of the World war and one of the best known men in Washington county, is a native son of Roscoe and his interests ever have centered there. He was born November 9, 1891, and is a son of William A. and Ethel A. (Grant) Furlong, the latter of whom is still living in Roscoe, engaged in mercantile business there, as given elsewhere in this work, together with fitting reference to the late William A. Furlong, who in his generation was one of the leading merchants of the village.
Reared at Roscoe, John L. Furlong supplemented his early education by a course in the State Normal School at California and then turned his attention seriously to the study of medicine, entering Tufts College Medical School in Boston. He took three years of study there and then, deciding that he would not pursue his medical studies to the end of becoming a member of the medical profession, became employed as a mixer in the plant of the American Wire & Steel Company at Donora and was thus employed when this country entered the World war in 1917. He enlisted and served in the navy until the close of the war. Upon the completion of that service in 1919 he went to Australia, where for about a year he served as manager of the W. J. Simmon sheep ranch. Upon his return to Pennsylvania in 1920 Mr. Furlong was employed as inspector in the plant of the Pittsburgh Steel Company at Allenport. In 1921 he was elected burgess of Roscoe and is now (1926) serving in that capacity. He also is an active member of the Roscoe Chamber of Commerce and of the local post of the American Legion. lie and his wife are democrats and are members of the Presbyterian church.
On October 2, 1916, in Pittsburgh, Mr. Furlong was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Knox Fraser, and they have one child, a daughter, Ethel Azalia, born October 17, 1918. Mrs. Furlong was born in Linlithgowshire, Scotland, July 11, 1892, and is a daughter of John and Jean (Knox) Fraser, both also 'natives of Scotland, who are now living at McDonald, Pennsylvania. John Fraser, a son of Joseph and Grace Fraser, came to the United States with his family in 1910 and after a residence in Missouri established his home in Pennsylvania, where he is now engaged in farming.