Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Long, Grover C. 1885 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

GROVER C. LONG.

   Grover C. Long, the surveyor of Carroll county, is the scion of an old family
of the county, his father having been a native-born Hoosier, a farmer in Carroll
county for forty years, a trustee of Democrat township for two terms and
otherwise a prominent citizen of the county. Grover C. Long is one of the
aggressive young citizens of the county, who, having obtained a good education
in the common and high schools of Carroll county and at Purdue University, is
already well started on a most successful career.

   Mr. Long is a native of Cutler, Indiana, born on June 9, 1885. He is the son
of James D. and Anna (Herron) Long, natives of Indiana. The father was engaged
in farming and owns two hundred acres of land in Democrat township. He has
served as township trustee of this township for two terms. Both he and his wife
are prominent members of the Presbyterian church. To them have been born three
children, Estella, the wife of Mansford Smith, of Cutler, Indiana; Carlos, who
is a farmer of Cutler; and Grover C, the subject of this sketch.

   The paternal grandparents of Mr. Long were David Long and wife, natives of
Ohio, and pioneers in Clinton county, Indiana, where they died at advanced ages.
Like most pioneers of the Hoosier state, they reared a rather large family of
children, among whom were Catherine, Margaret, Martha, Elizabeth, Washington,
Benjamin, Samuel, James and Mary. The maternal grandparents of Mr. Long were Mr.
and Mrs. Herron, who were natives of Ohio and early settlers in Carroll county.
The grandfather was a physician and practiced medicine for many years at Cutler,
Indiana. Among his children were Mrs. Anna J. Douglas, Frank, Grace and Walter.

   Reared on his father's farm, Grover C. Long received his elementary education
in the country schools: He was graduated from the Culver high school with the
class of 1902 and later took a mechanical engineering course at Purdue
University. In the meantime, Mr. Long had learned the carpenter's trade and.
engaged in contracting and building for several years. In 1912 Mr. Long was a
nominee of the Democratic party for surveyor of Carroll county and, having been
elected in the fall of 1912, took the office in January, 1913. In 1914 he was
elected to a second term in which he is now serving.

   Mr. Long was married on January 14, 1914, to Olga Trobaugh, the daughter of
George and Jennie (Furnish) Trobaugh, who was born near Cutler, Indiana, October
5, 1892. Mrs. Long's father and mother were born in Indiana and have lived in
Carroll county for many years. They now reside near Cutler. They have three
children, Claude, Harry and Olga.

   Mrs. Grover C. Long is an active member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Long
is a member of Wildcat Lodge No. 311, Free and Accepted Masons, at Cutler, and
of Delphi Chapter, Royal Arch Masons. He is also a member of Cutler Lodge No.
571, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Delphi Lodge No. 80, Knights of Pythias,
and of the uniform rank of the latter lodge.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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