Tipton-Rush-Decatur County IN Archives Biographies.....Long, John 1811 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   JOHN LONG, Recorder of Tipton County, is a native of Clermont County, Ohio,
where he was born December 20, 1811. He was raised in his native county,
enjoying the limited advantages for an education afforded by the common schools,
at that time, of the Buckeye State. In 1837, he removed to Rush County, Ind.,
where he remained for twenty years, working for the greater part of the time at
the wagon-maker trade in Milroy; the rest of the time he served as Justice of
the Peace and Postmaster in the same place. In 1857, he removed to Greensburg,
where he remained until 1865, when he removed to Tipton and engaged in the hotel
business. In 1878, he was elected by the Democratic party to the office of
County Recorder, which position he now occupies. Mr. Long was married in
Clermont, Ohio, November 19, 1834, to Miss Nancy Williams. The issue of their
marriage consists of eleven children living-Mrs. Mary McShane; Mrs. Barbara
Wilson; Mrs. Elizabeth Stephens, a resident of Greensburg; James K. P.; Mrs.
Margaret Lowley; Mrs. Melvina Robinson, a resident of Arizona Ty.; Samuel W., of
Lincoln, Neb.; Mrs. Patience Harvey; Mrs. Orpha W. Wilson; Mrs. Luella B.
Gerhold; John W. Long and Sarah H. (deceased). Politically, Mr. Long i3 a
Democrat, and both he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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