A. D. Long Biography


	This biography appears on pages 931-932 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, 
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	A. D. LONG, county judge of Hutchinson county and one of the 
prominent real-estate men of the state, was born in Delaware county, 
Iowa, on the 22d of February, 1858, being a son of William H. and 
Abigail (Whitehead) Long, and the elder of their two children, his 
sister Hattie being now the wife of Dr. C. A. Bradley, of Beatrice, 
Nebraska. The parents of Judge Long were both born in Fort Wayne, 
Indiana, and both removed with their respective parents to Laporte 
county, that state, when they were children, being there reared to 
maturity and there married. Shortly after the consummation of their 
marital vows they removed to Delaware county, Iowa, as did also the 
parents of Mr. Long. He there purchased one hundred and sixty acres of 
government land, which constituted the nucleus of his present 
magnificent landed estate, which comprises sixteen hundred and eighty 
acres. He has attained a high degree of temporal prosperity through his 
well-directed efforts, principally in the raising and dealing in live 
stock and in land speculation of legitimate order. For the past five 
years he has leased his land and lived in practical retirement in 
Manchester, Iowa, being one of the honored and influential men of the 
state and one of its sterling pioneers. While a staunch advocate of the 
principles of the Republican party from the time of its organization, 
he has never sought official preferment, though he has taken a zealous 
part in the promotion of the party cause.  

	Judge Long was reared on the homestead farm in Iowa, and his 
early educational advantages were such as were afforded in the public 
schools. He then entered Lenox College, at Hopkinton, Iowa, where he 
was graduated as a member of the class of 1880. Later he completed a 
commercial course in the Upper Iowa University, at Fayette, and was 
matriculated in the law department of the University of Iowa, at Iowa 
City, being there graduated in 1881 For the ensuing three years he was 
engaged in the practice of his profession at Earlville, that state, and 
at the expiration of that period, in 1884, he came to Pierre, South 
Dakota, where for two years he devoted his attention to the real-estate 
and insurance business. He then went to the Black Hills, where he 
remained about six years, following various lines of enterprise. He 
then returned to his native county in Iowa and turned his attention to 
the breeding of blooded cattle from imported stock, the enterprise 
proving successful and gaining him marked precedence. In 1898 Judge 
Long came to Tripp, South Dakota, and established himself m the real-
estate and insurance business, in which he has since successfully 
continued, his transaction having reached wide scope and importance. He 
has ever been an uncompromising Republican, and in 1900 he was elected 
to the office of county judge, for which position his professional 
training and natural mental characteristics eminently fit him, and so 
ably did he discharge the duties of the office that in the election of 
1902 no opposing candidate was enlisted against him, his majority being 
about thirteen hundred votes. He is the owner of three hundred and 
twenty acres of land in Douglas county, two hundred acres in Delaware 
county, Iowa, and is known as one of the leading real-estate dealers in 
the state. He is a member of Square Lodge, No. 286, Free and Accepted 
Masons, at Earlville, lowa, and of Mahogany Camp, No. 849, Modern 
Woodmen of America, at Delaware, that state.  

	In June, 1890, Judge Long was united in marriage to Miss Caroline 
B. Carpenter, of Earlville, Iowa, and to this union have been born four 
children, namely: Wade, Ruby, Irving and Gertrude. Judge and Mrs. Long 
are prominent in the social life of the community and their pleasant 
home is a center of gracious hospitality.