Biography of A. D. Long

History of South Dakota vol 1 title page

A. D. Long (b. 1858, Delaware County, Iowa) served as county judge of Hutchinson County and was a prominent real estate figure in South Dakota. After completing law studies at the University of Iowa in 1881, he practiced law in Iowa before relocating to South Dakota in 1884, where he engaged in real estate, insurance, and cattle breeding. In 1898, he settled in Tripp, focusing on real estate and insurance. A committed Republican, he was elected county judge in 1900 and re-elected unopposed in 1902. Long married Caroline B. Carpenter in 1890, and they raised four children: Wade, Ruby, Irving, and Gertrude.

South Dakota Biographies

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Marthy Jane Cannary Biographies from the Memorial and Biographical Record These biographies are from “Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography, including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and representative citizens of South Dakota…” W. G. Ackerman Ell Nathan Aldrich Irwin D. Aldrich M. D. Alexander Andrew A. Anderson G. W. Anderson Oliver E. Anderson William Anderson James Oliver Andrews James J. Aplin Giles A. Baker Thomas Bandy Julian Bennett Dr. William S. Bentley Dr. S. N. Blair Joseph F. Bockler H. A. Booth George C. Bradley Christopher Brakke George Nelson Breed … Read more