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A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
ROBERT ELMER LONG for nearly fifteen years has been established in a growing
law practice at Sac City. He is a native son of Iowa, born in Poweshiek
County, April 9, 1882.
His parents, Andrew and Mary Ann (Morrison) Long, were born in Ireland, and
after coming to America settled on a farm in Poweshiek County, where they
lived out useful and honorable lives. Robert Elmer Long had his boyhood
experiences on a farm, attended a country school and in 1902 graduated from the high
school at Brooklyn, Iowa. He went on to the University of Iowa, where he
completed the work of the liberal arts department in 1908, and also made
considerable progress in his law studies while there. Mr. Long was an educator and
devoted nine or ten years to that profession. During 1908-10 he was
instructor in the high school at Galesburg, Illinois; was superintendent of schools
at Tarkio, Missouri, in 1910-12; superintendent at Corning, Iowa, in 1912-14;
at Lone Tree, Iowa, in 1914-16; and at Moulton, Iowa, from 1917 to 1919.
During the Mexican trouble he enlisted and was assigned to Troop B of a
regiment of Iowa cavalry, in which he was later a sergeant in the World war. In
the meantime, on October 7, 1918 located at Sac City, where he has devoted
himself to his practice, to his duties as a citizen and to a varied group of
interests and activities. In 1926 he was elected county attorney, taking office
on January 1, 1927. He was reelected in 1928 and his present term expires
January 1, 1931. He has given the county a very thorough and capable
administration of the office.
Mr. Long married, December 11, 1918, Miss Esther Printz, who was born in
Appanoose County, Iowa, daughter of Dr. E. T. Printz. She is a graduate of the
high school at Moulton, Iowa, and of the Iowa Wesleyan University at Mount
Pleasant. They have two children, Betty Printz, born October 30, 1919, and
Barbara Ann, born November 25, 1921. Mrs. Long is a leader in club work and has been
an influential factor in local and state politics. Both she and Mr. Long
were on the stump supporting Hoover in the campaign of 1928. Mrs. Long is a
member of the Episcopal Church. He is affiliated with the Presbyterian
denomination is a Royal Arch Mason, member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and Knights of Pythias. He has served as adjutant of the local post of the
American Legion and in 1926 was district vice commander and is now serving again
in that cacapcity. He was also state treasurer of the 40 and 8 Society.
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