Biographical Details
Date of Birth: November 30, 1825
Birth Location: Princess Ann, MD, USA
Graduation Year(s): 1850
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelors
Date of Death: April 8, 1907
Death Location: Bellingham, WA, USA
Ara Edward Spence Long
Life Experience
Ara Edward Spence Long resided in Columbus, Indiana. He received his Bachelor of Laws degree from North Western Christian University (now Butler University).
Long held numerous jobs throughout his life, including a teacher, farmer, merchant, assistant treasurer, postmaster, and lawyer. He was nominated as a Republican candidate and a National Party candidate for the state legislature, but was defeated both times. He was postmaster in Columbus for four years under President Franklin Pierce. He died in 1907 and was buried in Bellingham, Washington.
Marriage and Family
Long married wife, Elizabeth, in 1861. They had one daughter, also named Elizabeth, who graduated from IU in 1883 and then from the Indiana Normal School of Terre Haute (now Indiana State University) in 1890. Daughter Elizabeth died of typhoid fever in Terre Haute in 1904. She died without having children.
References
- Ancestry.com
- carollawlertree.com
- Findagrave.com
- Register of the Graduates of Indiana University 1899
- 27th Annual Catalogue of the Indiana State Normal School 1895-96 (1896) (Indianapolis: William B. Burford)
- Wylie