Edwards, Rev. Jonathan.  "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of
Washington."  San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900.  p. 385.
 
JOHN A. LONG

     harnessmaker, 118 Stevens, between Riverside and Main, is a native of
Pennsylvania, born in Union county April 5, 1839. When he was twelve years old
the family removed to Brookville, where he learned the trade of harnessmaker. He
enlisted at Freeport September 15, 1861, in Company H, Fifteenth Illinois
Infantry, under Captain M.D. Swift. He served three years and nine months in the
Army of Tennessee and rose to the rank of captain. He was also in the
Seventeenth Army Corps under General John A. Logan, and took an active part in
many engagements, including Fort Donelson. Fort Henry, Shiloh, Corinth, Memphis,
Black River, Vicksburg, Champion Hill, Jackson, Mississippi, and many
skirmishes. After the war he located in Boone, Iowa, where he had a harness shop
for two years, then resided in various places. In March, 1884, he came to
Spokane and opened a shop and now has a nice business, in which he has been
successful. He was elected a member of the city council on the Republican ticket
in 1894 and served three years. Mr. Long is a member of the F. & A. M. and I. O.
O. F. He was married in Freeport, Illinois, July 4, 1870, to Ellen J. Hoffhine.
They have four children :   Bernice M., Roy H., Ivy V. and Helen M.


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