Biography

02/04/1815 - 04/20/1903

LONG, James Wilson, a Representative from Bucks County; born, February 4, 1815 in Durham, Bucks County, Pa.; attended, Lafayette College, 1832-1834; merchant; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1848 and 1849 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1850 term; president, Losey and Company; director, Warren Foundry and Machine Co.; director, Lehigh Water Company; director, Easton Bank (1854); trustee, Lafayette College (1879-1903); president, Easton National Bank (1889-1903); president, Easton Delaware Bridge Company (1889-1903); died, April 20, 1903 in Easton, Northampton, Pennsylvania; interred, Durham Cemetery, Durham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.