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Below is a family biography included in The History of Miami County, Ohio published by W. H. Beers & Co. in 1880. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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MARTIN H. LONG, grocer, Troy. The subject of this sketch was born in Troy Nov. 8, 1853; is a son of Adam and Mary (Dick) Long, who came to this county at an early day, and located in Troy; he was engaged in the butchering business until the time of his death, in 1863. Martin spent his boyhood here, and was educated in the Troy schools; he entered the grocery business soon after having attained his majority, where he has continued the business, keeping a full line of groceries and everything pertaining to a general grocery trade. March 4, 1875, he was joined in wedlock to Mary Streuble, by whom he has one child, Cora, born May 18, 1876. He and his wife are both members of the German Lutheran Church, with which they have been connected for several years.
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