JOHN A. LONG, butcher, Troy; is a native of Miami Co., and was born in Troy May 31, 1842, his father being Adam Long, a native of Germany, who came to Miami Co. about the year 1824, where he followed butchering until his death in 1861; his widow still survives, residing in Troy. Our subject was educated in the schools of Troy, and has devoted his whole life to his present business, learning the trade of his father when quite young, and has successfully followed the same for a period of nineteen years, his present place of business being on the corner of Main and Chestnut streets. His marriage with Lucinda Layton was celebrated in March, 1864; they have two sons, Walter and Eugene.