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School Board for the city of Hamilton, for nearly ten consecutive years, and has libeen instrumental in elevating the
tone of the public instruction and ig,rafting some of the
miost useful features of the German system. These reforms
may not malke their proper impression at once, but they
cannot fail of securing an ultimate recognition and the
gratitude of an intelligent public. In 1852 Mr. Delacourt
was married to Emily Hleimpz, then of Charleston, South
Carolina, but a native of Zweibrucken, Bavaria, in which
State her brother, Philip Heimpz, a criminal lawyer of
great renown, was a member of the Landtag. Mr. Delacourt has hadl five children, only three of whom survive,
two sons and a daughter.
education by attending the evening schools and by private
study. He followed his trade in the c ap acity of journeyman till teentyfr n he agein of twenty-four, we he was induced to
ventyu ie i nto mner cantil e pursuits. The enterprise prove d
delusive, and a ft er two years hle resumeed his trade, aund for
a year or two di d journeywork in Cincinnati. I n I855 he
camne to Hamilton as Superintendent of the shops of Owens,
Lane & Dyer, but e w apin the following year resigned the posi -
tion, intending to'return to Cincinnati. He was, how,ever,
prevailed upon to stay in Hamilton and go into partnership
with'Messrs. Block & Allstatter, in the manufacture of
iron and agricultural implements. Without any other capital than the munificent endowment of their skill, the adventturous trio formed a partnership under the style of Long,
Black & Allstatter, and embiilarlked in the manufacture of
agricultural implements. Early in the history of their
enterprise, Mr. Long made valuable improvements on the
mower and reaper, which was one of the principal articles
of their manufacture, and the value of these inventions by
Mr. Long, as "ell as nearly two dozen subsequent ones on
different implements, was secured by patents. Among the
more important inventions of Mr. Long are the sulky lake,
the self-rake, the improvements on the mower and reaper, a
l)unching machine, and an elastic stroke power hammerthe last two, though not in the agricultural line, are machines
used in their own works, and are of great importance. In
the course of a business life like that of Mr. Long, filled
with projects' and crowded by competition, there has been
little time and less desire to indulge the airy ambition for a
public career. His thoughts and inclinations have, fortunately for the community, taken a different direction, and
the city reaps a substantial benefit from the great maniufacturing enterprise which he has been instrumental in founding. He has, however, served in the City Council several
terms, and organized and has taken a leading part in bringing the steam fire department of the town to its present excellent condition..lIn building associations he has taken an
unusual interest, regarding them as a great boon to the
mechanic who desires to secure a home of his own. He is
President of not less than three of these societies, and their
influence has been marked in the exceptionally favorable
condition of rents in Hamilton. Mr. Long was married,
July 2d, I848, to Mary Mither, of Cincinnati, and with her
he has had eleven children, ten of whom survive.
q KEY, HON. JOHN WATERMAN, LawAyer and
t Jurist, was born, January 3et, I827, at Woodsfield,
Monroe count y, Ohio, and is a son of Cornelius
p a Oke y, for au lo ng tim e rrepresentative from that
c ounty ing t he General Assembly of the State; and
his grandfather, Hon. Leven Okey, was one of
the Associate Judg es of the same county for man y years.
H e was educated at the Monroe Academy, and also received
private instruction. H aving s elec ted t he l aws for his fe ture
calling, after a e due course of r eading, he was admitted to
the bar by th e Supreme Court of Ohio, at Casmbridge, on
22di October, I849, and at once entered upon the practice
of his profes sion. He w as a ppointed Probate Judge of
Monroe county in O ctober, I853, and wa s elected to the
sam e office in October, I854. Two years thereafter he was
electe d Jud ge of the Court of Common Pleas, and having
hel d that position for the term of five years, was re-elected
in October, 186i. In Marc h, 18 65, h e re moved to Cincinnati, where he now resides. He assisted in the preparation
of Gholson and Okey's Digest of Reports, published in
I867, and in Okey and Miller's Municipal Law, issued in
I869. He was appointed, March 27th, 1875, in connection
with Hon. M. A. Dougherty and Judge Day, Commissioner
to revise and codify the general laws of the State, on which
work they are at present engaged (December,. 1875). His
political creed is that taught by the Democratic party. He
was married, March, I849, to Miss Bloor, of Belmont
county, Ohio.
NG, JOHN M., Inventor and Manufacturer, was
born in Prussia, October I4Lh, I824. His parents
were William and Mary (Morham) Long, and
{j,! D Khis father ",as by occupation a miller. They
came to America when their so" was ten years
old, and settled in Cincinnati, where he received
a limited education in the public scho9ols, and at the age of
sixteen was apprenticed to the trade of machinist. While
learning his trade young Long took occasion to improve his
t ESBITT, BENONI, Lawyer, was born, October
~c'~t] is:1th, I812, ill Washington county, Maryland, of
w American parentage. While yet an infant, his
ji h tAmparents removed to Ohio in I814, and settled in
'd Greene cotunty, where they engaged in farming.
His education was such as the common school
afforded; and after leaving school he engaged in farming
until he was twenty-two years of age, when- he becalme
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