Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-07-12
OBITUARY..
Death of Jacob Nj. Long.

Jacob Nj. Long, the wall-knOwN dry
goods merchant, died last evening about
hall. past z o'clock, at his residence, No. IA
North Queen street, after very brief i'll
ness. MIR. Long was in his usual robust
health up to last Saturday, when he was
attacked with inflammation of the stomach
and bowels. followed by congestion of tho
brain. which resulted fatally, as above
stated.
Mr.. Long was one of our most substan
tial and widely known merchants, being
acquainted with almost everybody in Ian
caster city and county, and being held in
high regard by numbers Of the leading
business houses in New York and Phila-
delphia. lie was born in Lancaster iu 1916
his father being Jacob Long, merchant, 4
brother Of Hon. Henry e. Long, and his
mother, a sister Of Henry and the late
John Michael. After acquiring common
school education, Jacob entered his fathers
store rs an assistant, the firm name being
j. s. p. Long, established about the be
ginning Of the present century. and was
ono OF tho very few mercantile houses
in Lancaster that were able to
weather the terrible business crash that
bankrupted SO many merchants after the
close OF the war of 1874. On the death
of Jacob Long. the scniOr member Of the
firm, in 1856, Jacob NJ. was taken in as .
partner, tho firm name being changed to
p. Long & Nephew. In 1869 Peter Long
died, and since that time Jacob NJ. Long
has been sole proprietor Of the establish
ment.
MIR. Long was an excellent business
man and held nigh rank among business
men for prObity and strict integrity. Be-
oi. <1
interests, he was for many wears the col
lectOr of the ground rents for the Hamilton
estate,' and was secretary and treasurer Of
the Lancaster, Mount Joy & Elizabeth
town, and the Lancaster & WilliamstOwn
turnpike road companies, and trustee of
the Lancaster cemetery company, which
positions lie faithfully filled until the time
of his death. He was also, some years
ago! treasurer Of the board Of trustees of
Franklin and Marshall college, and held
various other offices of trust. Perhaps no
man in Lancaster possessed greater fund
of useful local information than Mr..
Long. Having very retentive memory
and having lived all his life
in this city, his fluid Of personal and his.
tOrical "reminiscences seemed to be. almost
inexhaustable, and bis aid was almost
daily asked by newspaper reporters and
others in search of information relative to
matters Of the olden time. His manner
was bluff and hearty he despised cant,
hypocrisy or dissimulatiOD, and whatever
he said either on business or other matters
might be implicitly relied on as the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the |
truth. He was never married, his family |
consisting of bis nieces, Miss Mary Cam |
eron and Mary Mckelly. He was very |
fond of young company, and after busi-
ness hours might be seen almost every |
day the centre of party of young men
his clerks and Others-whO regarded him |
as their patron, counsellor and friend. |
Having accumulated handsome compe-
Estimated at sc, 600 to 800, ,OOOHit
was his intention to have retired next year
from the cares of business, and in view of /
this intention, he had in course of con-
structiOn a very handsome residence in
East Orange street, between North Queen
and Duke streets !; and it was his inten-
tiOn to have torn down next spring, the
building No. IA North Queen street, in
which he spent the greater part of his life,
and to have erected on the site of it q
handsome building Of modern cOnstruc-
tiOn.
His funeral will tako place ON Friday at
; p. m. Interment in Lancaster cemetery.
Death Of Mrs. Cole.
SusaDnah Cole, relict of the late Abra
ham Cole. died yesterday at the residence
Of her n-in-law, T.A.Albright, 337 West
King street, in the 82d year of her age.
Mrs. Cole had many warm friends in this
,ity, and her neighbors in the West End
speak in the highest terms Of her many
excellent qualities. Her funeral will take
place on Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock.