George A Blong b1857

1857 Apr 15. born in Camp Washington, Hamilton County, Ohio

1879 Oct 22 married Annette Parkhill

1880 census. George and Annette Blong live with his parents Thomas and Sarah Jane Blong at Deerfield, Warren, Ohio. George is 22, Annette 19 and he is a "farmer"

1900 Census. Living at Deerfield, Warren, Ohio. George A Blong, born Apr 1857, wife Annette (b 1860, Dec) he is a farmer and children

1910 census Living at Deerfield, Warren, Ohio. George and Annette Blong with son James T Blong. George is a farmer

1920 census living at Deerfield, Warren, Ohio. George and Annette Blong with daughter Ella Swift and granddaughter Helen Black. Plus daughter Edna Hoff and granddaughter Anette Hoff and grandson Glenn Swift

1920 living at Deerfield Warren Ohio James Blong with wife Florence and son Thomas H who is 1 month old. James is a stock dealer

1929 Nov 21 died at Hartwell, Hamilton, Ohio. His trade was Commission Merchant" and he was buried at rose hill Cemetery, Mason, Ohio ref 2512, 1, 71

1930 census James Blong, his wife Florence Harper and son T Harper aged 10,and living at Symmes, Hamilton, Ohio. Cattle dealer

Symmes history gives us that In the 1930’s, Blong’s General Store opened on the corner of Montgomery and Blong Roads.  Once, the site of a general store built around 1900, it served as a community gathering place for the still largely farming community.  The store survived significant changes in the American market place.  By the 1930’s, Americans were already purchasing canned food goods, but the Blong’s General Store likely also sold locally produced goods.  During the Depression, chain grocery stores began opening providing goods at prices cheaper than local general stores could provide.  The 1940’s and 1950’s brought an increase in national brand name goods.  General stores, such as Blong’s, could no longer sell locally produced goods as customers expected brand names.  Blong’s General Store survived the transition and remained open until 1983.

The above son Thomas Harper Blong in turn had a son Thomas Harper Blong II, who owned a business (without an email) in 2010

 

Thomas Blong, his father