Mary Jane Long

Brief Life History of Mary Jane

When Mary Jane Long was born on 24 September 1855, in Jefferson, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Long, was 31 and her mother, Mary Jane Robert, was 28. She married Rolla Broadwater Cole on 9 March 1871, in Washington, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Valle Township, Jefferson, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 5 December 1928, in Blackwell, St. Francois, Missouri, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Masonic Cemetery, Kingston Township, Washington, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rolla Broadwater Cole
1846–1933
Mary Jane Long
1855–1928
Marriage: 9 March 1871
Cornelius Cole
1871–1965
Ella Cole
1873–1958
Lou Cole
1875–1975
Iola Cole
1877–1951
Fred Cole
1878–1973
Nanky Cole
1886–1976
Lottie Mae Cole
1888–1955
Brentwood Rolla Cole
1893–1982
Howard Stanley Cole
1895–1978

Sources (11)

  • Mary J Cole in household of Rolla B Cole, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mary J Long, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Mary Jane Long Cole, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1858

Historical Boundaries: 1858: St. Francois, Missouri, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .

Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).

German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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