Elizabeth Longenecker

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Longenecker was born on 27 July 1800, in Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Daniel Guth Longenecker, was 25 and her mother, Sarah H Mock, was 25. She married Henry Mellinger Hoke on 15 February 1820, in Columbiana, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salem, Columbiana, Ohio, United States in 1850. She died on 17 November 1876, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Union Center Cemetery, Nappanee, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Mellinger Hoke
1798–1856
Elizabeth Longenecker
1800–1876
Marriage: 15 February 1820
Samuel Longanecker Hoke
1820–1881
Isaac Longanecker Hoke
1822–1890
Sarah Elizabeth Hoke
1823–1908
Margaret Hoke
1825–1912
Martin Hoke
1827–1902
Lydia Hoke
1828–1856
John Hoke
1830–1831
Jonas James Hoke
1835–1908
George Hoke
1839–1911

Sources (6)

  • Elizabeth Hoke in household of Henry Hoke, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elisabeth Long, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Elizabeth Longanecker Hoke, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

Altered form of Swiss German Langenecker, a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Langeneck, from Old High German lang ‘long’ + egga ‘corner’.

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

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