Brief Life History of Douglas Dewitt
When Douglas Dewitt DeLong was born on 9 May 1897, in Crooksville, Perry, Ohio, United States, his father, James Franklin De Long, was 37 and his mother, Susanna Bowers Crooks, was 37. He lived in Harrison Township, Perry, Ohio, United States for about 30 years. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 25 January 1946, in Crooksville, Perry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Crooksville Cemetery, Crooksville, Perry, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Douglas Delong, "United States Census, 1930"
- Douglas D. Delong, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Douglas Dewitt Delong, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
French: habitational name, with fused preposition de ‘from’, denoting someone from a place called Long, of which there are examples in Cher, Dordogne, and Somme.
Americanized form of Dutch and Flemish De Lange 1 and of its Flemish cognate De Langhe, which is also found in France (Nord and Pas-de-Calais).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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