Mary Long

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Long was born on 5 February 1827, in Monongalia, Virginia, United States, her father, Noah Lewis Long, was 23 and her mother, Martha Patricia Wallace, was 24. She married William H Green about 1844, in Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 12 April 1853, in Bureau, Illinois, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Tiskilwa, Bureau, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

William H Green
1820–1898
Mary Long
1827–1853
Marriage: about 1844
James P Green
1845–
Martha Ann Green
1848–
Nancy Greene
about 1851–
Mary Christina Greene
1852–

Sources (8)

  • Mary Green in household of William H Green, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary - Government record: Census record: birth: about 1827; Virginia, United States
  • Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920

World Events (6)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1834

Historical Boundaries: 1834: Putnam, Illinois, United States 1837: Bureau, Illinois, United States

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

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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