Henry Elonza Long

Brief Life History of Henry Elonza

When Henry Elonza Long was born on 9 April 1859, in Pemberville, Wood, Ohio, United States, his father, Henry Elonza Long, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ann Bowerize, was 34. He married Cora Mable Calkins on 21 December 1882, in Pemberville, Wood, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Freedom Township, Wood, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Pemberville, Freedom Township, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 7 March 1949, in Pemberville, Wood, Ohio, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Pemberville Cemetery, Freedom Township, Wood, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Elonza Long
1859–1949
Cora Mable Calkins
1863–1939
Marriage: 21 December 1882
Earl Minton Long
1883–1970
Hursel Ray Long
1885–1962
Harvey Merritt Long
1887–1955
Mary Estelle Long
1889–1970
Cecil Spencer Long
1891–1891
Fanny Mae Long
1893–1893
Zelah Augusta Long
1894–1982
Frankie Long
1896–1896
Zellon Lavern Long
1898–1899
Eliza Long
1900–1900

Sources (55)

  • Henry L Long in household of Henry Long, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Henry Elonza Long - Individual or family possessions: birth: 9 April 1859; Pemberville, Wood, Ohio, United States
  • Henry Long, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

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

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

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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