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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- 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"
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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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