Brief Life History of Abraham
When Abraham Long was born in 1820, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, his father, Abraham Long, was 27 and his mother, Hester Samantha Swinehart, was 31. He married Sarah Ann Lytle on 14 September 1844, in Carroll, Ohio, United States. He was buried in Warren Township, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.
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- Abraham Long, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Abraham Long, "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958"
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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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
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.
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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