Brief Life History of Odrus Vincent
When Odrus Vincent Long was born on 17 April 1908, in Longacre, Smithers, Fayette, West Virginia, United States, his father, James Madison Long, was 55 and his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Eary, was 42. He married Hattie Mae Bullard on 1 June 1936, in Coal River, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 28 February 1967, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Venson Long in household of James Long, "United States Census, 1910"
- Odrus Vincent Long, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Odrus Vincent Long, "Find A Grave Index"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1909 · The Cathedral of the Madeleine
The Cathedral of the Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church that was completed in 1909 and currently serves as a cathedral for the Catholic community in Salt Lake City. It is the only cathedral in the U.S. under the patronage of St. Mary Magdalene.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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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