Elizabeth Long

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Long was born on 3 July 1851, in Russell, Virginia, United States. She married John H Miller about 1869, in Russell, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Kinderhook District, Washington, Virginia, United States in 1870 and Central District, Rockingham, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 9 January 1884, in Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Woodbine Cemetery, Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John H Miller
1850–1918
Elizabeth Long
1851–1884
Marriage: about 1869
Mary Elizabeth Miller
1870–1934
Benjamin F Miller
1872–1902
Clarence Miller
1876–1896

Sources (11)

  • Elizabeth Miller in household of John H Miller, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Bettie, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
  • Bettie Long, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

World Events (6)

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

1863

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

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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