When Philip Asberry DeLong was born on 10 February 1846, in Perry, Ohio, United States, his father, William Francis DeLong, was 33 and his mother, Joanna “Susannah” Pace, was 27. He married Lucinda Riffey on 13 January 1870, in Marshall, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Madison Township, Mahaska, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Clarke, Iowa, United States in 1895. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 4 February 1897, in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Osceola Township, Clarke, Iowa, United States.
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The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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.
French: habitational name, with fused preposition de ‘from’, denoting someone from a place called Long, of which there are examples in Cher, Dordogne, and Somme.
Americanized form of Dutch and Flemish De Lange 1 and of its Flemish cognate De Langhe, which is also found in France (Nord and Pas-de-Calais).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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