When Jehu Long was born in 1796, in Virginia, United States, his father, Elial Long Sr, was 40 and his mother, Mary Anne Davis, was 32. He married Rebecca Henkins on 15 February 1820, in Monongalia, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in 1868, in Bureau, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States.
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While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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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