Brief Life History of John J
When John J Long was born in April 1852, in Edinburgh, Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States, his father, Cornelius Enoch Long, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Coffman, was 27. He married Martha Ann Merrick on 4 February 1876, in Edinburgh, Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Blue River Township, Johnson, Indiana, United States in 1870 and Magisterial District 3, Boone, Kentucky, United States in 1900.
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- John I Long in household of Cornelius Long, "United States Census, 1860"
- John Long, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
- John Long in entry for William Long and Ida V Colyar, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
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1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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