John Baxter LongAge: 83 years1857–1941
- Name
- John Baxter Long
- Given names
- John Baxter
- Surname
- Long
 Birth | April 25, 1857 22 22 |
 Marriage | Josephine Harrill — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Death of a father | Elisha W Long January 26, 1865 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 9 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 9 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell July 26, 1869 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 11 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 20 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas S Long June 21, 1887 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | Otto Welsh Long December 27, 1897 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a mother | Cynthia Baber January 22, 1905 (Age 47 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 58 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 59 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 60 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 72 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Death of a wife | Josephine Harrill December 1, 1930 (Age 73 years) |
| Death of a brother | James “Jim” Long April 14, 1934 (Age 76 years) |
 Death | January 4, 1941 (Age 83 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cool Springs Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Elisha W Long Birth: 1835 36 36 — North Carolina, United States Death: January 26, 1865 — Camp Douglas Prison, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
| mother |
Cynthia Baber Birth: July 16, 1834 — North Carolina, United States Death: January 22, 1905 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: January 19, 1854 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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15 months elder brother |
James “Jim” Long Birth: April 13, 1855 20 20 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1934 — Revere, Madison, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years himself |
John Baxter Long Birth: April 25, 1857 22 22 — Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1941 |
| Mother’s family with … Biggerstaff |
| step-father |
… Biggerstaff Death: |
| mother |
Cynthia Baber Birth: July 16, 1834 — North Carolina, United States Death: January 22, 1905 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Josephine Harrill |
| himself |
John Baxter Long Birth: April 25, 1857 22 22 — Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: January 4, 1941 |
| wife |
Josephine Harrill Birth: November 12, 1864 Death: December 1, 1930 |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Otto Welsh Long Birth: December 27, 1897 40 33 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: April 15, 1954 — Forest City, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |