Henry Aaron LongAge: 79 years1860–1940
- Name
- Henry Aaron Long
- Given names
- Henry Aaron
- Surname
- Long
 Birth | June 13, 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 9 months)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 6 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 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 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 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Marriage | Ester Jane Miller — View this family January 16, 1890 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 |
 Birth of a son#1 | Walter Edward Long July 14, 1906 (Age 46 years) |
 Census | April 16, 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 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 56 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 57 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/ |
| Marriage of a child | Walter Edward Long — Kathryn Mouell Dawson — View this family August 20, 1923 (Age 63 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #1 | Michael Earl Long November 7, 1923 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 69 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 | Ester Jane Miller September 26, 1934 (Age 74 years) |
 Death | May 27, 1940 (Age 79 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Family with Ester Jane Miller |
| himself |
Henry Aaron Long Birth: June 13, 1860 — Carroll, Indiana, United States Death: May 27, 1940 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
| wife |
Ester Jane Miller Birth: December 1, 1868 — Indiana, United States Death: September 26, 1934 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
|
Marriage: January 16, 1890 — Cass, Indiana, United States |
|
|
17 years son |
Walter Edward Long Birth: July 14, 1906 46 37 — Logansport, Eel Township, Cass, Indiana, United States Death: September 1, 1994 — Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States |
No family available
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Henry E Long - Household
Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
|