The Shemwell Family

Ernest Nathan LongAge: 73 years18941967

Name
Ernest Nathan Long
Given names
Ernest Nathan
Surname
Long
Birth February 14, 1894 25 21
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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
Census June 1, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Death of a fatherEdward Newton Long
November 26, 1903 (Age 9 years)
Marriage of a parentThomas Jefferson BurkettAmanda Isadora “Dora” CarterView this family
October 3, 1906 (Age 12 years)
Census April 15, 1910 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJohn Jefferson Burkette Sr
January 26, 1911 (Age 16 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJohn Jackson Carter
December 18, 1914 (Age 20 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 21 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 22 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 23 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/
MarriageGladys B CornellView this family
July 1, 1919 (Age 25 years)
Census January 1, 1920 (Age 25 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherSarah Ellizabeth Barnett
March 31, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherMatilda Jane Deen
May 25, 1925 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 35 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 motherAmanda Isadora “Dora” Carter
1930 (Age 35 years)
Census April 1930 (Age 36 years)
Census April 1, 1940 (Age 46 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 47 years)

Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Census April 1950 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 55 years)
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Death of a half-brotherJohn Jefferson Burkette Sr
June 28, 1965 (Age 71 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 51 years)
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death March 13, 1967 (Age 73 years)
Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cochise Gardens of Rest Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
Edward Newton Long
Birth: March 22, 1868 23 18Logansport, Cass, Indiana, United States
Death: November 26, 1903El Paso, Texas, United States
mother
Marriage: March 24, 1891Fulton, Indiana, United States
13 months
elder sister
Sarah Lucille Long
Birth: April 9, 1892 24 19Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 5, 1974Los Angeles, California, United States
22 months
himself
Ernest Nathan Long
Birth: February 14, 1894 25 21Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 13, 1967Saint David, Cochise, Arizona, United States
Mother’s family with Thomas Jefferson Burkett - View this family
step-father
Thomas Jefferson Burkett
Birth: November 10, 1862 30 30Miami, Indiana, United States
Death: January 9, 1923Fulton, Indiana, United States
mother
Marriage: October 3, 1906Fulton, Indiana, United States
4 years
half-brother
Family with Gladys B Cornell - View this family
himself
Ernest Nathan Long
Birth: February 14, 1894 25 21Kewanna, Fulton, Indiana, United States
Death: March 13, 1967Saint David, Cochise, Arizona, United States
wife
Gladys B Cornell
Birth: February 26, 1902New York, United States
Death: February 1993Arizona, United States
Marriage: July 1, 1919Chautauqua, Chautauqua, New York, United States

Ernest Nathan Long has 25 first cousins recorded

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Edward Newton Long - Household

Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Long, EdwardheadWMMar186931M9INININCarpenter0YesYesYesR
Long, AmandawifeWFJan187327M922INININYesYesYes
Long, SarahdaughterWFApr18928SINININYesYesYes
Long, ErnestsonWMFeb18946MINININ

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Jefferson Burkett - Household

Henry, Fulton, Indiana, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Burkett, T JheadMW47M23INININEnglishClerkHardwareWNoYesYesRH
Burkett, DorawifeFW37M2322INININEnglishNoneYesYes
Burkett, SamuelsonMW16SINININEnglishLaborerRRWNoYesYesYes
Long, Sarah Lstep-daughterFW18SINININEnglishHouse WorkWorking OutWNoYesYesNo
Long, Ernest Nstep-sonMW16SINININEnglishErramd BoyBarbershopWNoYesYesYes
Burkett, Lu MimadaughterFW7INININYes

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Nathan Long - Household

Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Long, Ernest NheadRMW26MYesYesNYNYNYYesLaborerRR
Long, Gladys BwifeFW18MYesYesNYNYNYYesNone

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Nathan Long - Household

Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United States

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Long, ErnestheadORYesMW36M25NoYesINININFarmerPoultryOYes
Long, GladyswifeFW28M17NoYesNYNYNYNone
Long, DoramotherFW57WdNoYesINININNone

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Nathan Long - Household

Pearce, Cochise, Arizona, United States

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Long, Ernest NxheadR5YesMW46MNoIN00
Long, Gladys BwifeFW38MNoNY00

Census1950 United States - Census transcript - Ernest Nathan Long - Household

Cochise, Cochise, Arizona, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondBPNatDoing last weekHours WorkedOccupationIndustryClass
Long, Ernest NheadMW56MarINWK60FarmerFarmO
Long, GladyswifeFW48MarNYH14Farm HelperFarmNP