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Ura Leo LongAge: 50 years18981948

Name
Ura Leo Long
Given names
Ura Leo
Surname
Long
Birth January 3, 1898 29 24
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 2 months)
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 brotherWilliam Matthew Long
October 23, 1899 (Age 21 months)
Census June 15, 1900 (Age 2 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherWilliam Nevins Long
January 8, 1907 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherClara O Melton
July 18, 1910 (Age 12 years)
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 17 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 18 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 19 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 31 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
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 43 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
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 47 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 April 11, 1948 (Age 50 years)
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father
Samuel Walter Long
Birth: February 2, 1868 35 31Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 23, 1956Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
mother
Frances Louise “Fannie” Stallings
Birth: August 11, 1873North Carolina, United States
Death: November 1, 1957Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Marriage: March 4, 1897Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
10 months
himself
Ura Leo Long
Birth: January 3, 1898 29 24Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 11, 1948Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
22 months
younger brother
William Matthew Long
Birth: October 23, 1899 31 26Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 28, 1968Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States

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Census1900 United States - Census transcript - William Nevins Long - Household

Sunshine, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Long, William NheadWMFeb183268M34NCNCNC
Long, Clara OwifeWFJun184958M3421NC
Long, Samuel WsonWMFeb186832M3NCNCNC
Long, Faney Ldaughter in lawWFAug187227M322NC
Long, Ura Lgrand sonWMJan18982SNCNCNC
Long, William Mgrand sonWMOct18997mSNCNCNC