Clara Elizabeth LongAge: 80 years1901–1982
- Name
- Clara Elizabeth Long
- Given names
- Clara Elizabeth
- Surname
- Long
- Married name
- Clara Elizabeth Patterson
 Birth | August 31, 1901 33 28 |
 Birth of a sister | Catherine Cleone Long December 8, 1903 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Robert Mallette Long September 4, 1906 (Age 5 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Nevins Long January 8, 1907 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Samuel Hugh “Sammy” Long April 20, 1909 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | April 21, 1910 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Clara O Melton July 18, 1910 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Martha Lee Long October 26, 1911 (Age 10 years) |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 14 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a sister | Lucille Nancy Long September 4, 1917 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 15 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 16 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/ |
| Census | January 22, 1920 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 28 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Rebecca Louise Patterson February 8, 1931 (Age 29 years) |
| Census | May 1, 1940 (Age 38 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 40 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 |
| Death of a brother | Ura Leo Long April 11, 1948 (Age 46 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Elizabeth Dianne Goode November 21, 1949 (Age 48 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Ernest Lee Goode — Rebecca Louise Patterson — View this family about 1949 (Age 47 years) |
| Census | April 8, 1950 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Marshall Lee Goode December 19, 1950 (Age 49 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 48 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 father | Samuel Walter Long May 23, 1956 (Age 54 years) |
| Death of a mother | Frances Louise “Fannie” Stallings November 1, 1957 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a husband | Alexander Patterson March 9, 1963 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | Robert Mallette Long December 17, 1967 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Matthew “Bill” Long May 28, 1968 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 44 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 of a brother | Samuel Hugh “Sammy” Long September 10, 1976 (Age 75 years) |
 Death | February 26, 1982 (Age 80 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Fellowship Church Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Samuel Walter Long Birth: February 2, 1868 35 31 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: May 23, 1956 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Frances Louise “Fannie” Stallings Birth: August 11, 1873 — North Carolina, United States Death: November 1, 1957 — Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: March 4, 1897 — Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States |
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10 months elder brother |
Ura Leo Long Birth: January 3, 1898 29 24 — Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: April 11, 1948 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months elder brother |
William Matthew “Bill” Long Birth: October 23, 1899 31 26 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: May 28, 1968 — Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States |
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22 months herself |
Clara Elizabeth Long Birth: August 31, 1901 33 28 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 26, 1982 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Catherine Cleone Long Birth: December 8, 1903 35 30 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 25, 1989 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Robert Mallette Long Birth: September 4, 1906 38 33 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: December 17, 1967 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger brother |
Samuel Hugh “Sammy” Long Birth: April 20, 1909 41 35 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: September 10, 1976 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Martha Lee Long Birth: October 26, 1911 43 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: October 22, 1991 |
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6 years younger sister |
Lucille Nancy Long Birth: September 4, 1917 49 44 — Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: October 13, 2007 |
| Family with Alexander Patterson |
| husband |
Alexander Patterson Birth: July 9, 1897 — North Carolina, United States Death: March 9, 1963 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Clara Elizabeth Long Birth: August 31, 1901 33 28 — North Carolina, United States Death: February 26, 1982 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| daughter |
Rebecca Louise Patterson Birth: February 8, 1931 33 29 — Prince George, Virginia, United States Death: March 18, 1987 — Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| daughter |
Private |
| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Long - Household
Carson Mill Road Logan Store, Rutherford, North Carolina
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Long - Household
Logan Store, Rutherford, North Carolina
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