The Shemwell Family

Martha Lee LongAge: 79 years19111991

Name
Martha Lee Long
Given names
Martha Lee
Surname
Long
Birth October 26, 1911 43 38
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 4 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 sisterLucille Nancy Long
September 4, 1917 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 5 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 6 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 8 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 17 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
Census April 10, 1930 (Age 18 years)
Census May 3, 1940 (Age 28 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 30 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 brotherUra Leo Long
April 11, 1948 (Age 36 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 38 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 fatherSamuel Walter Long
May 23, 1956 (Age 44 years)
Death of a motherFrances Louise “Fannie” Stallings
November 1, 1957 (Age 46 years)
Death of a brotherRobert Mallette Long
December 17, 1967 (Age 56 years)
Death of a brotherWilliam Matthew “Bill” Long
May 28, 1968 (Age 56 years)
Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 34 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 brotherSamuel Hugh “Sammy” Long
September 10, 1976 (Age 64 years)
Death of a sisterClara Elizabeth Long
February 26, 1982 (Age 70 years)
Death of a sisterCatherine Cleone Long
October 25, 1989 (Age 77 years)
Death October 22, 1991 (Age 79 years)

Burial
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove Fellowship Church Cemetery
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father
mother
Marriage: March 4, 1897Cabarrus, North Carolina, United States
10 months
elder brother
Ura Leo Long
Birth: January 3, 1898 29 24Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 11, 1948Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder brother
William Matthew “Bill” Long
Birth: October 23, 1899 31 26Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: May 28, 1968Hickory, Catawba, North Carolina, United States
22 months
elder sister
Clara Elizabeth Long
Birth: August 31, 1901 33 28North Carolina, United States
Death: February 26, 1982Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
2 years
elder sister
Catherine Cleone Long
Birth: December 8, 1903 35 30North Carolina, United States
Death: October 25, 1989Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Robert Mallette Long
Birth: September 4, 1906 38 33Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: December 17, 1967Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
elder brother
Samuel Hugh “Sammy” Long
Birth: April 20, 1909 41 35Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 10, 1976Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
3 years
herself
Martha Lee Long
Birth: October 26, 1911 43 38North Carolina, United States
Death: October 22, 1991
6 years
younger sister
Lucille Nancy Long
Birth: September 4, 1917 49 44Bostic, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 13, 2007

Census1920 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Long - Household

Logan Store, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeMortSexRaceAgeConditionImmNatNatYSchoolRWBPLangFBPFather langMBPMother langEngOccupationIndEmp
Long, Samuel WheadMW51MNCNCNCFarmerHome Farm
Long, Fannie LwifeFW46MNCNCNC
Long, Ura LsonMW21SNCNCNCFarmingHome Farm
Long, ClaradaughterFW18SNCNCNC
Long, CleonedaughterFW16SNCNCNC
Long, Robert MsonMW13SNCNCNCFarmingHome Farm
Long, Samuel HsonMW10SNCNCNC
Long, Martha LdaughterFW8SNCNCNC
Long, NancydaughterFW3SNCNCNC

Census1930 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Long - Household

Sunshine to Rutherford Logan Store, Rutherford, North Carolina

NameRelationHomeV/RRadioFarmSexRaceAgeCondAMSchoolR/WBPFBPMBPLangImmNatEngOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkUnempVetWar
Long, Sam WheadMW62M29NCNCNCFarmerGeneral Farm
Long, FanniewifeFW57M24NCNCNC
Long, Ura LsonMW32SNCNCNC
Long, Catherine LdaughterFW26SNCNCNC
Long, Robert MsonMW23SNCNCNC
Long, Samuel MsonMW20SNCNCNC
Long, Martha LeedaughterFW18SNCNCNC
Long, Nancy LdaughterFW13SNCNCNC

Census1940 United States - Census transcript - Samuel Walter Long - Household

NameInfoRelationHomeV/RFarmSexRaceAgeCondSchoolR/WBPCityCountyStateOccupationIndustryCodeEmpWorkWagesVetWar
Long, SamXheadMW72MNCSame HouseFarmerFarm
Long, FanniewifeFW66MNCSame House
Long, UraleesonMW42SNCSame House
Long, CleondaughterFW36SNCSame House
Long, Martha LeedaughterFW26SNCSame HouseTeacherPublic School
Long, LucilledaughterFW23SNCSame HouseHelperLunch Room