Elizabeth L “Liz” LongAge: 77 years1841–1918
- Name
- Elizabeth L “Liz” Long
- Given names
- Elizabeth L
- Surname
- Long
- Nickname
- Liz
 Birth | June 22, 1841 43 43 twin: Martha L “Mat” Long
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| Birth | Martha L “Mat” Long June 22, 1841 43 43 |
 Birth of a sister | Martha L “Mat” Long June 22, 1841 twin: Elizabeth L “Liz” Long
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| Death of a paternal grandmother | Jane Smart February 10, 1842 (Age 7 months) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 4 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Census | September 21, 1850 (Age 9 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandfather | William Long Sr. September 8, 1853 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Malinda Long July 19, 1857 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 15 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 12, 1860 (Age 18 years) |
| Death of a brother | Elisha W Long January 26, 1865 (Age 23 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 19 years)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 25 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 25 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Death of a mother | Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell July 26, 1869 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 27 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 36 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 28, 1880 (Age 39 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas S Long June 21, 1887 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 56 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 |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Jane Long December 8, 1901 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a brother | William Nevins Long January 8, 1907 (Age 65 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 74 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a sister | Dicey Catherine “Katie” Long January 3, 1917 (Age 75 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 75 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 76 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/ |
 Death | December 9, 1918 (Age 77 years) Cause of death: Pneumonia |
 Burial | 1918 (Age 76 years) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Cedar Grove United Methodist Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas S Long Birth: February 3, 1798 28 23 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: June 21, 1887 — North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Uradice “Dicey” Shemwell Birth: June 5, 1798 42 29 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 26, 1869 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: February 9, 1826 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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4 years elder sister |
Mary Malinda Long Birth: January 18, 1830 31 31 — North Carolina, United States Death: July 19, 1857 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
William Nevins Long Birth: February 12, 1832 34 33 — North Carolina, United States Death: January 8, 1907 — North Carolina, United States |
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4 years elder brother |
Elisha W Long Birth: 1835 36 36 — North Carolina, United States Death: January 26, 1865 — Camp Douglas Prison, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States |
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17 months elder sister |
Nancy Jane Long Birth: June 13, 1836 38 38 — North Carolina, United States Death: December 8, 1901 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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19 months elder sister |
Dicey Catherine “Katie” Long Birth: January 7, 1838 39 39 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: January 3, 1917 — Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years twin sister |
Martha L “Mat” Long Birth: June 22, 1841 43 43 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: February 14, 1921 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth L “Liz” Long Birth: June 22, 1841 43 43 — Rutherford, North Carolina, United States Death: December 9, 1918 — Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States |
Elizabeth L “Liz” Long has 6 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (6)
Parents William Shemwell + Elizabeth Painter
Parents Dugger Freeman + Nancy Shemwell
Parents Michael B Freeman + Mary Shemwell
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Thomas S Long - Household
Roberson Creek, Rutherford, North Carolina
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Thomas S Long - Household
Flint Hill, Rutherford, North Carolina
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - Thomas S Long - Household
Logans Store, Rutherford, North Carolina
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