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Cora Maude Long 1872–1963 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Mar 1872

Birth Location: Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA

Death Date: 14 SEP 1963

Death Location: Indianola, Warren Co, IA

Father: Hosea Long

Mother: Rachel Caviness

Spouse(s): Ira Merritt

Children(s): Vera Merritt, Vesta Merritt, Gladys Merritt

Cora Maude Long was born in 1872 in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA, the child of Hosea Henry Long And Rachel Melinda Caviness. Cora Maude Long married Ira Archibald Merritt, and had children including Gladys Evelyn Merritt, Vera Mae Merritt, Vesta Delana Merritt. Cora Maude Long passed away in 1963 in Indianola, Warren Co, IA.

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Biography

  • Cora Maude Long was born in 1872 in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA, the child of Hosea Henry Long And Rachel Melinda Caviness.
  • Cora Maude Long married Ira Archibald Merritt, and had children including Gladys Evelyn Merritt, Vera Mae Merritt, Vesta Delana Merritt.
  • Cora Maude Long passed away in 1963 in Indianola, Warren Co, IA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Hosea Long
1839–1923
Birth Location: Rice, Van Buren, Iowa, USA
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Rachel Caviness
1840–1927
Birth Location: Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ira Merritt
1871–1955
Birth Location: Ringgold County, Iowa, USA
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Children(s)

Vera Merritt
1893–1970
Birth Location: Kellerton, Ringgold, Iowa, USA
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Vesta Merritt
1894–1984
Birth Location: Kellerton, Iowa
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Gladys Merritt
1896–1984
Birth Location: Kellerton, Ringgold, Ia
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Cora Long's Ancestors

Self
Cora Long
1872–1963
Birth Place: Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA
Parents
Hosea Henry Long
1839–1923
Rice, Van Buren, Iowa, USA
Rachel (Melinda) Caviness
1840–1927
Plainfield, Hendricks, Indiana, USA
Grandparents
Isaac (Conrad) Long
1814–1898
Rutherford County, Tennessee
Elizabeth (Ann) Greene
1818–1858
Tennessee, Alabama, United States
Great-Grandparents
Reynolds Greene
1780–1848
Francis Hall
1789–1849
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Green
1750–1818
Judith Gordon
1750–1793
John Sr
1758–1835
Mary Chaney
1760–1813

Cora Long's Descendants

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Cora (Maude) Long (21 Mar 1872–14 SEP 1963) m. Ira (Archibald) Merritt (13 Apr 1871–02 Apr 1955)
  1. 1. Vera (Mae) Merritt 1893–1970
  2. 2. Vesta (Delana) Merritt 1894–1984 m. Enoch (James) Anderson 1892–1959
    1. 1. John (Merritt) Anderson 1926–1986
    2. 2. Merritt (Irwin) Anderson 1937–2016 m. Consuelo (T) Anderson 1930–1998
    3. 3. James (William) Anderson 1932–1970 m. Elizabeth (Libby) Smith 1931–1990
      1. 1. John (Gordon "Jay") Anderson 1951–2011
  3. 3. Gladys (Evelyn) Merritt 1896–1984

Cora Long's Timeline

2 Records

1872
21 Mar 1872
Birth of Cora Maude Long in Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA
Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA
1963
14 SEP 1963
Age 91
Death of Cora Maude Long in Indianola, Warren Co, IA
Indianola, Warren Co, IA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1872
    Event Place: Fairfield, Jefferson, Iowa, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 SEP 1963
    Event Place: Indianola, Warren Co, IA
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