Life History
16th Aug 1908 |
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1st Aug 1931 |
Married Agnes Vernice JENKINS in DeQueen, Sevier, Arkansas.1,6 |
before 1935 |
Divorced from Agnes Vernice JENKINS.5 |
31st May 1981 |
Notes
- Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
Vernice Jenkins
Gender Female
Age 21, Birth Year abt 1910
Residence Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
Spouse's Name Roy Long
Spouse's Gender Male
Spouse's Age 23
Spouse's Residence Maud, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma
Marriage 1 Aug 1931 Sevier County
Marriage License Date 1 Aug 1931
In the 1940 census, his wife Vernice Jenkins was reported as a widow and living in her father's home, and was reported under her maiden name. Roy reported his status as Single. The 1940 census reports that in 1935, Roy was living in Osage County, Oklahoma, on the Kansas border, and by 1940 had moved east to Maryland, where he was working at a horse racing track.
1940 Federal Census, Harford County, Maryland, 25 April, Havrede Grace Race Track, District 13-9, page 89B, No Hse#
Long, Roy M W 32 Single Grade 8 b Oklahoma Rural Osage County, Okla in 1935 Exercise Boy
But in his death records, Roy was reported as Divorced. The birth location in Oklahoma supports the identity of this record for the husband of Vernice Jenkins.
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Roy Long
Born 16 Aug 1908
Died May 1981
Last Benefit Latonia, Kenton, Kentucky 41015
Last Residence Covington, Kenton, Kentucky 41011
SSN 372-16-1206 issued Michigan (Before 1951)
A matching memorial on Find a Grave could be for Roy A Long, but the name on the gravestone is Roy C Long. The grave has only the year of birth and death, which do match for Roy A Long. The burial location is in Virginia, which could be for the same person. Since Roy Long, who appears in the 1940 census record above, was involved with a race track in Maryland, he may have also working in Kentucky, a huge horse ranching and racing area, and perhaps Virginia as well.
Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Roy A Long, Widowed
Birth 1908 Oklahoma, United States
Death 31 May 1981 University Hosp. Cinci General, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
Age at Death 73
Social Security #372-16-1206
Certificate #042836
There are two death certificates for what appears to be the same person. One in Ohio, and another across the river in Kentucky. The date of death is the same, which matches the months and year of death reported by Social Security. The Kentucky death certificate reports that death occurred in Ohio.
Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000
Roy A Long
Death 31 May 1981 Ohio
Age 73
Residence Kenton County
Volume 906, Certificate 1063
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The following burial memorial may be for the right Roy Long, since the years reported on the gravestone match the full birth and death dates we have from earlier records for Roy A Long of Oklahoma. The memorial does not report any family relationships to assist in identification.
Roy C Long
Birth 1908
Death 1981
Inscription: PFC US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Burial Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia
Created by Willis Jensen Aug 03, 2011
-- Find A Grave Memorial #74335202, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=74335202&ref=acom&ftm=1
A matching record has been found for Roy C Long in Giles County, Virginia and a similar WWII draft registration. Do the dates for Roy A Long int he other records may refer to this Roy C Long in Montgomery County, Virginia. The WWII enlistment record reports him born in Virginia, not Oklahoma, like Vernice Jenkins' husband.
U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
Roy C Long
Birth 1908 Virginia
Residence Giles County, Virginia
Enlistment Date 23 Oct 1942 Fort Thomas Newport, Kentucky
Rank Private
Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Farmer Grammar school Education
Marital Status Single, without dependents
Height 73
Weight 178
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Sources
- 1. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
- 2. Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
- 3. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
- 4. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000
- 5. 1940 Federal Census, Harford County, Maryland
- 25 April, Havrede Grace Race Track, District 13-9, page 89B, No Hse#
- 6. 1940 Federal Census, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma
- 7 May, Shawnee, District 63-54B, page 62A, 417 1/2 Tennessee St, Hse #242, Rents $20