Arthur Ott Hightower

Brief Life History of Arthur Ott

When Arthur Ott Hightower was born on 7 November 1880, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, Burvel Milton Hightower, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Caroline Whitted, was 45. He married Arrie Elizabeth Bomar about 1898. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1920 and Highland, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 27 August 1947, in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Camp Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylors, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Ott Hightower
1880–1947
Arrie Elizabeth Bomar
1882–1962
Marriage: about 1898
Callie G Hightower
1910–1989
Lunnie Mae Hightower
1912–1975
Luan Hightower
1913–
Elent Hightower
1915–1995
Veltra Maliza Hightower
1917–1997
Arthur Blain Hightower
1920–1978
John L Hightower
1924–1927

Sources (16)

  • Arthur Hightower, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Arthur Hightower, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • Arthur Hightower, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: perhaps an altered form of Hayter (see Hight ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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