Brief Life History of Ellis Mitchell
When Ellis Mitchell Hightower was born on 17 July 1861, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, Burvel Milton Hightower, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Caroline Whitted, was 26. He married Kittie Hightower about 1882. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Highland, Greenville, South Carolina, United States for about 30 years and Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1920. He died on 4 January 1928, in 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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- E M Highl* in household of Unknown, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mitchell Hightower in entry for Kittie Hightower, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
- E Mitchell Hightower, "United States Census, 1900"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871 · KKK Supression
In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.
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.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps an altered form of Hayter (see Hight ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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