Jenny Hightower

Brief Life History of Jenny

When Jenny Hightower was born on 17 January 1877, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, her father, Burvel Milton Hightower, was 43 and her mother, Elizabeth Caroline Whitted, was 42. She married Preston Elisha Alexander Parker about 1897, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in O'Neal Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Highland, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1910. She died in 1915, at the age of 38, and was buried in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Preston Elisha Alexander Parker
1882–1954
Jenny Hightower
1877–1915
Marriage: about 1897
William Carl Parker
1899–1972
Clarence M. Parker
1901–1938
Eva Parker
1902–1983
Myrtle Parker
1906–
John Thomas Parker
1908–1995
Paul Travellers Parker
1914–1972

Sources (7)

  • Jane Hightowen in household of Durrell Hightowen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Jennie Hightower, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973"
  • Jennie Hightower Parker, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

1878 · Liberian Exodus

April 21, 1878, around 206 African Americans boarde the ship Azor for Liberia.The cause for this is with the rise of political power, it makes life even harder for the African Americans.

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.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

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

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

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