When Elizabeth Hightower was born in 1858, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Burvel Milton Hightower, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Caroline Whitted, was 23. She lived in Henderson, North Carolina, United States in 1860 and Saluda Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1870.
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In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
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.
English: perhaps an altered form of Hayter (see Hight ).
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