Brief Life History of Luther
When Luther Hightower was born on 26 August 1874, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, his father, Daniel Hodges Hightower, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Terry, was 42. He lived in Saluda Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1880. He died in 1890, at the age of 16, and was buried in Greenville, South Carolina, United States.
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- Luther Hightower in household of Daniel Hightower, "United States Census, 1880"
- Luther Hightower, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps an altered form of Hayter (see Hight ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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