Kittie Hightower

Brief Life History of Kittie

When Kittie Hightower was born on 26 January 1866, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, her father, Daniel Hodges Hightower, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Terry, was 33. She married Ellis Mitchell Hightower about 1882. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1920 and Highland, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1930. She died on 17 July 1938, in Greer, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Camp Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Taylors, Greenville, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ellis Mitchell Hightower
1861–1928
Kittie Hightower
1866–1938
Marriage: about 1882
Parrie L Hightower
1896–1981

Sources (6)

  • Catherine Hightower, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • Kittie Hightower, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
  • Kidder Hightower in household of E Mitchell Hightower, "United States Census, 1900"

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World Events (8)

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

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

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

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