Harriet Elizabeth Newberry

Female1849–25 May 1926

Brief Life History of Harriet Elizabeth

When Harriet Elizabeth Newberry was born in 1849, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States, her father, James Earl Newberry, was 29 and her mother, Mary Jane Willis, was 28. She married Jonathan Davis Fricks on 22 June 1866, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in District 844, Fannin, Georgia, United States in 1880. She died on 25 May 1926, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Davis Fricks
1840–1906
Harriet Elizabeth Newberry
1849–1926
Marriage: 22 June 1866
Jonathan Lewis Fricks
1869–1897
Sallie Lula Jane Fricks
1872–1959
Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" Fricks
1875–1952
James Webster Fricks
1876–1919
Mary Alice Pyrilla Fricks
1877–1926
Mary M Fricks
1879–
John Francis Fricks
1880–1980
Dovie Ann Fricks
1884–1980
Georgia Fricks
1887–1971
Bessie Mae Fricks
1894–1978

Sources (26)

  • Elizabeth H Newberry in household of Jesse E Newberry, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Harriett Fritz in entry for Francis Fritz and Martha Cornwell, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Harriett Newberry in entry for Elizabeth Dockery, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 June 1866Gilmer, Georgia, United States
  • Children (10)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1853 · First State Fair

    Age 4

    The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

    1854

    Age 5

    Historical Boundaries 1854: Fannin, Georgia, United States

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Age 21

    Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of the many places called Newbury, named with the Old English elements nēowe ‘new’ + burh ‘fortress, fortified town’ (see Newbury ).

    English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Le Neubourg in Eure, France.

    History: Thomas Newberry emigrated from Devon, England, to Dorchester, MA, in 1634. Among his descendants were a number of very successful manufacturers and entrepreneurs, including the brothers Oliver (1789–1860) and Walter (1804–68) Newberry, whose prosperity was linked with the growth and development of Chicago.

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

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