Sophrona "Sophia" Hartley

Brief Life History of Sophrona "Sophia"

When Sophrona "Sophia" Hartley was born on 4 November 1837, in Lenoir, North Carolina, United States, her father, Levi Hartley, was 41 and her mother, Mourning Dula Clarke, was 32. She married Toliver Findley Sudderth on 15 August 1860, in Caldwell, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Caldwell, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 8 August 1874, in Lower Creek Township, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Clark Cemetery, Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Toliver Findley Sudderth
1837–1918
Sophrona "Sophia" Hartley
1837–1874
Marriage: 15 August 1860
Mary Josephine Suddreth
1861–1926
Charles Toliver Suddreth
1864–1923
Samuel Findley Suddreth
1867–1947
Josie Sudderth
1869–
Carrie Suddreth
1871–1890

Sources (24)

  • Sophrona Hartly in household of Levi Hartly, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sophia Sudderth, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Sophia Hartley Suddreth, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1853 · First State Fair

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.

1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island

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.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name, in northern England mainly from Hartley in Rochdale parish (Lancashire) but also from any of the places called Hartley in Westmorland and the West Yorkshire. In southern England it derives Hartley in Devon, Hampshire, and Kent, and from Hartleigh in Devon. Similar placenames occur in Berkshire, Dorset, and Northumberland, but it is not known if they gave rise to surnames. Most of the placenames derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, though the Westmorland placename comes from Old English heard ‘hard’ + clā ‘claw, tongue of land’, and the Northumberland placename derives from Old English heorot + hlāw ‘mound, hill’.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hArtghaile ‘descendant of Artghal’, a personal name composed of the elements Art ‘bear’ or ‘hero’ + gal ‘valor’.

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

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