Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Looper was born on 4 January 1836, in Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Looper Sr, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Hester, was 24. She married John White Singleton on 12 January 1858, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Saluda, South Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 14 May 1921, in Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Switzerland, Jasper, South Carolina, United States.
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- Sarah Singleton in household of J L Singleton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Ann Looper - Church record: Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Sarah Ann Looper
- Sarah Ann Singleton, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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World Events (7)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1860
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Dutch: literally ‘runner’, an occupational name for a messenger or for someone who made excursions into the woods. Compare Loper .
History: In New Netherland (now NY) the term Boschlooper was used to denote traders who went out (sometimes literally by running) into the woods to intercept Indians bringing furs to Fort Orange (now Albany, NY). The practice was forbidden because of the use of coercion to secure a deal, as happened especially when the trader was on horseback.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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