Brief Life History of John Lewis
When John Lewis Looper was born on 3 August 1852, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, his father, Joseph Looper Sr, was 44 and his mother, Sarah Hester, was 41. He married Frances Kesiah Williams on 6 December 1875, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Dacusville, Pickens, South Carolina, United States for about 60 years. He died on 27 January 1931, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in United States.
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- John Looper in household of Joseph Looper, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Lewis Looper - birth:
- John L. Looper, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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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.
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.
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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