Brief Life History of Orpha Jane
When Orpha Jane Stevens was born on 26 April 1889, in North Carolina, United States, her father, John Franklin Stevens, was 33 and her mother, Harriet Elizabeth Tyler, was 31. She married Ode Hampton Todd on 11 January 1913, in Dillon, Dillon, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Simpson Creek Township, Horry, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Lake Waccamaw, Columbus, North Carolina, United States in 1930. She died on 6 October 1980, in Lumberton, Robeson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Richmond County Memorial Park, Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina, United States.
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- O J Todd in household of Ode Todd, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Orpha Jane Stevens - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Orpha Jane Stevens
- Orpha Jane Todd, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched
South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.
Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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