Eunice Ripley

Brief Life History of Eunice

When Eunice Ripley was born on 18 October 1876, in Harrison, Ohio, United States, her father, Henry Ripley, was 23 and her mother, Salena Rosetta Randall, was 21. She married Western Jonas Harding on 15 May 1895, in Harrison, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Charleston, Black River Township, Lorain, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 27 December 1967, in Circleville, Circleville Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Western Jonas Harding
1873–1949
Eunice Ripley
1876–1967
Marriage: 15 May 1895
Lena Hazel Harding
1898–1922

Sources (18)

  • Eunice Harding in household of Wester J Harding, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Eunice Romans Ripley, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Eunice R. Ripley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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World Events (8)

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Ripley (Derbyshire, Hampshire, Surrey, Yorkshire). The Hampshire and Surrey placenames derive from Old English ripel, rippel ‘strip of land’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Yorkshire placename probably derives from the Anglian tribe name Hrype + Old English lēah. The Derbyshire placename may derive from Old English ripel, rippel or the Anglian tribe name Hrype + Old English lēah.

History: William Ripley (died 1656) came from Wymondham, Norfolk, England, to Hingham, MA, in 1638.

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

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