Brief Life History of Susan
When Susan Harrop was born in 1813, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States, her father, James Harrop, was 33 and her mother, Mary Cohagan, was 31. She married Samuel Swingle on 1 January 1829, in Muskingum, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in York Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Harrison Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 13 December 1886, at the age of 73.
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- Susanna Sionigle in household of Samuel Sionigle, "United States Census, 1850"
- Susan, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Susan Phorp in entry for Joseph Benjamine Swingle, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Harrop, Harrop Dale, Harrop Hall (Yorkshire), or Harehope (Northumberland), all of which may derive from Old English hara ‘hare’ + hop ‘small enclosed valley’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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