Brief Life History of Martha Isabell
When Martha Isabell Harper was born on 31 October 1858, in Union, Arkansas, United States, her father, Henry Martin Harper, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Ann Mayfield, was 16. She married James Lafayette Darwin on 3 February 1876, in Delta, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Louisiana, United States in 1870. She died on 5 June 1922, in Cooper, Delta, Texas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Cooper, Delta, Texas, United States.
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- Martha I Darwin in household of James L Darwin, "United States Census, 1920"
- M._ I. Harper, "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973"
- Bell Harper nel documento di J A Darwin, “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976”
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World Events (8)
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1868 · Louisiana Is Readmitted Into the Union
Louisiana was readmitted into the Union.
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire), Scottish, Irish (Antrim and Down), and Dutch: occupational name for a player on the harp, from Middle English harper(e) ‘harper’ (Old English hearpere) and Middle Dutch harper, herper. The harper was one of the most important figures of a medieval baronial hall, especially in Scotland and northern England, and the office of harper was sometimes hereditary. The Scottish surname is probably an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Chruiteir ‘son of the harper’ (from Gaelic cruit ‘harp’, ‘stringed instrument’). This surname has long been present in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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