Lucy Josephine Haralson

Brief Life History of Lucy Josephine

When Lucy Josephine Haralson was born on 2 June 1883, in Sherman, Grayson, Texas, United States, her father, Zarah Nunn Haralson, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Cummins, was 33. She married A. L. Shores on 4 January 1903, in Grayson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Collinsville, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1910 and Fitzhugh, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 2 February 1935, at the age of 51.

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Family Time Line

Robert Tolbert Sperry
1882–1921
Lucy Josephine Haralson
1883–1935
Marriage: 7 August 1906
Acie John Sperry
1907–1987
Jewell N Sperry
1909–2008
Chloe A Sperry
1911–2000
Jeff Zerry Sperry
1913–1978
Thomas Marvin Sperry
1915–1993
Daisy Lucille Sperry
1917–2000
Robert Tolbert Sperry Jr
1919–1994
Douglas Franklin Sperry
1921–1954

Sources (11)

  • Lucy Haralson in household of Jerry Haralson, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Lucy Haralson, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Loucil Harlson in entry for Jeff Zerry Sperry, "Texas, Deaths, 1977-1986"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1889

The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Norwegian Haraldsen and Swedish Haraldsson (see Haraldson ).

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

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