John Lefphrage Hurt

Male6 April 1857–24 July 1933

Brief Life History of John Lefphrage

When John Lefphrage Hurt was born on 6 April 1857, in Prairie Township, Chariton, Missouri, United States, his father, Milton L Hurt, was 38 and his mother, Sarah Ann Parks, was 29. He married Martha Elizabeth Switzer on 29 May 1881, in Linn, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Cockrell Township, Chariton, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 24 July 1933, in Chariton, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Salisbury Cemetery, Salisbury Township, Chariton, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Lefphrage Hurt
1857–1933
Martha Elizabeth Switzer
1862–1922
Marriage: 29 May 1881
Marvin L Hurt
1884–1951

Sources (11)

  • J L Hurt, "United States Census, 1900"
  • I L Hurt, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • John Lefphrage Hurt, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 May 1881Linn, Missouri, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 6

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1867 · The Burtis Opera House

    Age 10

    The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 24

    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.

    Name Meaning

    English: variant of Hart . In Middle English, Old English heorot ‘hart’ became hurt west of a line running roughly from Dorking to Birmingham, and this has occasionally survived, though often replaced by the standard hart from hert.

    German: topographic name from Middle High German hurt ‘hurdle, woven fence’.

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

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