Brief Life History of Nancy
When Nancy Harper was born on 16 January 1862, in Fairview, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Foster C Harper, was 20 and her mother, Sarah Cathrine Lanning, was 20. She died on 31 January 1873, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 11, and was buried in Cane Creek Cemetery, Fairview, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (2)
- Nancy Harper in household of Foster Harper, "United States Census, 1870"
- Nancy Harper, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Battle of Bentonville
The Battle of Bentonville took place in Johnston, North Carolina from March 19, 1865- March 21, 1865. It was considered the bloodiest battle of North Carolina, with around 4,000 casualties.
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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