Brief Life History of Richard Bryant
When Richard Bryant Harper was born on 24 May 1872, in Texas, United States, his father, Richard Bryant Harper Sr, was 35 and his mother, Permelia Sue Caroline Calhoun, was 32. He married Etta Augusta Breedlove on 16 December 1894. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Armstrong, Texas, United States in 1940 and Claude, Armstrong, Texas, United States in 1940. He died on 23 December 1948, in Texas, United States, at the age of 76.
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- R B Harper, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Bryant Harper - Government record: Census record: birth: 24 May 1872; Texas, United States
- Richard B Harper in entry for Allie M Wilshire, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1887
Historical Boundaries: 1887: Armstrong, Texas, United States
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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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