Brief Life History of Lewis Webster
When Lewis Webster Carper was born on 11 April 1859, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States, his father, Russell A Carper, was 42 and his mother, Malinda Warden, was 30. He married Mary Nannie Ellen Bandy on 10 March 1900, in Montgomery, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Auburn District, Montgomery, Virginia, United States for about 60 years and Riner, Montgomery, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 14 April 1949, in Radford, Montgomery, Virginia, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Radford, Virginia, United States.
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- Lewis W Camper, "United States Census, 1940"
- Louis W Carper, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Lewis Webster Carper, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Karper 2.
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Karper 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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