Brief Life History of Nora
When Nora Stone was born on 23 July 1861, in Jay, Indiana, United States, her father, William Iredal Stone, was 41 and her mother, Margaret Warnock, was 35. She married Lucas Titus Harter in 1887. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Jackson Township, Jay, Indiana, United States in 1910 and Portland, Wayne Township, Jay, Indiana, United States in 1920. She died on 7 August 1925, in Jay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Jay, Indiana, United States.
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- Nora Harter in household of Pueus T Harter, "United States Census, 1900"
- Nora Stone, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Nora Stone Harter, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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: from Middle English ston(e) ‘stone, rock’ (Old English stān). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on stony ground, by a notable outcrop of rock, or by a stone boundary-marker or monument, or habitational, from a place called Stone, such as those in Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire.
Irish (Kilkenny): adopted for Irish Ó Clochartaigh (see Clougherty ) and/or Ó Clochasaigh (see Clohessy ), and possibly several other names containing or thought to contain the element cloch ‘stone’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various surnames in other languages, meaning ‘stone’, including Jewish Stein , Norwegian Steine, French Lapierre .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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