Brief Life History of Henry Franklin
When Henry Franklin Roper was born on 11 September 1828, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, his father, John Roper, was 28 and his mother, Tabitha T Byrum, was 18. He married Evaline Holbrook on 1 June 1845, in Forsyth, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Forsyth, Georgia, United States for about 10 years and District 880, Forsyth, Georgia, United States in 1870. He died on 8 August 1898, in Cumming, Forsyth, Georgia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Forsyth, Monroe, Georgia, United States.
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- Henry F. Roper, "United States Census, 1880"
- Henry F. Roper, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Henry F. Roper in entry for Robert P. White and Sarah T. Roper, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1832
Historical Boundaries: 1832: Forsyth, Georgia, United States
1860
In 1860, South Carolina quit the United States because its citizens were in favor of slavery and President Lincoln was not. The Civil War started a year later.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): occupational name from Middle English roper(e) ‘maker or seller of rope’. See Roop .
North German (Röper): occupational name for a town crier, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German rōpen ‘to call’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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