Sarah C Harper

Brief Life History of Sarah C

When Sarah C Harper was born on 7 June 1854, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States, her father, Julius Harper, was 31 and her mother, Virginia Johnson, was 27. She married William Frank Compher on 17 July 1872, in Loudoun, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Virginia, United States in 1854 and Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, United States in 1880. She died on 1 July 1898, in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Frank Compher
1850–1927
Sarah C Harper
1854–1898
Marriage: 17 July 1872
Mary Compher
1873–
Cora B. Compher
1873–1874
Owen West Compher
1879–1978
Clarence Wooten Compher
1886–1964

Sources (22)

  • Sarah K. Comphor in household of Wm. F. Comphor, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Sarah Compher, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Sarah C. Harper, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

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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.

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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