Sarah Mahala Harper

Brief Life History of Sarah Mahala

When Sarah Mahala Harper was born in 1859, in Pickens, South Carolina, United States, her father, Henry T. Harper, was 36 and her mother, Lucinda Hollingsworth, was 28. She had at least 1 son with John Thomas Stephens. She lived in South Carolina, United States in 1870 and Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1880. She died on 18 May 1934, in Liberty, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Thomas Stephens
1860–1955
Sarah Mahala Harper
1859–1934
William Amos Stephens
1882–1933

Sources (5)

  • Sarah Harper in household of Henry T Harper, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mahala Harper - Government record: birth-name: Mahala Harper
  • Sarah Mahala Harper Stephens, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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 (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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