Emma Harper

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Harper was born on 13 January 1867, in Pickens, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, her father, Henry T. Harper, was 44 and her mother, Lucinda Hollingsworth, was 35. She married William Thomas Willis about 1890, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. She lived in Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States for about 30 years and Belton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States in 1920. She died on 2 July 1915, in Easley Twp, Pickens, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Enon Baptist Church Cemetery, Easley, Pickens, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Thomas Willis
1872–1961
Emma Harper
1867–1915
Marriage: about 1890
William Henry Willis
1892–1965
John Willis
1896–1918
Lenhardt H. Willis
1897–1980
William Herman Willis
1900–1962
Elmer Harvey Willis
1903–1998
Lawrence E Willis
1907–1994

Sources (10)

  • Emma Harper in household of Henry Harper, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Emma Harper - Government record: birth-name: Emma Harper
  • Emma Harper, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973"

World Events (8)

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

1871 · KKK Supression

In March of 1871, in an attempt to supress the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina, President Grant sends troops in. Later that year in October, the KKK are told to disarm and break up. They do not do this and later many are arrested by the US marshals.

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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