When Harter was born in 1839, in Indiana, United States, his father, Israel Harter, was 34 and his mother, Charlotta Kitson, was 29.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
German (also Härter): variant of Harder .
South German and Tyrolean: habitational name for someone from Hart in Austria.
English (Lancashire and Cheshire): nickname from Middle English herter ‘one who encourages, consoles, or inspires’ (from herten ‘to encourage, etc.’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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