When George Washington Harker was born in 1877, in Beaufort, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Anthony Harker Sr., was 28 and his mother, Sallie Brooks, was 24. He married Susan Jane Matthews on 15 February 1905, in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Straits, Carteret, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 29 December 1937, in Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Flemington-Oak Grove Cemetery, New Hanover, North Carolina, United States.
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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.
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A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
English:
habitational name either from Harker (now Harkerside) in Grinton parish (North Yorkshire), of uncertain etymology, or from Harker in Halsall parish (Lancashire), derived from Old English hār ‘hoar, gray’ or Old English hara ‘hare’ + Old Norse kjarr ‘marsh overgrown with brushwood’.
nickname for an eavesdropper or busybody, from an agent derivative of Middle English herkien ‘to listen’. The name seems to be attested in southwestern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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