When Laban Harter was born on 28 April 1826, in Eaton, Preble, Ohio, United States, his father, Joseph Harter, was 27 and his mother, Mary Howell, was 23. He married Emily Prichett Beall on 5 September 1847, in Cassopolis, LaGrange Township, Cass, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Los Ángeles, Conchagua, La Unión, El Salvador in 1918. He died on 12 September 1872, at the age of 46, and was buried in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States.
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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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