Edgar Lafayette Cropper

Brief Life History of Edgar Lafayette

When Edgar Lafayette Cropper was born on 17 September 1875, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, his father, Leigh Richmond Cropper, was 30 and his mother, Fanny Louisa Powell, was 30. He married Anna Luella Pulsipher on 7 August 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880 and United States for about 21 years. He died on 9 October 1946, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edgar Lafayette Cropper
1875–1946
Anna Luella Pulsipher
1880–1959
Marriage: 7 August 1901
Harald Leigh Cropper
1902–1986
Eugene Wise Cropper
1904–1987
Paul Pulsipher Cropper
1907–1975
Kenneth Fay Cropper
1909–1985
Carmen Cropper
1911–2002
Muriel Cropper
1915–2010

Sources (72)

  • Edgar L. Cropper, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Edgar L Cropper, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Edgar Lafayette Cropper, "Utah, World War I County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1876 · The Battle of Little Bighorn

An armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry of the US Army. The battle was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

Name Meaning

English (mainly Lancashire): occupational name for a picker of fruit or vegetables or a reaper of cereal crops, from cropper(e) ‘one who reaps crops or trims trees’, an agent derivative of Middle English cropt(en) ‘to pick’. The word was used also to denote the polling of livestock and the name may therefore have been given to someone with this responsibility.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Autobiography of Anna Luella Pulsipher Cropper

Autobiography of Anna Luella Pulsipher Cropper 27 August 1880 – 22 February 1959 I was born Aug. 27, 1880. Mother moved to Provo to educate her children. She built the Roberts Hotel, took in boa …

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