Brief Life History of George Wise
When George Wise Cropper was born on 4 May 1845, in Spring, Harris, Texas, United States, his father, George Waters Cropper, was 43 and his mother, Sebrina Land, was 33. He married Mary Molinda Heard on 5 May 1872, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1880 and Emery, Utah, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1906. His occupation is listed as cross-country merchant in Utah, United States. He died on 12 January 1916, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Oasis, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- George W Cropper in household of Sebrina Croft, "United States Census, 1870"
- Geo. Wise Cropper, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Geo W Cropper in entry for Sebrina Cropper Robinson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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