In regards to Deida's headstone at Piney Grove, it reads "D. B. Harper, Born Oct 27, 1828, Died Oct 26, 1901. You can get a printout of the headstone names by going to
These are the news highlights from 1850 to 1860, the time M. C. was living in Georgia:
1. California enters the Union-1850
2. Levi Strauss begins manufactoring heavyweight trousers for gold miners.
3. The cry "Go West, young man, go West" was being advised-1850.
4. Conflict over slavery-Kansas-Nebraska Act-1854.
Abolitionists in New England form Emigrant Aid Societies to send anti-slavery activists in Kansas. In Georgia and Alabama similar societies send in settlers who will vote in defense of slavery-1855.
Stirred by the impunity of the pro-slavery forces in Kansas, John Brown, a militant abolitionist, leads his sons in a raid on pro-slavery settlers. Five men were dragged from their cabins and massacred-1856.
5. Responding to complaints by federal officials in Utah and national outrage over the Mormon practice of plural marriage, President James Buchanan sends U. S. troops to impose federal law in Utah-1857.
6. The first non-stop stage coach from St. Louis arrives in Los Angeles, completing the 2,600 mile trip across the Southwest in 20 days-1858.
7. Gold is discovered in Boulder Canyon, Colorado, sparking the Pikes Peak gold rush, which brings an estimated 100,000 fortune-hunters to the Rockies-1859.
8. Oregon enters the union as a free state-1859.
9. Silver is discovered at the Comstock Lode in Nevada, turning nearby Virginia City into a boom town-1859.
10. During this decade, a tidal wave of 2.5 million immigrants enter the United States, including 66,000 Chinese
Margaret Jane Harper b. 9 Jan 1854 d. 11 Jun 1920. She's buried at Macedonia Cemetery, Jackson County, Alabama m. James Dykes Allen 20 Mar 180, Dekalb County, Alabama by the Justice of the Peace. She was the 3rd daughter of M. C. and Deida Harper. On the Alabama 1860 census, it says she was born in Georgia, and that within one year of the census, she would attend school.
On the 1860 Alabama census, below Margaret Jane, is Matilda E. Harper b. 1857 in Alabama.I haven't found any additional information on Matilda, unless she went by her middle name or a nickname, I also haven't found a marriage or grave site for her.
Next comes William P. Harper, but I'm going to post information on him last as he's my line and I have a lot of information.
Terah A. Harper b. 1861-62, Alabama d. 11 Dec 1943 at the age of 81-82. As I've stated before, Terah was blind per my Aunt Maune. I don't know whether she was born blind or if from an illness or accident. I know she lived with her mom and dad in 1860. When she was 18, she is on the Dekalb census, under her uncle's name, on her mother's side, Winston Rowin. Then in 1900 she's again living with her mother, who's listed as Ida,the head of the home. In 1930 she's living with her brother Hood (Thomas) Harper, Haigwood, Jackson County, Alabama. She's buried atMacedonia Cemetery, Jackson County, Alabama, near Thomas W. Harper and his second wife, Barbara J. (Boozer)Harper.
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