{"id":9,"date":"2018-09-22T18:38:09","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T18:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2023-10-20T21:59:27","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T21:59:27","slug":"cora-stickney-harper","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/cora-stickney-harper\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Namesake &#8211; Cora Stickney Harper"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9\" class=\"elementor elementor-9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a13a21f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a13a21f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e557a9b\" data-id=\"e557a9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f6fdce elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f6fdce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"97\" height=\"122\" src=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Cora-color.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-418cf1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"418cf1b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92947f7\" data-id=\"92947f7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d39f680 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d39f680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cora Stickney was born on September 16, 1859. She was educated at Wellesley College and graduated in 1880. She worked in various women\u2019s and charitable organizations. In 1901, she married Charles Thomas Harper in Savannah, Georgia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Harpers lived in Boynton, Florida from 1905 to 1913. There Cora founded the Boynton Woman&#8217;s Club in 1909, and was very active in the Florida Federation of Women&#8217;s Clubs. In 1913, the Harpers moved to Fort Pierce, where Cora organized the Aiseehatchee Chapter (the Indian word for &#8220;river of the deer people&#8221;) of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. The chapter name was changed to Cora Stickney Harper, NSDAR, in permanent honor to its founder, after her death on November 1, 1914, at Saint Andrew\u2019s Episcopal Church, in Fort Pierce, Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Cora Stickney Harper is buried at Forest Glade Cemetery in Somersworth, New Hampshire.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2631\" src=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cora-Gravesite-Photo-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cora-Gravesite-Photo-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cora-Gravesite-Photo-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cora-Gravesite-Photo-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cora-Gravesite-Photo-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cora-Gravesite-Photo-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cora-Gravesite-Photo-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/fssdar.com\/CSH\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Cora-Gravesite-Photo-140x105.jpeg 140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>Headstone image by Family Historian from Find a Grave.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cora Stickney was born on September 16, 1859. 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