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Harper Family
Lucinda Harper (mother of Frank Privett) was born on September 9, 1884 somewhere in Arkansas. She had a twin brother, Pleasant Harper, and an older sister, Martha Harper Staton. The identity of her parents is uncertain, although she is listed in the 1900 census as having a father from Tennessee and a mother from Arkansas. She allegedly claimed that her father was of native American ancestry. Lucinda was orphaned at an early age and was raised by her father's widowed sister, Eliza J. Varden (b. 3/1884), in Kelso, Ark. Privett Marriage: M.H. (Herman) Privett and Lucinda Harper were married in Desha County in 1903. Oddly, their marriage license is dated February 14, 1903 but has no actual date of marriage. The Privetts had three children: William Frank Privett, Elizabeth Privett, and Jeff Davis Privett. Herman Privett worked and lived in logging camp in Desha County, AR and supplemented his income by raising crops. Herman Privett supposedly loved to hunt and passed that enthusiasm on to his son, Frank.
Privett Divorce: Lucinda and the children left Herman around 1911, reputedly because Herman was an alcoholic and/or would/could not provide adequately for his family. Lucinda and the children moved to Wilmot, AR living with her older sister Martha and her husband Ben Staton who was a lawyer. Staton helped make arrangements for Lucinda and the three children to enter an orphanage called the Working Women's Home in Little Rock, AR. Lucinda was briefly married a second time to Mr. Ervin, a widower with 3 children. Around 1917, Lucinda married Pearl Griffis (1875 - 1943), providing a stable home for the three children. Lucinda passed away October 24, 1972 in Little Rock, AR and is interred in Roselawn Cemetery, 2801 Asher Ave, Little Rock, AR (listed in the SSDI as Lucille Griffis).
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