Jane Harton
b. 27 August 1930, d. 16 April 2005
- Father: Marcus Wright Harton b. 17 May 1902, d. 1 June 1971
- Mother: Jane Van Voorhees Winn b. 2 May 1909, d. 25 January 1936
- Jane Harton was born on 27 August 1930 in Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas.
- Jane Harton died on 16 April 2005 at age 74 in Asheville, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
- The following appeared on 19 April 2005 in the Log Cabin Democrat: Jane Harton Peyrouse of Greenville, S.C., died unexpectedly Saturday (April 16, 2005) of heart failure in Asheville, N.C.
A native of Conway, she held an AB degree from Randolph Macon Women's College of Lynchburg, Va., and an MA from Columbia University. She spent many years of her professional life teaching college English.
For the past 20 years she avidly pursued genealogical research on her Harton and Winn family tree. Last fall she published a comprehensive history of her Harton forebears which dated back to the 17th century.
She served as officer of many organizations she belonged to and while living in Fayetteville, N.C., served as chapter president of her PEO chapter and regent of the local DAR chapter. She attended St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Greenville, S.C.
She is survived by her husband, John (Jack) Peyrouse; her daughters, Jane Peyrouse of Boston, Mass., and Marcia Gaines of Greenville, S.C; a son, John (Jay) Peyrouse of Greenville, S.C; three grandchildren; and her brother, Marcus Harton of Nashville, Tenn.
A memorial service will be held Wednesday, April 20, 2005, at 11 a.m. at St. Peter's Episcopal Church with Fr. Eric Schnaufer officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Memorial Gardens of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 910 Hudson Road, Greenville, S.C., 29615.
- Last Edited: 6 Mar 2015