WDC GenWeb - James Harper Sr b. abt 1721-35 > VA/WV

WDC GenWeb - Descendants of James Harper Sr


* James Harper Sr
  m. _ _
  *  Jesse Harper b. abt 1741-55 d. Feb 11 1849
        Lived in Clinch River area of Halifax Co VA. Served in Rev. War,
        pension application Jun 8 1832 says he's 91 years old, application
        of Mar 24 1844 says 89 years old
     m. _ _
     *  Leonard Harper
     *  Ann Harper
  *  James Harper Jr
     b. May 6 1762 Halifax Co VA, d. abt 1828 Tazewell(Russell) Co VA
        Lived in Clinch River area of Halifax Co, 1820 living in Russell Co
     m. Agnes Birchfield/Burchfield Feb 27 1785 Halifax Co VA, b. 1766
        one source says d. bef 1828 Russell Co VA
        one source says m. Dec 4 1785
     *  Enoch Harper b. Dec 1793 Halifax Co VA, d. 1877 Roane Co WV
           One source says b. 1794
        m. Jane Harper bef 1826, b. bef 1800 d. aft 1850
        *  son b. 1800-10
        *  daughter b. 1800-10
        *  son b. 1815-20
        *  Samuel A Harper b. Aug 1826 VA, d. 1870-80 Roane Co WV
           m. Mary Shaver Jul 31 1845 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
              b. Jul 1829 Kanawha Co, d. 1910 Kanawha Co
           *  John C Harper b. Sep 1846 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
                 buried Chapp Fork, Elkview WV
                 one source says b. Sep 1845
              m. Elizabeth Hunt Aug 18 1870 Roane Co WV, b. Feb 1843
                 buried Nellie Hunt Cem, Poca Rd, Roane Co
                 [d/o Abalson Hunt and Sarah _]
                 Elizabeth had two children before she married John:
                 Jennie Hunt b. 1864 who had Martha Hunt; and
                 James Hunt b. 1867 Roane Co WV who m. Jeannie _
              *  Pete Harper
              *  Silas Harper b. 1871 Roane Co WV
              *  Thomas E Harper b. Sep 23 1872 Roane Co WV
                 m. Martha L England May 28 1896 Roane Co
                 *  Bradley Harper
                 *  Stonewall Harper
                    m. Betty Moffatt Jan 13 1962 Roane Co WV
                 *  Boyd Harper
                 *  Melvin Harper
                 *  Fred Harper
                    m. Faye Parsons
                 *  Mattie Harper
                 2nd wife of Thomas E Harper:
                 m. Elizabeth M "Eliza" Gibson Jan 1 1903 Jackson Co WV
                    b. 1803 Jackson Co
                 *  Dewey Harper b. Dec 22 1903 Roane Co WV
                    m. Loray Ray
                       [d/o Clevland Ray and Dorey Fields]
                    *  Woody Harper
                       m. Joyce _
                    *  Darius Harper
                    *  Roger Harper
                    *  Elsie Harper
                    *  Betty Harper
                    *  Judy Harper
                    *  Lecie Harper d. young, never married
                       buried behind Dewy Harper house,
                       Chapp Fork Cem, Elkview WV
                    *  Billy Harper d. abt age 7
                       buried behind Dewy Harper house,
                       Chapp Fork Cem, Elkview WV
                    *  Edward Harper
                       m. Goldie Marie Taylor Dec 9 1957
                    *  Lucy Kay Harper b. Oct 25 1939 Roane Co WV
                       m. Frank Wesley Carpenter Jul 21 1967
                 *  Elwood Harper
                    m. Ruth Ann Starcher
              *  Mary E Harper b. 1874 Roane Co WV, d. 1950 Roane Co
                    buried Nellie Hunt Cem, Poca Rd, Roane Co
                 m. Ira Burton "Bert" Davis Jr Apr 14 1892 Roane Co
                    b. 1871 Ritchie Co WV, d. 1951
                 Descendants of Mary Harper and Ira Davis Jr
              *  Martha J Harper b. Dec 15 1876 Roane Co WV
                 m. Samuel Moore Feb 3 1895 Roane Co, b. 1875 Roane Co
              *  Ora M Harper b. 1878
              *  Joseph William Harper b. Jun 15 1879 Roane Co WV
              *  Amanda Harper b. Mar 10 1881
              *  Cynthia Harper b. Jun 8 1883 Roane Co WV, d. 1886 Roane Co
              *  Rachel A Harper b. Jun 1885 Roane Co WV
                 m. Richard Cars Paxton Dec 22 1905 Roane Co
           *  Sarah A Harper b. May 1848 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
                 one source says b. May 1847
              m. George L(or M) Taylor Aug 9 1866 Roane Co WV
                 b. Mar 1846 Kanawha Co
              Descendants of Sarah Harper and George Taylor
           *  Rachel Harper
              b. Mar 1850 Kanawha Co VA(WV), d. Nov 16 1881 Roane Co WV
                 buried Jim Harper Cem, Cicerone WV
                 one source says she m.1st John W Harper
              m. William H "Big Will" Harper Oct 8 1871 Roane Co
                 b. Jan 29 1851 Wolfs Creek, Kanawha Co VA/WV, d. Jun 4 1932
              Descendants of Rachel Harper and William Harper
           *  Mary Ann Harper b. Mar 1852 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
              m. James Wesley Gandee Jun 9 1873 Roane Co
                 b. Jan 2 1853 Roane Co
              Descendants of Mary Harper and James Gandee
           *  Mary Ann Harper b. Mar 1853 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
              m. Harvey Taylor b. Nov 10 1856 Roane Co WV
           *  Sylvestor Harper b. 1855 Kanawha Co WV, d. bef 1870 Kanawha Co
           *  LaFayette "Fayette" Harper
              b. Jul 1856 Kanawha Co VA(WV), d. bef 1886 Roane Co WV
              m. Sarah Jane Taylor Mar 14 1877 Roane Co
                 b. Apr 15 1858 Roane Co, d. Feb 20 1942 Roane Co
           *  Stephen J Harper b. Sep 1858 Roane Co VA(WV)
                 buried Hope and Bond Cem, Charleston WV
              m. Sarah Elizabeth Harper Mar 13 1881 Roane Co
                 b. Mar 5 1864 Roane Co buried Hope and Bond Cem
              *  John Wesley Harper b. Jun 1884 Roane Co WV
                 m. Emma Nuttles
              *  Mahalia B Harper b. Oct 1886 Roane Co WV
                 m. Jesse E Thomas Dec 26 1903 Kanawha Co WV
              *  Mary E "Bettie" Harper b. Apr 1889 Roane Co WV
                 m. Alfred King Jul 9 1910 Kanawha Co WV
              *  Dovie Luvernia Harper
                 b. Jun 1891 Roane Co WV, d. Kanawha Co WV
                 m. John Sloan Apr 5 1913 Kanawha Co, b. 1891
                 *  Lloyd Sloan b. Kanawah Co WV, d. bef 1981 Kanawah Co
                       buried Spring Hill Cem, Kanawha Co
                    m. Lucy M Chambers
                 *  Goldie Sloan b. Kanawah Co WV, d. bef 1981 Kanawah Co
                       buried Spring Hill Cem, Kanawha Co
                    m. Bill Arnold
                 *  Orbel Sloan buried Hope and Bond Cem, Kanawha Co WV
                    m. Ms Lovell
                 2nd husband of Dovie Luvernia Harper:
                 m. William Pension Nov 14 1924
                 *  Garland "Biggen" Pension d. bef 1981 Kanawah Co WV
                       buried Hope and Bond Cem, Kanawha Co
                    m. Helen Hicks
                 *  Harland "Pippy" Pension
                    b. Kanawah Co WV, d. bef 1981 Kanawah Co
                       buried Hope and Bond Cem, Kanawha Co
                    m. Helen Slack
                 *  Mary Jo Pension
                    m. Clinton White
              *  Andrew Jackson Harper
                 b. Apr 1894 Roane Co WV, d. 1962 Kanawha Co
                    buried Hope and Bond Cem, Charleston WV
                 m. Anna Elizabeth Shaffer Mar 18 1915 Kanawha Co
                    b. Apr 1894 d. 1967 Kanawha Co
                    buried Hope and Bond Cem, Kanawha Co
                    [d/o Abraham Johnson Shaffer b. Apr 1865 WV, and Eliza
                    Jane Vance. Their other children: Rebecca E Shaffer b.
                    Jun 1885; Mary S Shaffer b. Feb 1893; George Shaffer b.
                    May 1896; and Calvin Shaffer b. Feb 1898. Abraham s/o
                    Oliver Shaffer and Elizabeth Jean _ ]
                 *  Opal Harper b. 1916 Kanawha Co WV, d. never married
                 *  Giles Gene Harper b. Sep 30 1918 Kanawha Co WV
                    m. Hallie Robinson
                    2nd wife of Giles Gene Harper:
                    m. Beatrice _
                    3rd wife of Giles Gene Harper:
                    m. Laura _
                    4th wife of Giles Gene Harper:
                    m. Irene Fazio 1937, b. Sep 18 1917
                    *  Robert Gene Harper b. Dec 29 1937 Kanawha Co WV
                       m. Patricia Ann Brown May 30 1964 Kanawha Co
                          [d/o Frank Brown and Lillian Whitlock]
                       *  John Michael Harper b. Sep 3 1965 Kanawha Co WV
                 *  Roy Andrew Harper
                    b. Mar 19 1922 Magazine Hollow, Charleston WV
                    d. aft Jun 1984
                    m. Edie Marie Huckaby Dec 3 1943 Kanawha Co WV
                       b. Jun 20 1923 Hawkins Co TN
                       d. Jun 5 1984 Kanawha Co WV
                       buried Hope and Bond Cem, Charleston WV
                       [d/o Marion Washington Huckaby and
                       Ruth Elizabeth Fletcher]
                    *  Lonnie Harper
                       m. Bonnie _
                    *  Randy Harper
                       m. Teresa Townsend
                    *  Sherry Lynn Harper
                       m. Charles E Stanley
                    *  Paula Harper
                       m. Allen Carlos Neal
                    *  Mary Ann Harper b. Nov 18 1943 Kanawha Co WV
                       m. John Findis May 18 1963 Annisston AL
                          b. Aug 29 1938 Gakova, Yugosylvia
                          [s/o Stefan Findeis and Ujuarie _]
                       *  Michael Hans Findis b. Jan 13 1964 Chicago IL
                       *  Stefan Andrew Findis b. Jun 3 1967 Champaign Co IL
                    *  Pixie Marie Harper b. Apr 16 1947 Kanawha Co WV
                       m. Roy M Walker Mar 14 1966
                          b. Jun 15 1945 Kanawha Co
                       *  David Roy Walker b. Mar 7 1970 Kanawha Co WV
                       *  Daniel Todd Walker b. Mar 19 1976 Kanawha Co WV
                 *  Ruth Kathleen Harper
                    b. Sep 10 1928 Kanawha Co WV, d. 1979 Kanawha Co
                 *  Geraldine Harper b. 1932 Kanawha Co WV, d. unmarried
              *  Albert McKinnley Harper b. Oct 3 1896 Poca WV
                 m. Corkey _
              *  Romie Elliott Harper b. Sep 11 1900
           *  Martin S Harper
              b. Apr 1859 Roane Co VA(WV), d. Feb 21 1878 Roane Co
              one source says middle initial is L and was b. Apr 1860
           *  Emily J Harper b. Sep 1863 Roane Co WV
                 one source says b. Aug 1862
              m. William Madison Taylor Nov 15 1883 Roane Co
                 b. Jan 10 1854 Kanawha Co WV
              Descendants of Emily Harper and William Taylor
           *  William H Harper
              b. Nov 1 1865 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
              d. Jun 15 1881 Harper Dist
           *  Ulysess Samuel Harper
              b. Mar 26 1868 Kanawha Co WV, d. Dec 24 1927 Kanawha Co
                 buried Hope Bond Cem, Charleston WV,
                 beside his son-in-law Charles Moore
              m. Anna Florence Strickland Oct 21 1894 Kanawha Co
                 b. 1866 Kanawha Co, d. Mar 1899 Kanawha Co
              *  Virgie Lee Harper
                 b. Mar 25 1896 Roane Co WV, d. May 27 1957 Charleston WV
                    buried Hope Bond Cem, Charleston
                 m. Charles Aarron Moore Jun 3 1915 Charleston
                    b. Mar 18 1878 Kanawha Co WV, d. Sep 22 1940 Charleston
                 Descendants of Virgie Harper and Charles Moore
              *  Lucy Jane Harper
                 b. Oct 10 1897 Kanawha Co WV, d. Feb 26 1940 Sissonville WV
                    buried Hope Bond Cem, Charleston WV
                    one source says b. Oct 1898
                 m. Greenberry Adkins Apr 14 1919 Kanawha Co
                    b. Apr 8 1894 Kanawha Co, d. Mar 27 1942 Sissonville
                    buried Adkins Cem, on Leatherwood, Elkview WV
                    [s/o Ransom Adkins, and Martha Ann Monk d. Sep 24 1946
                    Kanawha Co WV. Their other child: Monroe Adkins d. Sep
                    14 1981 Kanawha Co]
                 *  Marie Adkins b. Kanawha Co WV, d. young Kanawha Co
                 *  Sherman William Adkins
                    b. Kanawha Co WV, d. Feb 1953 Kanawha Co WV
                    m. Tina Louise Jarvis May 26 1951 Kanawha Co
                       b. 1931 Portsmouth OH, d. abt 1993
                       Also lived with a Mr Anderson and had several
                       children by him
                    *  Danny Lee Adkins
                    *  Sherman Edward Adkins b. Feb 12 1950 Charleston WV
                       m. Ida Lucille Lee 1975, b. Aug 5 1957 Kanawha Co WV
                          [d/o Stanley Ernest Lee and Esther Rosanna Lawson]
                       *  Sarah Roseann Adkins b. Dec 6 1976 Kanawha Co WV
                       *  Jason Edward Adkins b. Dec 19 1979 Kanawha Co WV
                       *  Jeremy Monroe Adkins b. Dec 19 1979 Kanawha Co WV
                    *  Robert Eugene Adkins b. May 2 1952 Charleston WV
                 *  Goldie Geneive Adkins
                    m. Roy Theodore Gerwig Oct 15 1948 Charleston WV
                       b. 1926 Washington DC, d. bef 1995 Kanawha Co WV
                    *  Billy Gerwig
                    *  Virginia Lee Gerwig b. Feb 1 1950 Charleston WV
                       m. Joseph Draper Stover Jr Aug 28 1970 Kanawha Co WV
                          b. Aug 16 1952 Kanawha Co WV
                          [s/o Joseph Draper Stover Sr and Wilma Rae Hess]
                       *  Michelle Lea Stover b. Oct 5 1972 Charleston WV
                    *  James Gerwig
                 *  Thordore T Adkins
                    b. Jun 25 1928 Charleston WV, d. Oct 5 1947 Beckley WV
                    buried Adkins Cem, Leatherwood WV
              *  son b. Feb 6 1899
              2nd wife of Ulysess Samuel Harper:
              m. Barbara Allen Monk Jan 14 1903 Roane Co WV
                 d. Sep 6 1933 Kanawha Co WV
              *  no children
           *  Luvena (Luvenia) Elizabeth Harper
              b. Jun 1871 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
              d. Jan 11 1960 Kanawha Co WV
                 buried Spring Hill Cem, Charleston WV
                 one source says b. Jun 1872
              m. John Chapman
              2nd husband of Luvena (Luvenia) Elizabeth Harper:
              m. Amos Wesley Moore
                 b. Apr 13 1884 Kanawha Co WV, d. Jul 27 1947
              Descendants of Luvena Harper and Amos Moore
              3rd husband of Luvena (Luvenia) Elizabeth Harper:
              m. William W Monk Jan 14 1903 Green Creek, Roane Co WV
                 b. abt 1877 Roane Co
              Descendants of Luvena Harper and William Monk
        *  Mary "Molly" Harper
        *  John Slickman Harper
        *  Stephen Peter Harper b. 1829 Russell Co VA, d. bef 1900 Poca WV
           m. Isabella Green Feb 26 1846 Jackson Co VA, b. 1830 VA, d. 1860
              one source says m. Jan 26 1846
           *  Sarah Mathena Harper
              b. Jun 1848 Harper Dist, Roane Co VA(WV)
              d. Mar 1 1916 buried Jordon Cem, Advent WV
              m. James Ervin "Erv" Parsons Aug 20/28 1866 Roane Co
                 b. Mar 1844 Jackson Co VA, d. Jul 12 1916 Jackson Co
              Descendants of Sarah Harper and James Parsons
           *  Samuel Harper b. 1849 Harper Dist, Roane Co VA(WV)
           *  William H Harper b. abt 1851 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
              m. Lucinda Haynes Sep 5 1872 Roane Co WV
                 b. Dec 1849 Kanawha Co
              *  Jessie L Harper b. Dec 22 1875 Roane Co WV
           *  Jonathan (John) W Harper b. 1852 Kanawha Co VA
              m. Mary Ann "Polly" Taylor Apr 9 1872 Roane Co WV
                 b. Sep 1847 Kanawha Co, d. Jul 14 1911 Roane Co
              *  Leah Jane "Lear" Harper
                 b. Jan 4 1877 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
                 d. Sep 18 1963 Roane Co
                    buried Hubbard Cem, Left Hand Hill, Roane Co
                 m. Andrew Thomas Marshall Larch Mar 7 1897 Roane Co
                    b. Jan 17 1875 Craig Co VA, d. Apr 1 1950 Roane Co
                 Descendants of Leah Harper and Andrew Larch
           *  William Harrison "Piggy" Harper b. Jun 1852
           *  Susan Harper b. 1854
           *  Malissa Harper b. abt 1855 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
              m. John F Harris Mar 9 1876 Roane Co WV
                 b. abt 1853 Kanawha Co
           *  Elizabeth Ann "Bettie" Harper
              b. Sep 14 1859 Roane Co VA, d. aft Sep 14 1859
              m. Timothy Jones
           *  Mary C Harper b. Aug 1860 Roane Co VA
                 one source says b. Aug 1861
              m. Ira W Hackney Nov 19 1877 Roane Co
                 b. Aug 26 1858 Jackson Co WV, d. Aug 15 1926
              *  Sarah Isabelle Meikle Hackney b. Apr 1 1883 Jackson Co WV
              *  Okey Cleveland Hackney b. Oct 27 1885 Jackson Co WV
              *  Otis M Hackney b. Aug 1 1904 Jackson Co WV
              *  Owens Parvin Hackney b. Jul 24 1914 Jackson Co WV
                 m. Addie Siders
                 *  Robert Hackney b. Apr 15 1935 Jackson Co WV
                 *  Gladys Bethel Hackney b. Jan 13 1937 Jackson Co WV
                 *  Mildred B Hackney b. Jul 13 1939 Jackson Co WV
                 *  Joe Curtis Hackney b. Sep 8 1942 Jackson Co WV
              *  Otmer A Hackney b. Apr 20 1916 Jackson Co WV
              *  Esta O Hackney b. Jul 31 1982 Jackson Co WV
           *  Thomas Harper b. 1864 Jackson Co WV
           *  Stephen Alexander "Eck" Harper
              b. Jan 1864 Jackson Co WV, d. abt 1924 Sissonville WV
              m. Emma Jane Taylor Mar 27 1885 Kanawha Co WV
                 b. May 1870 Kanawha Co
              *  James Asbury Harper never married
                 b. Mar 1887 White Oak, Roane Co WV, d. 1940 Kanawha Co WV
              *  George Washington Harper b. Apr 1889 Roane Co WV
                 m. Lucretia Paxton
              *  Lucy Alberta Harper b. Oct 1890 Roane Co WV
                 m. William Blaine Parsons
              *  Rome Harper b. Nov 1892 Roane Co WV
                 m. Pearl Rhodes
                 m. Thelma Hill
              *  John William Harper
                 b. Dec 1897 Roane Co WV, d. 1983 Roane Co
                 m. Nellie Raines
              *  Carrie Mae Harper
                 b. Sep 1899 Roane Co WV, d. Mar 31 1980 Roane Co
                 m. John Robert Coffman
              *  Benjamin Holly Harper b. Aug 14 1902 Roane Co WV
                 m. Este Milam
              *  Lilly Maze Harper b. Feb 3 1906 Roane Co WV
                 m. Opie Moffatt
                 m. Newell Fisher
                 m. Vernon Haid
           *  Ellen Harper b. 1865 Roane Co WV
           *  Emma Harper b. 1867 Jackson Co WV
              one source says b. 1868
           *  Isabelle Harper b. 1868 Roane Co WV
           *  Joseph Franklin Harper b. 1870 Roane Co WV
              one source says b. 1872
           *  Manerva Harper b. 1872 Roane Co WV
           2nd wife of Stephen Peter Harper b. 1829:
           m. Elmira (or Humirah) Harper Aug 3 1878 Kanawha Co WV
              b. 1840 Kanawha Co WV, one source says b. 1838
           *  Peter Harper b. 1874 Roane Co WV
           *  Albert Harper b. Jul 1879 Poca WV
        *  Sarah "Sally" Harper b. abt 1838 VA
        *  Agnes Harper b. 1843 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
        *  Elizabeth S Harper b. 1848 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
           m. John Asbury H Parsons Jun 12 1867 Jackson Co WV
              b. 1846 Jackson Co
           *  Ephraim Parsons b. 1869 d. young
        2nd wife of Enoch Harper b. Dec 1793:
        m. Elizabeth Jane Bowles Sep 16 1852 Jackson Co VA(WV)
           b. Jun 4 1819 VA, d. bef 1870 Roane Co WV
        *  Winifield Scot Harper
           b. Nov 1852 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV, d. Mar 1923 Clay Co WV
           m. Lisha Ann H Lowe Jun 21 1877 Roane Co
              b. Oct 11 1852 Roane Co
           *  William Ephraim "Jack" Harper b. Oct 4 1878 Roane Co WV
              m. Addie Jane Shamblin Mar 16 1912
              *  Holly Harper
                 b. Aug 23 1913 Clay Co WV, d. Nov 11 1918 Clay Co
              *  Margaret E Harper b. Jun 10 1916 d. Sep 5 1920 Clay Co WV
              *  Clifford L Harper
                 b. Mar 18 1920 Clay Co WV, d. Dec 29 1980 Marion Co WV
                 m. Blanche Lee b. 1941
              *  Martha L Harper b. Oct 24 1922 Clay Co WV, d. Sep 26 1994
                 m. Robert C Carder Nov 20 1939
           2nd wife of Winifield Scot Harper b. Nov 1852:
           m. Arminta Gibson Jan 30 1887 Roane Co WV, b. 1864 Putnam Co WV
           *  John W Harper
              b. Dec 1886 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
              d. Apr 14 1969 Charleston WV
           *  Eva A "Doll" Harper b. Jun 1890 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
           *  Marion Harper b. Feb 13 1892 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
           *  Iva "Brownie" Harper
              b. Mar 18 1894 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV, d. 1954 Kanawha Co WV
           *  Lida Harper b. 1896 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
           *  Carlos Harper b. Jun 1899 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
           3rd wife of Winifield Scot Harper b. Nov 1852:               
           m. Mary Raines
        *  Elizabeth Harper b. 1853 d. Oct 28 1881 Harper Dist, Roane Co WV
        *  Daniel B Harper b. 1856 Roane Co WV
     *  John A Harper b. Mar 1797 Halifax Co VA, d. Aug 27/28 1877 Walton WV
           First settler of Harper District, Roane Co WV
        m. Rachel Taylor 1815 Russell Co VA
           b. 1801 Russell Co, d. Feb 1868 Roane Co WV
        Descendants of John Harper and Rachel Taylor
     *  Armstead "Ammer" Harper
        b. Aug 8 1799 Halifax Co VA, d. Nov 25/26 1867 Roane Co WV
           one source says b. Sep 18 1800
        m. Rachel Bishop 1817
           b. Jun 23 1803 Russell Co VA(WV), d. Oct 27 1882 Roane Co
           one source says b. 1802 Montgomery Co VA
        Descendants of Armstead Harper and Rachel Bishop
     *  Harrison Harper b. abt 1800 Halifax Co VA
        m. Sarah "Sally" Charles May 25 1818 Floyd Co KY
        *  Mary Martha Jane "Mollie" Harper b. 1829 Tazewell Co VA
           m. Abraham "Abram" Westfall b. abt 1822 Mason Co VA, d. 1859
           Descendants of Mary Harper and Abraham Westfall
           2nd husband of Mary Martha Jane "Mollie" Harper:
           m. George Washington Knopp Jr Aug 15 1869 Roane Co WV
              b. 1831 Jackson Co WV, d. 1870
     *  Asa Harper Sr b. abt 1802 Halifax/Tazwell Co VA, d. 1844
           Settled at the head of Big Left Hand (in now-Roane Co WV) about
           1830-40. An engraver, in 1844 he was jailed at Winfield, accused
           of counterfeiting. He disappeared that night, and it's suspected
           he was murdered and his body hidden, though for years after his
           relatives came to Winfield to search for his body with no luck
        m. Eleanor (Ellender) "Jane" Jackson Dec 23 1824 Tazewell Co VA
           b. Jun 1803 VA
        *  Jane Harper b. Nov 1826 VA, d. May 19 1891 Roane Co WV
              one source says b. Nov 1829
           m. Carr B Brown Jan 20 1846 Kanawha Co WV, b. Oct 1823 in NC
              one source says b. Oct 1827 in VA
              In 1850 Kanawha Co census
           *  Frances M Brown b. 1846 Kanawha Co WV, d. bef 1860 Roane Co WV
           *  Amanda M Brown b. Nov 1848 VA
              one source says b. Nov 1849
           *  John Brown b. Mar 1852 VA
              one source says b. Mar 1851
           *  James A Brown b. Sep 1855 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
              m. Maria F Turpin May 18 1877 Roane Co WV, b. Aug 1856 VA
              *  Nannie Brown b. Aug 1879 Roane Co WV
        *  Asa J Harper b. Jan 1833 KY
              one source says b. Jan 1831
           m. Malinda (Belinda) Shaver May 2 1855 Kanawha Co VA
              b. Jun 1837 Kanawha Co, d. Dec 16 1890
           *  Henry H Harper b. Feb 7 1856 Roane Co VA, d. 1861 Roane Co
           *  Martha A Harper b. May 5 1859 Roane Co VA
              m. David W Shaver Apr 26 1874 Roane Co
              2nd husband of Martha A Harper:
              m. Jefferson Schoolcraft Nov 5 1885 Roane Co WV
              *  Madison Schoolcraft
                 b. Nov 15 1886 Smithfield Dist, Roane Co
              *  Robert Patton Schoolcraft
           *  Peter A Harper b. abt Aug 1862 Roane Co VA(WV)
           *  Sarah C Harper b. Mar 30 1869 Roane Co WV
              p. _ _
              *  Gladie Harper b. 1899
        *  Linden Harper b. 1833
        *  Jordan Harper b. Apr 27 1834 VA, d. Sep 16 1907
              buried Jordan Harper Cem, Lefthand Hill, Roane Co WV
           m. Lavena Rhodes Dec 31 1856 Roane Co, b. 1834 Jackson Co VA(WV)
           *  Eliza A Harper b. Apr 1857 Roane Co VA(WV)
              m. J R Burgess Mar 14 1878 Roane Co, b. 1856 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
           2nd wife of Jordan Harper b. Apr 27 1834:
           m. Nancy Catherine Dodd Feb 14 1861 Roane Co. b. Jun 1846 d. 1932
              buried Jordan Harper Cem, Lefthand Hill, Roane Co
              one source says m. Jun 17 1860
              Of the Dodd family of Pocatalico Co
           *  Thomas G Harper b. abt Jul 1862 Roane Co WV
           *  George Alan Harper
              b. Apr 16 1862 Roane Co VA(WV), d. May 24 1939 Roane Co
              m. Amelia Kidd Dec 18 1886
                 b. Aug 30 1868 Jackson Co WV, d. Oct 18 1949 Roane Co
              *  George Leornis Harper b. Oct 1888 Roane Co WV, d. 1951
                    buried Cotton Tree, Roane Co
                 m. Eula Edna Noel Mar 15 1908 Roane Co
                    b. Feb 1890 Roane Co
                 *  Mabel Harper b. Mar 1 1908
                 *  Minnie Harper b. 1910
                 *  Camma Harper b. 1912
                 *  Artie Harper b. 1914
                 *  Ruby Harper b. 1915
                 *  Ray Harper b. 1917
                 *  Myrtle Harper b. 1919
                 *  Beatrice Harper b. 1921
                 *  Freda Harper b. 1923
                 *  Orpha Susan Harper b. 1925
                 *  Blaine Harper b. 1927
                 *  Wanda Lea Harper b. 1929
              *  Nellie Harper b. 1889
              *  Estel Berdine Harper
                 b. Sep 7 1890 Roane Co WV, d. Mar 19 1969 Kanawha Co WV
                 m. Virgie Ethel Phillips Nov 7 1917
                    b. Jul 28 1899 WV, d. Mar 1 1978 Kanawha Co
                 *  Zollie Gay Harper
                    b. Aug 24 1918 Roane Co WV, d. Feb 4 1974 Pickaway Co OH
                    m. Flora Pauline Morgan Aug 10 1938
                       b. May 7 1917 Roane Co
                    *  Adrian Larry Harper
              *  Leslie Benjamin "Ben" Harper b. Sep 1890 Roane Co WV
              *  Elmore Jordan Harper b. Sep 1892 Roane Co WV
                 m. Retha Ottie Droddy Nov 11 1915 Roane Co
                    b. Feb 22 1899 Roane Co
              *  Luster Harper b. Jan 1895 Roane Co WV
                 m. Flora M Robinson Mar 10 1914 Roane Co
                    b. Jun 1896 Roane Co
              *  Lucy Delphia Harper b. Dec 1897 Roane Co WV
           *  Robert Harper b. abt 1866
                 Living on Cotton (River?) near brother George in 1926
           *  Malinda J Harper b. Mar 6 1866 Roane Co WV
              m. Abraham C White Nov 12 1885 Roane Co
                 b. Apr 1861 Jackson Co WV
              *  William A White b. Apr 1887 Roane Co WV
              *  George A White b. Oct 1889 Roane Co WV
              *  Mary C White b. Dec 1891 Roane Co WV
              *  Phebe C White b. Mar 1895 Roane Co WV
              *  James S White b. Sep 1898 Roane Co WV
           *  William B Harper b. Dec 20 1867 Roane Co WV
           *  Clara C Harper b. 1871 Roane Co WV
           *  Phebia Le Harper
              b. Nov 13 1872 Roane Co WV, d. Sep 20 1876 Roane Co
           *  Mary Oma Harper b. Nov 20 1876 Roane Co WV
           *  James Asa Harper b. Mar 1880 Roane Co WV
           *  John P Harper b. Feb 1881 Roane Co WV
           *  Sarah Ella Harper b. Apr 1884 Roane Co WV
        *  James W Harper
           b. Jan 2 1836 Cabell Co VA(WV)
           d. Apr 1 1895 Walton Dist, Roane Co WV
              one source says b. Apr 1835
           m. Ursula Ann Cooper Jan 22 1857 Roane Co
              b. Mar 1837 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
              one source says b. Mar 1834
           *  Roxalana S Harper b. Sep 1856 Roane Co VA
                 one source says b. Sep 1857
              m. George Washington Smith 1878, b. Apr 1859 VA
              *  James B Smith b. Jun 1880 Roane Co WV
              *  Thomas Albert Smith b. Mar 1881 Roane Co WV
                 m. Mary Elizabeth Holbert Dec 11 1901 Roane Co
                    b. Nov 1883 Roane Co
              *  Lewis V Smith b. Feb 1885 Roane Co WV
              *  Philip M Smith b. Jul 1888 Roane Co WV
              *  Sarah A Smith b. Sep 1889 Roane Co WV
              *  Mary J Smith b. Apr 1892 Roane Co WV
              *  Eva M Smith b. May 1894 Roane Co WV
              *  George E Smith b. Dec 1896 Roane Co WV
              *  Squire Smith b. May 1899 Roane Co WV
           *  James Harper b. 1860
           *  Jonathan Harper
              b. May 24 1860 Roane Co VA(WV), d. Dec 25 1931 Roane Co
              buried Dec 26 1931 Harper Cem, Roane Co
              one source says b. May 23 1862
           *  Margaret J Harper b. May 1863 Roane Co WV
           *  Nancy A Harper b. May 1866 Roane Co WV
           *  Amanda V Harper b. Jun 1869 Roane Co WV
           *  Malissa Harper b. 1872 Roane Co WV
           *  James W Harper b. 1874 Roane Co WV
           *  William R Harper b. 1877 Roane Co WV
        *  Agnes Harper b. Mar 1838 Russell Co VA
           m. John Cummings May 8 1862 Roane Co VA
              b. Jun 1842 Monroe Co VA(WV)
           *  Lewis C Cummings b. Feb 1862 Roane Co WV
           *  Eliza J Cummings b. Mar 1865 Roane Co WV
           *  Hugh Cummings b. Feb 1866 Roane Co WV
           *  Silas W Cummings b. 1869 Roane Co WV
           *  Mary M Cummings b. Apr 1870 Roane Co WV
           *  James F Cummings b. 1873 Roane Co WV
           *  Catherine Cummings b. 1874 Roane Co WV
           *  Priscilla Cummings b. 1875 Roane Co WV
           *  Lorenzo D Cummings b. 1878 Roane Co WV
        *  Mary Harper b. abt 1839 VA
        *  Heizekiah Harper b. Apr 1841 Kanawha Co VA(WV)
           m. Melinda Margaret McGraw Jun 13 1869 Roane Co WV
              b. Aug 1845 Fayette Co VA
           *  Sarah M Harper b. 1870 Roane Co WV
           *  Mary E Harper b. 1877 Roane Co WV
        *  Robert Madison Harper Sr b. Feb 1846 Kanawha Co VA(WV), d. 1891
              one source says b. Jan 1843 and d. Feb 25 1932 Smithfield
              Dist, Roane Co
           m. Catherine Lowe Oct 8 1868 Roane Co WV
              b. Aug 1850 Kanawha Co
              one source says b. Feb 1851
           *  Isabel Harper b. Jul 15 1869 Roane Co WV
                 one source says b. Aug 1869
              m. Charles L Dougherty Feb 21 1889 Roane Co
                 b. Jan 1 1863 Roane Co
              *  Lawrentz A Dougherty b. Feb 28 1890 Roane Co WV
                 m. Ida Linger Feb 22 1914 Roane Co, b. 1892 Roane Co
                 *  Ruby R Dougherty b. 1915
              *  John Robert Dougherty b. May 18 1893 Roane Co WV
                 m. Lucy Hascue May 2 1914 Roane Co, b. Mar 1895 Roane Co
                 *  Coy Dougherty b. Feb 11 1917 Roane Co WV
                 *  Genevia Marie Dougherty b. Aug 21 1920 Walton WV
              *  Howard W Dougherty b. Dec 3 1895 Roane Co WV
                 m. Bertha Mae Sarver
                 *  Jerald Smith Dougherty b. Dec 16 1928 Roane Co WV
              2nd husband of Isabel Harper:
              m. Mathew H Dougherty Sep 2 1899 Roane Co WV
                 b. Apr 15 1864 Roane Co, d. Aug 2 1939 Roane Co
              *  Nellie C Dougherty b. Jan 4 1902 Roane Co WV
           *  Luverna J Harper
              b. Aug 21 1871 Roane Co WV, d. Jul 10 1880 Roane Co
              one source says b. Oct 22 1872
           *  Robert Madison Harper Jr b. Mar 9 1873 Roane Co WV
                 one source says b. 1874
              m. Roma Dare Carper Jul 8 1897 Roane Co
                 b. Dec 14 1879 Roane Co, d. Aug 6 1934 Roane Co
              *  Katie S Harper b. Aug 1898 Roane Co WV
                 m. Delana Clayton Summers Mar 7 1920 Roane Co
                    b. Mar 13 1897 Walton WV
              *  Jerushia B "Rusia" Harper b. Nov 1899
                 m. William Grover Summers Dec 17 1916 Roane Co WV
                    b. Sep 28 1895 Walton WV
              *  Maggie Harper b. abt 1901
              *  Hollie Harper b. abt 1903
              *  Georgia Harper b. abt 1904
              *  Lacy Harper b. abt 1907
              *  Robert Madison Harper III b. Mar 21 1910
                 m. Velva McMullen b. abt 1911
                 *  Glenn Harper b. abt 1930 Clendenin WV
                 *  Lucille Harper b. abt 1932 Clendenin WV
                 *  Barbara Harper b. abt 1933 Clendenin WV
                 *  Robert "Sonny" Harper b. abt 1935 Clendenin WV
                    m. Norma Lou Westfall
                 *  Patsy Harper b. abt 1938 Clendenin WV
                 *  Katie Harper b. abt 1940 Clendenin WV
                 *  Betty Harper b. abt 1942 Clendenin WV
                 *  James Harper b. abt 1944 Clendenin WV
                 *  Georgia Harper b. abt 1946 Clendenin WV
                    m. Rev. Ralph Wilson
                 *  Danny Ray Harper b. abt 1948 Clendenin WV
                    m. Barbara Jean Davis b. abt 1949
                    *  Shelly Rae Harper b. abt 1969
                    *  Barton Daniel Harper b. abt 1973
                 *  Clemmie Harper b. abt 1950 Clendenin WV
                 *  Jackie Harper b. abt 1950 Clendenin WV
                 *  David Harper b. abt 1952 Clendenin WV
                 *  Mikel Harper b. abt 1954 Clendenin WV
                 *  Richard Harper b. abt 1957 Clendenin WV
              *  Clemmie Harper b. abt 1914
           *  Mary F Harper b. 1876 Roane Co WV
           *  Melisa Harper b. Jul 1879 Roane Co WV
              one source says her name is Melinda
           *  Maggie S Harper b. Mar 1882 Roane Co WV
           *  Ida Harper b. abt 1884
           *  Sarah E "Liza" Harper b. Apr 1885 Roane Co WV
              May be Sarah Elizabeth Harper
     *  Alexander Harper
     *  Malinda Jane Harper b. VA
        m. John E Taylor
     *  two daughters
  *  John Harper
     m. Elizabeth Mickelborough Apr 26 1790
  *  Robert Harper
     m. Lucy Grove
  *  George Harper


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