According to his Death Certificate posted above, Grandfather John was born 10 April, 1850 and he died 5 March, 1939.
As you can see based on the Death Certificate the date on John`s tombstone is incorrect. Many thanks to Find a Grave contributor DeSoto Joe/The Record Man for taking and posting the photo. If you get the time read his Bio on his contributor page. I got a good chuckle out of it and I so agree! I wish there were more users with this same philosophy.
John was buried in the Souls Chapel Cemetery, Ebo, Washington County, Missouri. Thanks again to De Soto Joe for providing the above photo of the cemetery. Many more of the HARPER family are also buried within this same cemetery.
John W. HARPER was the son of one Noah E. HARPER and Phoebe HARMON. I believe that the cemetery listed in John HARPER`s memorial is incorrect. Noah and Phoebe were actually buried in Harper Cemetery, Berryville, Missouri. I am in the process of trying to pinpoint an actual location of this cemetery. Meanwhile here is a photo of their joint tombstone, thanks to Ancestry User dpbabe1 for allowing me to use the photo here on this blog.
On 26 September, 1869; John HARPER married one Mary Ruth STANFORD daughter of Robert STANFORD and Frances K. PRICE. Mary was born 20 January, 1850 and died 20 September, 1894 in Berryman, Crawford, Missouri.
To my knowledge there were 3 Children born to this union.
2.Margaret "Maggie" J. HARPER married John Benjamin BOUSE see HERE for this line.
2.Almeda F. HARPER Almeda was born 26 April 1874 and on 22 October, 1899 in Washington County, Missouri she married one Charles T O`DELL son of Peter O`DELL and Sarah Jane STOTLER.To my knowledge there were six children born to their union:
3.Raymond Clarence O`DELL Raymond was born 6 February, 1893 in Missouri. Some say Missouri City, Bend, Texas but I have yet to find anything that proves that at this point.
As you can see from the above application for Headstone or Marker from the National Archives it states his Date of Birth but does not list a place. This document shows that he was buried in Hagy Cemetery which is located in Stoddard County, Dexter, Missouri.
National Archives and Records Administration; Washington, D.C.; Applications for Headstones for U.S. military veterans, 1925-1941; National Archives Microfilm Publication: A1, 2110-C; Record Group Title: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Record Group Number: 92.
Raymond`s wife`s name was Gladys. I am unsure of her maiden name or who her parents were.
4.Dora M. "Tressa" O`DELL
4.Preston William O`DELL
4.Gordon Alexander O`DELL born 29 August, 1904 in Missouri. Married one Alveen Bethel. CALLAS daughter of Alva William and Willie E CALLIS.
3.Mary Lou O`DELL Mary was born 7 Feb 1907 in Missouri. She was married a total of three times that I can account for: Hugh W. GETTYS, and Robert Wilson LEACH Robert was the son of one James LEACH and his wife Mary E. LEACH. Mary Lou also married another son of this couple, namely Milton Chester LEACH. She and Milton had one son named Milton Chester "Milt" LEACH II he married one Rosemary Susanne "Susie" DOMBROWSKI Apparently Susie and Milt had four children together, I do not have the names of their children. Susie later married one Charlie C. SUMMERS.
3.Marvin William O`DELL Marvin was born 26 January, 1912 in Missouri. His wifes name was Mignon Jimmy O`DELL, I am uncertain of her maiden name. I have been unable to locate a marriage record for the couple. It appears they had two, quite possibly three children:
4.Pat Lloyd O`DELL
4.Genelda O`DELL
2.John T. HARPER was born 8 Aug 1876. He married one Eula HALBERT (MADISON). Their marriage document states her name was Eula MADISON so she must have been previously married.
See:
Ancestry.com. Arkansas, County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:"Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks. Digital images of originals housed at various county courthouses in the State of Arkansas. Marriage records.
I have been unable to locate a marriage record for Eula to anyone named MADISON as soon as I do I will amend this post. Eula was a daughter of Drayton H. HALBERT and Mahalia DAVIS.
She and John T HARPER were married 1 October, 1911 in Conway, Faulkner, Arkansas. Eula was 29 so she probably was previously married considering her age at the time of this marriage. I show the following children for this couple:
3.Edith Mae HARPER
3.Pamela HARPER
3.Veneeta Eva HARPER
3.Howard Gordon HARPER
3. Herman C HARPER
3.Lyndell HARPER
This concludes this generation of our HARPER family. Stay tuned for further posts on other generations.
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