FGS Project :: John William Harper

FAMILY GROUP SHEET OF JOHN WILLIAM HARPER

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HUSBAND: John William HARPER
BORN: 12 Oct -- Delaware, Ohio
MARRIAGE: 26 Aug 1868 -- Lane, DeWitt, Illinois
MILITARY SERVICE: Co. K 8th OH Calvary, Feb. 26, 1863 to July 30, 1865
DIED: 29 May 1916 -- Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska
BURIED: Wood River Cemetery, Wood River, Hall, Nebraska
FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: William C. HARPER -- 1824, Champaign, Ohio
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Elizabeth Jane POLAND -- 1819, Pennsylvania
NOTE:
John William HARPER, Co. K, 8th Ohio Calvary
Born 12 Oct 1848, Delaware Cnty, Ohio.
Son of William C. HARPER and Elizabeth POLAND.
Married Lucinda Jane GANO.

Military service: Co. K, 8th Ohio Calvary
Date enrolled with location: 28th day of Feb. 1864, Springfield, Ohio, commanded by Captain J. Allen
Honorably discharged the 20th day of Aug 1865 at Camp Dennison, Ohio, pvt.

Physical description at enlistment:: Height 5 feet, 7 inches; complexion, fair; color of eyes, blue; color of hair, light.

Died 29 May 1916 at Grand Island General Hospital, Grand Island, NE.

Member of GAR post: Bradley Post 134, Wood River, Hall County, Nebraska and of Methodist Church

Federal pension file number: 438.681
Source: "Sgt. John William Harper," Find-A-Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Harper&GSfn=John&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSst=31&GScnty=1843&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=10360032&df=all&

WIFE: Lucinda Jane GANO
BORN: 26 Aug 1852 -- Ohio
DIED: 30 Jun 1940 -- Wood River, Hall, Nebraska
BURIED: Wood River Cemetery, Wood River, Hall, Nebraska
FATHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: George W. GANO -- Ohio
MOTHER'S NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH: Delia WARD -- 1826, Ohio

CHILD 1: Emma HARPER
SEX: F
BORN: 30 May 1871 -- Lane, DeWitt, Illinois
MARRIAGE: Gottlieb RIESLAND
MARRIAGE DATE: 23 Apr 1888 -- DeWitt, Illinois
DIED: 7 May 1945 -- Wood River, Hall, Nebraska
BURIED: Wood River Cemetery, Wood River, Hall, Nebraska

CHILD 2: Samuel David HARPER
SEX: M
BORN: 1 Jun 1873 - Lane, DeWitt, Illinois
MARRIAGE: Fanny Jane NORTH
MARRIAGE DATE: 26 Jan 1893 -- Clinton, Illinois
OTHER MARRIAGES: Emma GANO, aft. 1925
DIED: 15 Sep 1943 -- Omaha, Nebraska
BURIED: Wood River Cemetery, Wood River, Hall, Nebraska

CHILD 3: Nora Mae HARPER
SEX: F
BORN: 1878 -- Lane, DeWitt, Illinois
MARRIAGE: Ira O. BRUNNER
DIED: 1941 -- Wood River, Nebraska
BURIED: Wood River Cemetery, Wood River, Hall, Nebraska

CHILD 4: Bertha Ion HARPER
SEX: F
BORN: 27 Feb 1884 -- Clinton, DeWitt, Illinois
MARRIAGE: Andrew STONE
MARRIAGE DATE: 17 Jun 1907 -- Wood River, Nebraska
DIED: 1954, Hall, Nebraska
BURIED: Wood River Cemetery, Wood River, Hall, Nebraska

CHILD 5: John Edward HARPER
SEX: M
BORN: 13 Jul 1890, DeWitt, Illinois
MARRIAGE: Hester M. HOON
MARRIAGE DATE: 1917 -- Kearney, Buffalo, Nebraska
DIED: March 31, 1953 -- Wood River, Hall, Nebraska
BURIED: Wood River Cemetery, Wood River, Hall, Nebraska

SUBMITTED BY: Kaylynn Ellis Loveland, GGG-Granddaughter
DATE: November 3, 2000
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