Alfred Marion Harper1

#8420, b. 1852
FatherHenry P Harper1 b. 26 Mar 1826, d. 29 Apr 1874
MotherMargaret Ellen Harnest1 b. 24 May 1830, d. 17 Sep 1893

!AInfoNew Great grand father of Sandy Cambell.

Birth1852 Alfred Marion was born in 1852 in Illinois.2

CEN18601860 Alfred Marion Harper appears on the 1860 census with Henry P Harper and Margaret Ellen Harnest taken on 1860 John is 34 years old, born in Ohio, is a farmer with land valued at $6000 and personal property valued at $2000. Wife is Margaret who is 30 years old. Childre are:
John 10
Mary 10
Alfred 8
Edgar 2.3

Cen18701870 Alfred Marion Harper appears on the 1870 census in the household of Henry P Harper in Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois as Henry is 44 years old, born in Ohio. He is the owner of a Dry Goods Market. His property is valued a $11500. Wife is Margaret, 40, born in Ohio. Children are:
John S. 19, born Illinois, a clerk in the dry goods store
Alfred M. 18
Edgar 11
Carrie 9
Lilly M 5
Rosa E. 1. All children born in Illinois.2

Marriage22 July 1875 Alfred Marion Harper married Elizabeth Luella Dye 22 July 1875 in Hancock county, Illinois.4 

Cen18801880 Alfred Marion Harper shows on the 1880 census for Calvin, Jewell county, Kansas taken 1880. This may be Alfred M. Harper. He appears as A.M. Harper, 28, born in Illinois, both parents born in Indiana. He is a farmer. Wife is Elizabeth 26, born in Illinois. (this may not be true) They have two children:
Lillie 3, born in Nebraska and William 1 born in Illinois.5


7 Aug 1890 Daughter Grace May Harper was born 7 August 1890 in Carthage, Hancock county, Illinois. Alfred is listed as A. Marion Harper on this birth certificate. Mother is E. L. Dye. This daughter married Lee M. Blair, had several children and died in January of 1964 in Illinois.6


1920 Alfred appears on the 1920 US census in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, 67 years old, born in Illinois, doing odd jobs and living in a boarding house.7   Not sure that this is the correct Alfred.

Family

Elizabeth Luella Dye b. 1854, d. 3 Oct 1931
Child

Citations

  1. [S183] "Email, no hard copy" , Sandy Campbell Aug 2013 e-mail address.
  2. [S1308] Download, 1870; Census Place: Carthage, Hancock, Illinois; Roll: M593_226; Page: 54B; Image: 113; Family History Library Film: 545725.
  3. [S1308] Download, 1860; Census Place: Hancock, Hancock, Illinois; Roll: M653_184; Page: 720; Image: 466; Family History Library Film: 803184.
  4. [S1308] Download, http://person.ancestry.com/tree/47808559/person/28205134308/… David Murdock.
  5. [S1308] Download, 1880; Census Place: Calvin, Jewell, Kansas; Roll: 384; Family History Film: 1254384; Page: 457B; Enumeration District: 130; Image: 0079.
  6. [S1308] Download, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/26523440/person/1859602513
  7. [S1308] Download, 1920; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 64, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_108; Page: 7B; Enumeration District: 210; Image: 225.
  8. [S183] "Email, no hard copy" , note from Sandy Cambell Aug2013.