1. | Wirt Ray Harper was born on 24 Nov 1891 (son of Samuel Preston Harper and Agnes Frances Laverty); died on 2 Jan 1967 in East Beckley Nursing Home Beckley Raleigh Co. West Virginia. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Facts about this person: Wirt married Belva Virginia Athey in 1929, and was divorced. Belva was born on 16 Mar 1913; died on 3 Aug 1945 in Raleigh General Hospital Beckely Wva. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
Wirt married Macie Maude Griffith between 1911 and 1925. Macie (daughter of Elijah Griffith and Mary E. (Minnie) Stover) was born on 9 Aug 1899 in Glen Daniel West Virginia; died on 4 Jun 1927 in Granny Harpers Home Harper Creek West Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | Samuel Preston Harper was born on 15 Oct 1854 (son of Hamilton (Ham) Harper and Mary Beckett); died on 13 May 1928 in Sandlick W.VA Buried In Harper Family Cemetery. Samuel married Agnes Frances Laverty on 22 Mar 1888. Agnes was born on 16 Oct 1867 in Rock Creek Wva Raleigh County; died on 22 Mar 1954 in Beckley Wva Raleigh General Hospital. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Agnes Frances Laverty was born on 16 Oct 1867 in Rock Creek Wva Raleigh County; died on 22 Mar 1954 in Beckley Wva Raleigh General Hospital. Other Events and Attributes:
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4. | Hamilton (Ham) Harper was born in 1822 in Fayette Co Virginia Now Raleigh Co. Wva (son of Joseph Harper and Franceis " Fanny" Stover); died in 1896. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: HE OWNED 246 ACRES ON THE HEAD WATERS OF SAND LICK, RALEIGH CO DEED DATED: MARCH 1861, SIGNED BY JOHN LETCHER, ESQUIRE, GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA RICHMOND, VA. CONFIRMATION OF SURVEY MADE APRIL 3, 1860. Hamilton married Mary Beckett in 1850. Mary was born in 1831; died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Mary Beckett was born in 1831; died in 1895.
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8. | Joseph Harper was born on 16 Sep 1791; died on 30 Nov 1877 in Raleigh Co. Wva. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: JOSEPH HARPER IS TEMPORARY HEAD OF THE HARPER CLAN. THE FIRST IS A QUOTE FROM THE WRITINGS OF GENERAL ALFRED BECKLEY, REPRINTED IN BECKLEY USA, VOLUME 2 PAGE 336, WHICH READS: JOSEPH HARPER, ESQ., HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS ON COAL RIVER ESPECIALLY MY OLD FRIEND JACOB HARPER, SO SHAMEFULLY MURDERED AND HIS ENTERPRISING SONS, JACKSON, JOSEPH, GEORGE WESLEY, WILLIAM AND FRANKLIN." THE SECOND IS THE RALEIGH CO. DEATH RECORDS SHOWING THE DEATHS OF JAMES HARPER, AGE 18 YEARS, UNMARRIED, WHO DIED OF FEVER AT COAL RIVER, WVA ON SEPT 19 ,1853; AND JOSEPH HARPER, AGE 20 YEARS, UNMARRIED, WHO DIED OF FEVER AT COAL RIVER, WVA ON SEPT. 21, 1853. BOTH OF THESE WERE SONS OF JOSEPH AND FRANCES HARPER, ACCORDING TO THE DEATH RECORDS, AND THEIR DEATHS WERE REPORTED BY THEIR BROTHER JACOB. THE EARLY LAND RECORDS TO RALEIGH CO ALSO SHOW A JOSEPH HARPER, BUT THERE IS NOTHING THERE TO INDICATE HOW HE IS RELATED TO OTHER HARPERS. Joseph married Franceis " Fanny" Stover on 3 Aug 1814 in Giles Co Virginia. Franceis (daughter of Jacob Stover and Sarah "Sally" McGhee) was born on 21 Aug 1805 in Fayette Co Wva; died on 29 Sep 1877 in Raleigh Co. Wva. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Franceis " Fanny" Stover was born on 21 Aug 1805 in Fayette Co Wva (daughter of Jacob Stover and Sarah "Sally" McGhee); died on 29 Sep 1877 in Raleigh Co. Wva. Other Events and Attributes:
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