Wirt Ray Harper

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SS# 233-16-8264

Died:
LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA OF POLYCYTHEMIA

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]

1. Goldie Lee Harper was born on 8 Feb 1931 in Beckley Wva; died on 13 Jan 1976 in Winchester Mem Hospital Winchester VA.
2. Kelly Paul Harper was born on 14 Feb 1933 in Harper Creek Wva; died on 8 Jun 1997 in Canton Ohio.

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]

1. Vern Lowell Harper was born on 7 Sep 1922 in Harper Creek Wva; died on 15 Oct 1995 in Guam.
2. Viola Faye Harper was born in PRIVATE.

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]

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Fact 1 March 22, 1953/54
BURIED IN THE HARPER FAMILY CEMETERY SANDLICK WVA

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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.
A DEED FOR 505 ACRES TO HAMILTON HARPER ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF SANDLICK CREEK, RALEIGH COUNTY. SIGNED: JUNE 18, 1866 BY ARTHUR I. BOROMAN, ESQ. GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

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Armed Forces
Union Army Civil War

Residence
Clear Fork Raleigh Co Wva

Hamilton married Mary Beckett in 1850. Mary was born in 1831; died in 1895. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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.

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Occupation
Farmer and Large land owner on Clear Fork of Coal River Raleigh Co. Wva

Alt. Occupation 1860
Mail carrier

Burial
Raleigh Co. WVa

Residence
Lived in Giles /Logan and Fayette and Raleigh Counties Virginia

Census 1850
Joseph resided with Henry and Susan Miller family

Alt. Census 1860
Joseph resided with son Jacob and Elvira Harper and family

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]

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Census 1850
resided with son Hamilton and Mary Harper family