U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Harper, Peter (b. 1826) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 468 PETER HARPER was born September 6, 1826, in Randolph County and married Wealthy Chidester, September 9, 1845, she was born May 13, 1827. Mr. Harper moved to Straight Fork soon after his marriage and there ten children were born: Susan Virginia, Alcinda Jane, Wellington Lee, William Schuyler, Hazel Wesley, John Waitman, Chester Sisk, Charles Presley, Peter Sheldon, Bernard Moore. He owned one hundred acres of land on Straight Fork, on which he raised his large family and was a leader among his neighbors and loved by them all. He was a Methodist Protestant in religion. Besides farming he did stone masonry. After his death his son Bernard M. Harper came into possession of the homestead and is now taking care of his mother. Bernard M. Harper was born May 11, 1872, and married Lillie Frances Brake, September 1, 1898, she was born February 11, 1873, and their child is Monter Arnold, born April 18, 1901. Mrs. Harper was a daughter of Benjamin Brake and Martha Hull. Benjamin Brake was a son of Cyrus Brake. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (son of Peter Harper) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #15562 FULL-NAME: Bernard Moore Harper BIRTH-DATE: May 11, 1873 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 7, 1948 at age 75y-5m-26d DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon Hosp., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Lillie Brake, age 75) OCCUPATION: Member Board of Education, Upshur County Schools FATHER: Peter Harper (born in Va.) MOTHER: Wealtha Chidester (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma of Prostate INFORMANT: Monter A. Harper (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Rock Cave ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------