Capt David Anderson Harper

Birth: 1837
Death: 20 Dec 1918 (aged 80–81)
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
Burial: Green-Wood Cemetery

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Plot: Section 94, Lot 739.
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Capt., U.S. Army, Civil War.

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Note: Plot location provided by member/ contributor, Bob Collins, No. 46530203.

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Andrew M Harper

1805–1867
Isabella G Anderson Harper

1811–1866

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unknown–1923

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Captain David A. Harper, Company C, 17th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry Regiment, ca. 1865.

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 94, Lot 739.
A view of lot 739, marked by the pink granite stone in the background, showing its position near the central Harper Brothers monument.

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 94, Lot 739.
Lot 739 is one of the satellite lots surrounding the central lots owned by the Harper Brothers of publishing fame. Their descendants are spread out around them in widening circles of lots. Lot 739 features 3 stones.
[NOTE: Individuals buried here but not memorialized by any currently visible or legible stone or inscription are noted after the inscriptions.]
INSCRIPTIONS
---Pink granite stone, front:
In Memory of Andrew M. Harper
Born February 9th 1805
Died Nov. 3rd 1867.
And His Wife
Isabelle G. Harper
Born Nov. 24th 1811,
Died Nov. 14th 1866.
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints.
HARPER.
---Pink granite stone, left side:
Samuel B. Harper
Born Aug. 6, 1832,
Died March 14, 1892.
---Pink granite stone, right side:
In Memory of Andrew D. Harper
Born August 13, 1839.
Died July 9, 1904.
Sophie W. Harper
Born October 4, 1847.
Died April 20, 1894.
Isabella Harper
Born March 12, 1873.
Died September 13, 1873.
Florence Harper
Born April 17, 1877.
Died July 7, 1877.
---Pink granite stone, rear
John Welch
Born March 13, 1825,
Died Nov. 21, 1894.
Jane A. Harper Welch
Born Sept. 19, 1834,
Died Jan. 29, 1898.
---Military stone facing camera:
David Anderson Harper
Capt Co C
17 NY INF
Co F
21 NY INF
13 NYSNG
Civil War
1837
1918
---Small stone facing away from camera:
Frederic Pierrepont H. Platt, M.D.
Born Feb. 8th 1853
Died April 27th 1874
[NOTE: Lot burial list from online cemetery records, with burial dates, which may represent reburials after removal from previous graves. Asterisks indicate those buried without visible stone and/or legible inscription. This list may be incomplete. Contact the cemetery for more complete information about lots and occupants at http://www.green-wood.com:
HARPER: *Adelaide M, 9/24/1928; Andrew M, 11/5/1867; Andrew D, 7/12/1904; David Anderson, 12/23/1918; Florence W and Isabella, both on 4/13/1893; Isabella G, 11/18/1866; *James P, 8/28/1917; *Mary, 3/13/1926; Samuel B, 3/16/1892; and Sophronia W (Sophie), 4/22/1894.
PLATT: Frederic P H, 5/3/1874.
WELCH: *Harry, 10/7/1915; Jane A, 2/2/1898; and John, 11/24/1894.]

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Green-Wood Cemetery
Section 94, Lot 739.
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David Anderson Harper
Capt Co C
17 NY INF
Co F
21 NY INF
13 NYSNG
Civil War
1837
1918

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