Husband to Nancy Jane Mauldin married Dec 23,1873 Assumption, Christian Co., Illinois
J.W. Harper Has Had Long and Interesting Experience in Helping to Win the West He was a Stage Driver, Money Lender, Large Contractor, Undertaker, Implement Dealer, Real Estate Broker and One of the Largest Farm and Property Owners in Nebraska and Other States
The Sidney Telegraph Tuesday Dec 31,1940
John W. Harper, 86 Pioneer Settler In Nebraska Is Dead
Played Prominent Role In Development Of State; Was Bank President Financed Railroad Construction Work
Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Sunday afternoon for John W. Harper 86 a resident of Cheyenne county since 1885 and one of the most prominent of western Nebraska pioneers.
Mr Harper was a native of Christian county, Illinois born September 18, 1854. The early years of life were spent in Assumption, Illinois where on December 23, 1873 Mr Harper was married to Nancy Jane Mauldin.
Mr Harper brought his family to Cheyenne county in 1885 to take a homestead fourteen miles northwest of Sidney. He quickly visioned the possibilities for development of this vast area, then known as the great American desert and his subsequent activities throughout the years made him one of the most widely known men in Nebraska.
During the days when shipments to and from the Black Hills were hauled overland to the Union Pacific railroad in Sidney, Mr Harper was owner of a prominent station on the old stage coach route known as the "Water Hole" fourteen miles northwest of here. He held extensive acreages in that territory for many years.
Before his retirement Mr Harper engaged in many lines of endeavor including lumber, coal and farm implements. He was president of First National Bank of Sidney in 1902, was the builder of many commercial hotel property and also constructed many other business structures in this city.
Mr. Harper furnished the money and equipment for railroad contact work five miles north of Sidney later moving the contact outfit to Denver and Breckenridge for additional work. He helped grade a portion of the site where Kansas City is located and his equipment built twenty miles of railroad on Muscle Shoals river. For four years in the old days he operated a stage line carrying the mail and experiencing all the thrills of those lawless days of the West.
Mr Harper had been in failing health for several months. For some time prior to his death he had been in very serious condition.
Survivors include one son William and one daughter, Mrs. J. Leo Burke both of Sidney; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; one brother, Joseph of Assumption, Illinois
Mr. Harper's wife and three children preceded him in death. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Masonic lodge and the Consistory and Shrine of Nebraska
J.W. Harper Has Had Long and Interesting Experience in Helping to Win the West He was a Stage Driver, Money Lender, Large Contractor, Undertaker, Implement Dealer, Real Estate Broker and One of the Largest Farm and Property Owners in Nebraska and Other States
The Sidney Telegraph Tuesday Dec 31,1940
John W. Harper, 86 Pioneer Settler In Nebraska Is Dead
Played Prominent Role In Development Of State; Was Bank President Financed Railroad Construction Work
Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Sunday afternoon for John W. Harper 86 a resident of Cheyenne county since 1885 and one of the most prominent of western Nebraska pioneers.
Mr Harper was a native of Christian county, Illinois born September 18, 1854. The early years of life were spent in Assumption, Illinois where on December 23, 1873 Mr Harper was married to Nancy Jane Mauldin.
Mr Harper brought his family to Cheyenne county in 1885 to take a homestead fourteen miles northwest of Sidney. He quickly visioned the possibilities for development of this vast area, then known as the great American desert and his subsequent activities throughout the years made him one of the most widely known men in Nebraska.
During the days when shipments to and from the Black Hills were hauled overland to the Union Pacific railroad in Sidney, Mr Harper was owner of a prominent station on the old stage coach route known as the "Water Hole" fourteen miles northwest of here. He held extensive acreages in that territory for many years.
Before his retirement Mr Harper engaged in many lines of endeavor including lumber, coal and farm implements. He was president of First National Bank of Sidney in 1902, was the builder of many commercial hotel property and also constructed many other business structures in this city.
Mr. Harper furnished the money and equipment for railroad contact work five miles north of Sidney later moving the contact outfit to Denver and Breckenridge for additional work. He helped grade a portion of the site where Kansas City is located and his equipment built twenty miles of railroad on Muscle Shoals river. For four years in the old days he operated a stage line carrying the mail and experiencing all the thrills of those lawless days of the West.
Mr Harper had been in failing health for several months. For some time prior to his death he had been in very serious condition.
Survivors include one son William and one daughter, Mrs. J. Leo Burke both of Sidney; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; one brother, Joseph of Assumption, Illinois
Mr. Harper's wife and three children preceded him in death. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Masonic lodge and the Consistory and Shrine of Nebraska
Husband to Nancy Jane Mauldin married Dec 23,1873 Assumption, Christian Co., Illinois
J.W. Harper Has Had Long and Interesting Experience in Helping to Win the West He was a Stage Driver, Money Lender, Large Contractor, Undertaker, Implement Dealer, Real Estate Broker and One of the Largest Farm and Property Owners in Nebraska and Other States
The Sidney Telegraph Tuesday Dec 31,1940
John W. Harper, 86 Pioneer Settler In Nebraska Is Dead
Played Prominent Role In Development Of State; Was Bank President Financed Railroad Construction Work
Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Sunday afternoon for John W. Harper 86 a resident of Cheyenne county since 1885 and one of the most prominent of western Nebraska pioneers.
Mr Harper was a native of Christian county, Illinois born September 18, 1854. The early years of life were spent in Assumption, Illinois where on December 23, 1873 Mr Harper was married to Nancy Jane Mauldin.
Mr Harper brought his family to Cheyenne county in 1885 to take a homestead fourteen miles northwest of Sidney. He quickly visioned the possibilities for development of this vast area, then known as the great American desert and his subsequent activities throughout the years made him one of the most widely known men in Nebraska.
During the days when shipments to and from the Black Hills were hauled overland to the Union Pacific railroad in Sidney, Mr Harper was owner of a prominent station on the old stage coach route known as the "Water Hole" fourteen miles northwest of here. He held extensive acreages in that territory for many years.
Before his retirement Mr Harper engaged in many lines of endeavor including lumber, coal and farm implements. He was president of First National Bank of Sidney in 1902, was the builder of many commercial hotel property and also constructed many other business structures in this city.
Mr. Harper furnished the money and equipment for railroad contact work five miles north of Sidney later moving the contact outfit to Denver and Breckenridge for additional work. He helped grade a portion of the site where Kansas City is located and his equipment built twenty miles of railroad on Muscle Shoals river. For four years in the old days he operated a stage line carrying the mail and experiencing all the thrills of those lawless days of the West.
Mr Harper had been in failing health for several months. For some time prior to his death he had been in very serious condition.
Survivors include one son William and one daughter, Mrs. J. Leo Burke both of Sidney; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; one brother, Joseph of Assumption, Illinois
Mr. Harper's wife and three children preceded him in death. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Masonic lodge and the Consistory and Shrine of Nebraska
J.W. Harper Has Had Long and Interesting Experience in Helping to Win the West He was a Stage Driver, Money Lender, Large Contractor, Undertaker, Implement Dealer, Real Estate Broker and One of the Largest Farm and Property Owners in Nebraska and Other States
The Sidney Telegraph Tuesday Dec 31,1940
John W. Harper, 86 Pioneer Settler In Nebraska Is Dead
Played Prominent Role In Development Of State; Was Bank President Financed Railroad Construction Work
Funeral services were held from the Methodist church Sunday afternoon for John W. Harper 86 a resident of Cheyenne county since 1885 and one of the most prominent of western Nebraska pioneers.
Mr Harper was a native of Christian county, Illinois born September 18, 1854. The early years of life were spent in Assumption, Illinois where on December 23, 1873 Mr Harper was married to Nancy Jane Mauldin.
Mr Harper brought his family to Cheyenne county in 1885 to take a homestead fourteen miles northwest of Sidney. He quickly visioned the possibilities for development of this vast area, then known as the great American desert and his subsequent activities throughout the years made him one of the most widely known men in Nebraska.
During the days when shipments to and from the Black Hills were hauled overland to the Union Pacific railroad in Sidney, Mr Harper was owner of a prominent station on the old stage coach route known as the "Water Hole" fourteen miles northwest of here. He held extensive acreages in that territory for many years.
Before his retirement Mr Harper engaged in many lines of endeavor including lumber, coal and farm implements. He was president of First National Bank of Sidney in 1902, was the builder of many commercial hotel property and also constructed many other business structures in this city.
Mr. Harper furnished the money and equipment for railroad contact work five miles north of Sidney later moving the contact outfit to Denver and Breckenridge for additional work. He helped grade a portion of the site where Kansas City is located and his equipment built twenty miles of railroad on Muscle Shoals river. For four years in the old days he operated a stage line carrying the mail and experiencing all the thrills of those lawless days of the West.
Mr Harper had been in failing health for several months. For some time prior to his death he had been in very serious condition.
Survivors include one son William and one daughter, Mrs. J. Leo Burke both of Sidney; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; one brother, Joseph of Assumption, Illinois
Mr. Harper's wife and three children preceded him in death. He was a member of the Methodist church, the Masonic lodge and the Consistory and Shrine of Nebraska
Gravesite Details
Greenwood Cemetery records show three Harpers sharing a plot (Block 3, Lot 142). They are John W. Harper, Nancy Jane Harper and another Harper with no first name listed.
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