On Saturday morning at 10:45 O'clock Adam Carper, one of the best known and highly respected citizens of Huntingdon Furnace, Huntingdon county, passed peacefully into the eternal world. Mr. Carper had been ill the past four months with a complication of diseases, his condition gradually growing weaker until life ended.
Adam Carper was a son of Philip and Catherine (Krape) Carper, and was born in Centre county June 25, 1841. On January 11, 1866 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna E. Whippo, who with the following children survive to mourn a loving husband and fathers death:
John, Franklinville; Mrs. Catherine Bronson, Stockton, Kansas; George E., Warriors Mark; William T., Water Street; Philip A., Union Furnace; Miles G., Warriors Mark, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith, Waterloo Iowa; Charles K., Spruce Creek; Samuel, Juniata; Adolf, Mt. Union; and Adam, Franklinville.
He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lena Crownover, of State College and Mrs. Catherine Young of Markelsburg.
Mr. Carper followed the honorable occupation of the farmer until he retired almost eighteen years ago. When the Civil was broke out in '61 he enlisted in Troop F second Pennsylvania cavalry and served three years when he was honorable discharged, December 26, 1864 in Petersburg Virgina.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Methodist church at Huntingdon Furnace, conducted by Rev. Willis Willard assisted by Victor Nearhoof. Interment at Warriors Mark.
Tyrone Daily Herald, Monday April 10, 1916
On Saturday morning at 10:45 O'clock Adam Carper, one of the best known and highly respected citizens of Huntingdon Furnace, Huntingdon county, passed peacefully into the eternal world. Mr. Carper had been ill the past four months with a complication of diseases, his condition gradually growing weaker until life ended.
Adam Carper was a son of Philip and Catherine (Krape) Carper, and was born in Centre county June 25, 1841. On January 11, 1866 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna E. Whippo, who with the following children survive to mourn a loving husband and fathers death:
John, Franklinville; Mrs. Catherine Bronson, Stockton, Kansas; George E., Warriors Mark; William T., Water Street; Philip A., Union Furnace; Miles G., Warriors Mark, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Smith, Waterloo Iowa; Charles K., Spruce Creek; Samuel, Juniata; Adolf, Mt. Union; and Adam, Franklinville.
He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Lena Crownover, of State College and Mrs. Catherine Young of Markelsburg.
Mr. Carper followed the honorable occupation of the farmer until he retired almost eighteen years ago. When the Civil was broke out in '61 he enlisted in Troop F second Pennsylvania cavalry and served three years when he was honorable discharged, December 26, 1864 in Petersburg Virgina.
Funeral services were held this afternoon at 3 o'clock in the Methodist church at Huntingdon Furnace, conducted by Rev. Willis Willard assisted by Victor Nearhoof. Interment at Warriors Mark.
Tyrone Daily Herald, Monday April 10, 1916
Gravesite Details
Husband of Annie E. Whippo. An annual Carper reunion is held in honor of Adam and Annie Carper on the second sunday in July at the Stone Creek Lions Park in Huntingdon PA
Family Members
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John Franklin Whippo Carper
1866–1942
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Kate Carper Smith
1868–1962
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George Carper
1870–1964
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William Thomas Carper
1872–1958
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Philip Allen Carper
1874–1958
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Miles Gray Carper
1876–1957
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Mary Elizabeth Carper Smith
1878–1967
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Charles Krape Carper
1880–1968
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Samuel Mingle Carper
1882–1972
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Hannah Vivian Carper Waite
1884–1905
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Adolph Montgomery LaPorte Carper
1886–1947
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Adam Clair Carper
1891–1918
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