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Willis Burton Harper

Birth: 1 Jun 1813
Hart County, Kentucky, USA
Death: 1 Nov 1894 (aged 81)
Harrison County, Missouri, USA
Burial: Mount Pleasant No 2 Baptist Church Cemetery

Blythedale, Harrison County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID: 41752560 View Source

Willis Burten Harper was born the son of James and Mary Greene Harper. He married Eleanor Williams on 16 November 1845, in Harrison county, Missouri. They had a son, Thomas McGinnis Harper, and a daughter, Mahala Ann Harper. Willis and Eleanor were divorced in March 1854, and she married married James McReynolds in Macoupin county, Illinois. Willis took his two children with him when he married Nancy Miranda Bridges Hammer on 23 April 1854 in Blythedale, Harrison, Missouri. The children of Nancy and Willis were: Isaac Willis "Ike" Harper (1855–1915), George William Harper (1856–1925), John Brown Allen Harper (1859–1942), James Franklin Harper (1861–1884), Luella Beatrice Harper (1862–1948), David Edgar Harper (1865–1939), Samuel Moore Harper (1868–1949), Desdemonia* Jane "Dessie" Harper (1870–1929), Charles Albert Harper (1872–1912), and Pheba "Minnie" Maud Harper (1876–1944).

Willis Burten Harper was born the son of James and Mary Greene Harper. He married Eleanor Williams on 16 November 1845, in Harrison county, Missouri. They had a son, Thomas McGinnis Harper, and a daughter, Mahala Ann Harper. Willis and Eleanor were divorced in March 1854, and she married married James McReynolds in Macoupin county, Illinois. Willis took his two children with him when he married Nancy Miranda Bridges Hammer on 23 April 1854 in Blythedale, Harrison, Missouri. The children of Nancy and Willis were: Isaac Willis "Ike" Harper (1855–1915), George William Harper (1856–1925), John Brown Allen Harper (1859–1942), James Franklin Harper (1861–1884), Luella Beatrice Harper (1862–1948), David Edgar Harper (1865–1939), Samuel Moore Harper (1868–1949), Desdemonia* Jane "Dessie" Harper (1870–1929), Charles Albert Harper (1872–1912), and Pheba "Minnie" Maud Harper (1876–1944).

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Nancy M. Bridges Harper

1832–1906 (m. 1854)

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Maintained by: R. C. Evans
Originally Created by: brilltwin2
Added: Sep 9, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41752560/willis_burton-harper: accessed ), memorial page for Willis Burton Harper (1 Jun 1813–1 Nov 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41752560, citing Mount Pleasant No 2 Baptist Church Cemetery, Blythedale, Harrison County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by R. C. Evans (contributor 46866499).

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