Elizabeth HarperAge: 34 years1837–1871
- Name
- Elizabeth Harper
- Given names
- Elizabeth
- Surname
- Harper
- Married name
- Elizabeth Gentry
 Birth | June 12, 1837 28 26 |
 Marriage | Josiah Gentry Jr. — View this family unknown |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Ann “Nancy” Shemwell about 1840 (Age 2 years) |
| Marriage of parents | Henry Harper — Lourana “Lourany” Parke — View this family January 19, 1843 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nancy Jane “Nannie” Harper April 1845 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Thomas Harper August 1845 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Parke Harper November 1845 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | James Parke Sr. before 1846 (Age 8 years) |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848 (Age 8 years)Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
| Birth of a brother | William H Harper May 1850 (Age 12 years) |
 Census | September 25, 1850 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Harper about 1851 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 19 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 23 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 29 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 31 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Harper after 1870 (Age 32 years) |
 Death | September 12, 1871 (Age 34 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Richmond Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Henry Harper Birth: June 10, 1809 — Union City, Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: March 17, 1877 — Madison, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Lourana “Lourany” Parke Birth: 1811 41 40 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: 1892 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: January 19, 1843 — Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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-6 years herself |
Elizabeth Harper Birth: June 12, 1837 28 26 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: September 12, 1871 — Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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8 years younger sister |
Nancy Jane “Nannie” Harper Birth: April 1845 35 34 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: April 3, 1919 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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5 months younger brother |
Thomas Harper Birth: August 1845 36 34 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1900 — Tipton, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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4 months younger brother |
James Parke Harper Birth: November 1845 36 34 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1905 — Fort Scott, Bourbon, Kansas, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
William H Harper Birth: May 1850 40 39 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1910 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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20 months younger sister |
Mary Ann Harper Birth: about 1851 41 40 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: after 1870 — Union Township, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
| Family with Josiah Gentry Jr. |
| husband |
Josiah Gentry Jr. Birth: March 6, 1836 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: September 11, 1910 — Richmond, Madison, Kentucky, United States |
| herself |
Elizabeth Harper Birth: June 12, 1837 28 26 — Madison, Kentucky, United States Death: September 12, 1871 — Madison, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Henry Harper - Household
Madison, Kentucky
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