William H HarperAge: 59 years1850–1910
- Name
- William H Harper
- Given names
- William H
- Surname
- Harper
 Birth | May 1850 40 39 |
 Census | September 25, 1850 (Age 4 months) |
 Birth of a sister | Mary Ann Harper about 1851 (Age 8 months) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 6 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 19, 1860 (Age 10 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 10 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 16 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 16 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 18 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 |
| Census | June 15, 1870 (Age 20 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mary Ann Harper after 1870 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a sister | Elizabeth Harper September 12, 1871 (Age 21 years) |
| Death of a father | Henry Harper March 17, 1877 (Age 26 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 27 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Census | June 1, 1880 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a mother | Lourana “Lourany” Parke 1892 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 47 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Harper after 1900 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a brother | James Parke Harper after 1905 (Age 54 years) |
 Death | after 1910 (Age 59 years) |
| 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 elder sister |
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 elder 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 elder 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 elder 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 himself |
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 |
William H Harper has 18 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (18)
Parents Elbert Taylor Parke Sr. + Mary “Polly” Hacket
Parents Elbert Taylor Parke Sr. + Polly Ann Tharp
Parents Oliver H P “Perry” Parke + Mary Logsdon
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Henry Harper - Household
Madison, Kentucky
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Henry Harper - Household
Madison, Kentucky
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Henry Harper - Household
Union, Madison, Kentucky
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