Sedgwick-Lyon-Chase County KS Archives Biographies.....Harper, William H. 1858 - 
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Author: O. H. Bentley (1910)

   William H. Harper, farmer, of Sedgwick county, Kansas, was born February 27,
1858, in Harvard county, Indiana. His parents were Theodore and Ruth (Yeakly)
Harper, the father being a native of Ohio and the mother of Indiana. The remote
ancestors on the paternal side are Scotch-Irish and on the maternal side German.
The parents of William H. settled in Lyons county, Kansas, in 1858, and
afterwards removed to Chase county, Kansas, after his father had sold his real
estate in Kansas William H. Harper came to Sedgwick county, Kansas, and took up
his residence. He bought 160 acres of land two miles south and one mile west of
Mt. Hope, on which he has erected a modern house of eight rooms, which is one of
the most attractive houses in the township. Mr. Harper is an enterprising farmer
and by hard work and industry has bought and paid for one of the best farms in
the county. Mr. Harper was married on February 27, 1895, to Miss Nancy J.
Barnett, a daughter of Josiah Barnett, an honored citizen of Missouri and a
Civil War veteran. Mr. Barnett served faithfully five years in the army. He was
a member of Company F, Twelfth Missouri Volunteer Infantry, and participated in
many severe battles. Ten children have been born to Mr. Harper and his wife,
viz.: Fannie, Grace, Nellie, Mary, Jesse, William, Ray, Earl, Mabel and Ermon.
Mr. and Mrs. Harper are members of the Christian church of Mt. Hope, of which he
has been a member thirty-seven years. He is an independent in politics.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from 

History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account
of the cities, towns and villages of the county

Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley
Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910)


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