Jackson County OhArchives Photo Tombstone.....Harper, Thomas, Mariah, Mary & Eveline 
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Cemetery:           Evergreen Cemetery, Coal Township
Name:               Harper, Thomas, Mariah, Mary & Eveline

Thomas Ervin Harper, b. Apr. 19, 1845, d. Feb. 22, 1922 according to family record, 
but Ohio Death Certificate Index, records show death Feb. 19, 1922, his name is listed 
in this report with an "f", Harfer. Mariah Cassill was his first wife. 
They married Apr. 2, 1876 in Vinton Co., OH. She was born about Dec. 28, 1855 in Vinton Co., OH, 
died Aug. 3, 1886 Jackson Co., OH, of complications from childbirth. So, there is likely 
an unnamed unborn/undelivered baby inside of her, which was not listed on the tombstone. 
There's no birth/death listed for an infant on/near that date in courthouse record. 
Mary H. Ray was his second wife. They married Jan. 1, 1908 in Jackson Co., OH. She was born 
Aug. 1860 in OH, died 1931 in JacksonCo., OH. Eveline Harper was the first born infant 
daughter of Thomas & Mariah (Cassill)Harper. She was born Feb. 22, 1877, died Sept. 13, 1877 
of Spinal Fever. Both birth and death occurred in Jackson Co., OH.