OBIT: HARPSTER Children, 1864, Porter Township, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by MS Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm __________________________________________ DIED - August 7th, 1864, Susan J. Harpster, aged 17 years, 5 months and 10 days. DIED - August 8, 1864, Mary A. Harpster, aged 15 years, 5 months and 24 days. DIED - August 9, 1864, David P. Harpster, aged 8 years, 5 months and 1 day. DIED - August 12th, 1864, Barbara E. Harpster, aged 13 years, 4 months and 28 days. DIED - August 17, 1864, Sarah C. Harpster, aged 4 years, 3 months and 7 days. DIED - August 18, 1864, Julia A. Harpster, aged 1 year, 6 months and 28 days. The above children of William and Elizabeth Harpster of Porter township, Huntingdon county, all died of diphtheria, within the short period of eleven days. The bereaved parents do not mourn as those who have no hope; for the elder members of their family rejoiced in their Savior, and told their parents they were going home. (Huntingdon Monitor please copy). Democratic Standard, Hollidaysburg, Pa., Wednesday, September 21, 1864