Hopkins Co., TX - Obit - Ella Eliza Harper ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: June E. Tuck USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** From the files of June Tuck HARPER, ELLA ELIZA - Nee Riley, was born in Oxford, Alabama, June 18, 1854. She moved to Titus County, Texas, with her parents when a child. She was converted and joined the Methodist church in the summer of 1874, married E. A. Harper, December 1, 1875. In December 1884, they moved to Arbala in Hopkins county and lived there till her death which occurred January 23, 1913. She was the mother of three children, two are living, G. W. Harper and Mrs. Belle Steed. Burial took place in Arbala cemetery, conducted by Rev. Alex Hubbard. (Sulphur Springs Gazette)