John A. HARPER

Birth: 30 Mar 1774, Harpersfield, Delaware, New York
Death: 30 Oct 1841, Unionville, Ashtubula County, Ohio
Burial: Harpersfield Main Cem., Harpersfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio

Reference: 64

Father: Alexander HARPER
Mother: Elizabeth BARTHOLOMEW

Family 1: Lorain MINOR

Marriage: 1 Jan 1802, Harpersfield, Ashtabula, OH

Marriage: 5 Apr 1824, , Ashtabula, OH

Alexander J. HARPER

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                                                _James HARPER _________|_____________
                          _John HARPER ________|
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                         |                     |_Janet "Jannet" LEWIS _|_____________
 _Alexander HARPER ______|
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|                        |                      _William MONTGOMERY ___|_____________
|                        |_Abigail MONTGOMERY _|
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|                                              |_Mary AKEN ____________|_____________
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|--John A. HARPER 
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|                         _Johan BARTHOLOMEW __|
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|_Elizabeth BARTHOLOMEW _|
                         |                                              _Jacob ENDT _
                         |                      _Johan Theobald ENDT __|_____________
                         |_Dorothy ENDT _______|
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                                               |_Sibbilla STRATTON ____|_____________

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Notes

Ashtabula Sentinal Nov. 6, 1841 Died: In the township of Perry, Lake Co., Ohio, on the 31st October, 1841, John A. Harper, Esq., ag ed 67 years. The deceased was one of the pioneers of the year '98, and is the last, save one , of the band of brothers who braved the solitude and privations of the wilderness. As suc h he may claim our interest, while his social virtues, his integrity, uprightness, and goodne ss of heart, endeared him to all who knew him. As we drop the tear of affection for departe d worth, let us cherish a lively remembrance of his virtues. "The sweet remembrance of the just, Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust." _________________ On March 13th, 1811 at a meeting of the Commissioners of Geauga County (of which we had been a part) the land was divided and a separate township formed which was called Madison and that name has remained. A meeting was called for the purpose of choosing officers for the new township. There were fifteen ballots cast. The following is copied from Book No. 1 of Records for Madison Township: At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the County of Geauga ÙX March 13th, 1811. Ordered by the board that so much of that part of Harpersfield as lies in the County of Geauga and is included in township number twelve, and all that part of township number eleven which lies north of Grand River in the sixth Range of the original surveyed township be, and the same is hereby incorporated and erected into a separate Township by the name of Madison ÙX hereafter to enjoy all the privileges and immunities to an incorporate and separate township belonging. And also that the Electors meet at the house of Phineas Mixer in said township on the first Monday in April next at ten OÙuclock in the forenoon for the purpose of choosing Township officers, by order of the board. Signed Nehemiah King, Clerk Madison April 1, 1811 Agreeable to the above order the electors of Madison have met and made choice of the following town officers to wit ÙX Abner Tappen, Chairman Samuel Totten ) Judges of Election John A. Harper ) ********************************************************** Samuel Totten Township Clerk Uriah Bartram Asa Turney Trustees Thomas MtGomery Rowland Ellis Overseers of the Poor James Miller John Wood Fence Viewers Daniel Turney Uriah Bartram Appraisers of Property Benjamin Custin Voted that the township be divided into two Highway Districts. Rowland Ellis Supervisors James Miller Luke Bonesteel Constable Abner Tappen Treasurer The persons elected to the foregoing offices have taken the oath of office prescribed by law. John A. Harper Elected Justice of the Peace


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