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Elijah Wilson Harper 1842–1926 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 July 1842

Birth Location: Carrollton, Georgia

Death Date: 4 April 1926

Death Location: Cullman, Cullman, Alabama

Father: William Worsham

Mother: Harriet Clayton

Spouse(s): Mary Popwell

Children(s): Virgil Sr

The story of Elijah Wilson Harper began in 1842 in Carrollton, Georgia. In 1860, Elijah Wilson Harper resided in Carroll, Carroll, Georgia, USA. Elijah Wilson Harper married Mary Jane Popwell, and had children including Virgil Brailsford Harper Sr. Elijah Wilson Harper passed away in 1926 in Cullman, Cullman, Alabama.

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Biography

  • The story of Elijah Wilson Harper began in 1842 in Carrollton, Georgia.
  • In 1860, Elijah Wilson Harper resided in Carroll, Carroll, Georgia, USA.
  • Elijah Wilson Harper married Mary Jane Popwell, and had children including Virgil Brailsford Harper Sr.
  • Elijah Wilson Harper passed away in 1926 in Cullman, Cullman, Alabama.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Elijah Harper's Ancestors

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Elijah Harper
1842–1926
Birth Place: Carrollton, Georgia
Parents
William Mitchell Worsham
1803–1865
Elbert, Elbert, Georgia, USA
Harriet (Asbury) Clayton
1818–1900
North Carolina
Grandparents
Richard (HARPER??) Jr\II
1773–1857
St Anns, Albemarle, Virginia, USA
Elizabeth (Blanche) White*
1782–1865
Albemarle County, Virginia, USA
James (Elijah) Clayton
1776–1879
Tennessee, USA
Sarah Mixon
1784–1866
South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Richard Harper
1747–1857
Rebecca? I)
1750–1773
Reuben White
1748–1811
Mary Harper
1751–1837
William Clayton
1745–1815
Rhoda Asbury
1750–1835
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Castleton Harper
1715–1799
Rebecca Nimmo
1718–1755
James IV
1710–1783
Rebecca Edwards
1712–1795
George Asbury
1726–1759
Hannah Hardwick
1729–1778

Elijah Harper's Descendants

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Elijah (Wilson) Harper (21 July 1842–4 April 1926) m. Mary (Jane) Popwell (14 May 1849–21 Mar 1910)
  1. 1. Virgil (Brailsford Harper) Sr 1875–1922 m. Annie (Laura) Simmons 1877–1932
    1. 1. Virgil (Brailsford Harper) Jr 1908–2000 m. Ruth (Evelyn) Jones 1912–2003
    2. 2. Doris Harper 1905–1990
      1. 1. Attorney (Comer Woodward Padrick) II 1926–1998
        1. 1. Comer (W. Padrick) III 1905–

Elijah Harper's Timeline

5 Records

1842
21 Jul 1842
Birth of Elijah Wilson Harper in Carroll County, Georgia, USA
Carroll County, Georgia, USA
1842
21 July 1842
Birth of Elijah Wilson Harper in Carrollton, Georgia
Carrollton, Georgia
1860
1860
Age 18
Elijah Wilson Harper resided here in Carroll, Carroll, Georgia, USA
Carroll, Carroll, Georgia, USA
1926
4 Apr 1926
Age 84
Death of Elijah Wilson Harper in Cullman County, Alabama, USA
Cullman County, Alabama, USA
1926
4 April 1926
Age 84
Death of Elijah Wilson Harper in Cullman, Cullman, Alabama
Cullman, Cullman, Alabama

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Jul 1842
    Event Place: Carroll County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 10, Carroll, Georgia; Roll: M653_113; Page: 367; Family History Library

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 July 1842
    Event Place: Carrollton, Georgia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1860
    Event Place: Carroll, Carroll, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: District 10, Carroll, Georgia; Roll: M653_113; Page: 367; Family History Library

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 Apr 1926
    Event Place: Cullman County, Alabama, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 4 April 1926
    Event Place: Cullman, Cullman, Alabama

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