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Jesse Louis Harper 1847 – 1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1847

Birth Location: , , Louisiana, USA

Death Date: 1894

Death Location: Indian City, Payne, Oklahoma, United States

Father: Elmore Harper

Mother: Julia Lane*

Spouse(s): Mary SMITH, Laura Dewitt

Children(s): Robert Harper, Walter HARPER, Bonnie HARPER, Alma HARPER, Allen HARPER

The birth of Jesse Louis Harper took place in 1847 in , , Louisiana, USA, to Elmore Harper and Julia Ann Lane*. Jesse Louis Harper married Mary Ann SMITH and Laura Dewitt, and together they had Robert Bruce Harper, Walter Louis HARPER, Bonnie May HARPER, Alma Etta HARPER and Allen Elmore HARPER. Jesse Louis Harper's death occurred in 1894 in Indian City, Payne, Oklahoma, United States.

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Parents

Elmore Harper
1813 – 1875
Birth Location: Wilkinson, MS
EH
Julia Lane*
1817 – 1860
Birth Location: GA or MS
JL

Spouses(s)

Mary SMITH
1844 – 1873
Birth Location: Sabine, TX, USA
MS
Laura Dewitt
1851 – 1900
Birth Location: , , MS, USA
LD

Children(s)

Robert Harper
1872 – 1906
Birth Location: , Sabine, TX, USA
RH
Walter HARPER
1874 – 1919
Birth Location: Nibletts Bluff, Calcasieu, LA, USA
WH
Bonnie HARPER
1877 – 1968
Birth Location: , Sabine, TX, USA
BH
Alma HARPER
1881 – 1940
Birth Location: Indian Territory, Arkansas
AH
Allen HARPER
1883 – 1967
Birth Location: Oklahoma
AH

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: ABT 1847
    Event Place: , , Louisiana, USA
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Housan Bayou, Sabine, Texas; Roll: M653_1304; Page: 326; Image: 283; Family History Library Film: 805304, Year: 1850; Census Place: Jackson, Louisiana; Roll: M432_231; Page: 364B; Image: 408

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1850
    Event Place: Jackson, Louisiana
    Record Source: 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Jackson, Louisiana; Roll: M432_231; Page: 364B; Image: 408

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1860
    Event Place: Housan Bayou, Sabine, Texas, United States
    Record Source: 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Housan Bayou, Sabine, Texas; Roll: M653_1304; Page: 326; Image: 283; Family History Library Film: 805304

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1894
    Event Place: Indian City, Payne, Oklahoma, United States
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