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1850 U.S. Census - Bloomfield, Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 269b - Squire J. Harper, 37 yrs., b. Tennessee; Elizabeth Harper, 30 yrs., b. Tennessee; Lucy Harper, 13 yrs b. Tennessee; William Harper, 12 yrs., b. Tennessee; Reuben Harper, 10 yrs b. Tennessee; John H. Harper, 4 yrs b. Missouri; Manirva Harper, 2 yrs b. Missouri; Reuben, 29 yrs b. Tennessee; Claborn Sisco, 22 yrs b. Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ5-TG3 : 22 December 2020), Squire J Harper, Castor Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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1860 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 79 - Jackson Harper, 47 yrs., b. Tennessee; Telitha Harper, 37 yrs., b. North Carolina; William A. Harper, 19 yrs., b. Tennessee; Reuben Harper, 17 yrs., b. Tennessee; John H. Harper, 14 yrs., b. Missouri; Minerva Harper, 13 yrs., b. Sarah A. Harper, 8 yrs., b. Missouri; Thomas Harper, 6 yrs., b. Missouri; Elizabeth Harper, 1 yr., b. Missouri; Alexander Taylor, 12 yrs., b. Kentucky; Cela Tate, 58 yrs., b. North Carolina.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZL-61K : 18 February 2021), Jackson Harper, 1860.
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28 Nov 1869 - John Harper and Mary S. Evans, both of lawful age, were married by David Lewis, ordained Minister of the Gospel, filed and recorded 20 Jan 1870, p. 97.
"Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z1-J31 : 18 January 2020), John Harper, 1869.
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1870 U.S. Census - Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 22 - 1 Jun 1870 - John Harper, 22 yrs., farmer, b. Missouri; Mary S. Harper, 20 yrs., b. Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4F3-1N6 : 29 May 2021), John Harper, 1870.
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Although Eliza Nash and John Harper were never married, their son John Franklin Harper was born February of 1876, and was therefore conceived about April or May of 1875, which is the year I included as the marriage date.
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1880 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 578c - Jun 1880 - John H. Harper, 33 yrs., farmer, b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee; Mary S., 27 yrs., b. Tennessee, father b. North Carolina, mother b. North Carolina; Sarah E., 7 yrs., b. Missouri; Mary V., 5 yrs., b. Missouri; Emma, A., b. Missouri; David J., b. Missouri
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John H. Harper -September 6, 1881 - September 24, 1881 - Killed Ambrose Snider. Harper was 35 years old, 5'8", 160lbs. He escaped Sheriff Lewis and M. R. Hale at Charleston. He went to New Madrid and then down the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was captured in March of 1882. His trial was Friday July 21, 1882, he was found guilty and sentenced to ten years. He served three years and eleven months of that sentence. In an 1880 article it is noted that Harper's wife was taken to the asylum for mental derangement.
https://www.stoddardcountyhistory.com/crime--punishment.html
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John H. Harper was an older brother [sic] of Squire Jackson Harper's, and the story goes that on September 6, 1881 John H. killed Ambrose Snider on a road near Bloomfield. He fled before being arrested and went to East Tennessee, where he had previously resided. He was arrested there and the officer had reached Charleston, Missouri with him on the way to Bloomfield when John H. escaped. He went to Louisiana and was finally recaptured at Vicksburg. He was tried and sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. Family tradition states that he was a hero during a fire in the prison and received a governor's pardon. He returned to Stoddard County and was elected County Judge. His name is on the cornerstone of the County Courthouse and two of his grandchildren - Pearl Aslin and Fred Harper - still reside in Stoddard, Missouri (Stoddard County, Missouri 1835-1985, p. 106).
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A drunk Ambrose Snider went to John H. Harper's home and asked if he was home. When told no by Harper's wife he indicated he was going to kill her husband before the sun went down. True to his word Snider found Harper and picked up a buggy spoke and tried to hit him with it. Harper ducked to avoid the blow and then stuck a knife in and walked around him, leaving his guts hanging out. Snider later died while seeking medical attention (John Franklin Harper, Jr.)
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"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S1-QB2 : 8 March 2021), John H Harper, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,187.
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1900 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 6b - 7 Jun 1900 - John H. Harper, b. March 1846, 54 yrs., b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee, farmer; Mary S., 51 yrs., b. January 1849, b. Missouri, father b. Missouri, mother, b. Missouri; Joe H. Mooney, grandson, b. April 1896; Della Patrick, granddaughter, 8 yrs., b. p. 6b
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1910 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 7b - John H. Harper, 64 yrs., b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee; Joe Monney, 15 yrs., grandson, b. Missouri, father b. New York, mother b. Missouri
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Contributor: David Goode (49372965)
1850 U.S. Census - Bloomfield, Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 269b - Squire J. Harper, 37 yrs., b. Tennessee; Elizabeth Harper, 30 yrs., b. Tennessee; Lucy Harper, 13 yrs b. Tennessee; William Harper, 12 yrs., b. Tennessee; Reuben Harper, 10 yrs b. Tennessee; John H. Harper, 4 yrs b. Missouri; Manirva Harper, 2 yrs b. Missouri; Reuben, 29 yrs b. Tennessee; Claborn Sisco, 22 yrs b. Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ5-TG3 : 22 December 2020), Squire J Harper, Castor Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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1860 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 79 - Jackson Harper, 47 yrs., b. Tennessee; Telitha Harper, 37 yrs., b. North Carolina; William A. Harper, 19 yrs., b. Tennessee; Reuben Harper, 17 yrs., b. Tennessee; John H. Harper, 14 yrs., b. Missouri; Minerva Harper, 13 yrs., b. Sarah A. Harper, 8 yrs., b. Missouri; Thomas Harper, 6 yrs., b. Missouri; Elizabeth Harper, 1 yr., b. Missouri; Alexander Taylor, 12 yrs., b. Kentucky; Cela Tate, 58 yrs., b. North Carolina.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZL-61K : 18 February 2021), Jackson Harper, 1860.
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28 Nov 1869 - John Harper and Mary S. Evans, both of lawful age, were married by David Lewis, ordained Minister of the Gospel, filed and recorded 20 Jan 1870, p. 97.
"Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z1-J31 : 18 January 2020), John Harper, 1869.
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1870 U.S. Census - Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 22 - 1 Jun 1870 - John Harper, 22 yrs., farmer, b. Missouri; Mary S. Harper, 20 yrs., b. Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4F3-1N6 : 29 May 2021), John Harper, 1870.
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Although Eliza Nash and John Harper were never married, their son John Franklin Harper was born February of 1876, and was therefore conceived about April or May of 1875, which is the year I included as the marriage date.
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1880 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 578c - Jun 1880 - John H. Harper, 33 yrs., farmer, b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee; Mary S., 27 yrs., b. Tennessee, father b. North Carolina, mother b. North Carolina; Sarah E., 7 yrs., b. Missouri; Mary V., 5 yrs., b. Missouri; Emma, A., b. Missouri; David J., b. Missouri
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John H. Harper -September 6, 1881 - September 24, 1881 - Killed Ambrose Snider. Harper was 35 years old, 5'8", 160lbs. He escaped Sheriff Lewis and M. R. Hale at Charleston. He went to New Madrid and then down the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was captured in March of 1882. His trial was Friday July 21, 1882, he was found guilty and sentenced to ten years. He served three years and eleven months of that sentence. In an 1880 article it is noted that Harper's wife was taken to the asylum for mental derangement.
https://www.stoddardcountyhistory.com/crime--punishment.html
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John H. Harper was an older brother [sic] of Squire Jackson Harper's, and the story goes that on September 6, 1881 John H. killed Ambrose Snider on a road near Bloomfield. He fled before being arrested and went to East Tennessee, where he had previously resided. He was arrested there and the officer had reached Charleston, Missouri with him on the way to Bloomfield when John H. escaped. He went to Louisiana and was finally recaptured at Vicksburg. He was tried and sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. Family tradition states that he was a hero during a fire in the prison and received a governor's pardon. He returned to Stoddard County and was elected County Judge. His name is on the cornerstone of the County Courthouse and two of his grandchildren - Pearl Aslin and Fred Harper - still reside in Stoddard, Missouri (Stoddard County, Missouri 1835-1985, p. 106).
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A drunk Ambrose Snider went to John H. Harper's home and asked if he was home. When told no by Harper's wife he indicated he was going to kill her husband before the sun went down. True to his word Snider found Harper and picked up a buggy spoke and tried to hit him with it. Harper ducked to avoid the blow and then stuck a knife in and walked around him, leaving his guts hanging out. Snider later died while seeking medical attention (John Franklin Harper, Jr.)
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"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S1-QB2 : 8 March 2021), John H Harper, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,187.
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1900 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 6b - 7 Jun 1900 - John H. Harper, b. March 1846, 54 yrs., b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee, farmer; Mary S., 51 yrs., b. January 1849, b. Missouri, father b. Missouri, mother, b. Missouri; Joe H. Mooney, grandson, b. April 1896; Della Patrick, granddaughter, 8 yrs., b. p. 6b
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1910 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 7b - John H. Harper, 64 yrs., b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee; Joe Monney, 15 yrs., grandson, b. Missouri, father b. New York, mother b. Missouri
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Contributor: David Goode (49372965)
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1850 U.S. Census - Bloomfield, Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 269b - Squire J. Harper, 37 yrs., b. Tennessee; Elizabeth Harper, 30 yrs., b. Tennessee; Lucy Harper, 13 yrs b. Tennessee; William Harper, 12 yrs., b. Tennessee; Reuben Harper, 10 yrs b. Tennessee; John H. Harper, 4 yrs b. Missouri; Manirva Harper, 2 yrs b. Missouri; Reuben, 29 yrs b. Tennessee; Claborn Sisco, 22 yrs b. Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ5-TG3 : 22 December 2020), Squire J Harper, Castor Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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1860 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 79 - Jackson Harper, 47 yrs., b. Tennessee; Telitha Harper, 37 yrs., b. North Carolina; William A. Harper, 19 yrs., b. Tennessee; Reuben Harper, 17 yrs., b. Tennessee; John H. Harper, 14 yrs., b. Missouri; Minerva Harper, 13 yrs., b. Sarah A. Harper, 8 yrs., b. Missouri; Thomas Harper, 6 yrs., b. Missouri; Elizabeth Harper, 1 yr., b. Missouri; Alexander Taylor, 12 yrs., b. Kentucky; Cela Tate, 58 yrs., b. North Carolina.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZL-61K : 18 February 2021), Jackson Harper, 1860.
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28 Nov 1869 - John Harper and Mary S. Evans, both of lawful age, were married by David Lewis, ordained Minister of the Gospel, filed and recorded 20 Jan 1870, p. 97.
"Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z1-J31 : 18 January 2020), John Harper, 1869.
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1870 U.S. Census - Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 22 - 1 Jun 1870 - John Harper, 22 yrs., farmer, b. Missouri; Mary S. Harper, 20 yrs., b. Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4F3-1N6 : 29 May 2021), John Harper, 1870.
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Although Eliza Nash and John Harper were never married, their son John Franklin Harper was born February of 1876, and was therefore conceived about April or May of 1875, which is the year I included as the marriage date.
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1880 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 578c - Jun 1880 - John H. Harper, 33 yrs., farmer, b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee; Mary S., 27 yrs., b. Tennessee, father b. North Carolina, mother b. North Carolina; Sarah E., 7 yrs., b. Missouri; Mary V., 5 yrs., b. Missouri; Emma, A., b. Missouri; David J., b. Missouri
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John H. Harper -September 6, 1881 - September 24, 1881 - Killed Ambrose Snider. Harper was 35 years old, 5'8", 160lbs. He escaped Sheriff Lewis and M. R. Hale at Charleston. He went to New Madrid and then down the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was captured in March of 1882. His trial was Friday July 21, 1882, he was found guilty and sentenced to ten years. He served three years and eleven months of that sentence. In an 1880 article it is noted that Harper's wife was taken to the asylum for mental derangement.
https://www.stoddardcountyhistory.com/crime--punishment.html
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John H. Harper was an older brother [sic] of Squire Jackson Harper's, and the story goes that on September 6, 1881 John H. killed Ambrose Snider on a road near Bloomfield. He fled before being arrested and went to East Tennessee, where he had previously resided. He was arrested there and the officer had reached Charleston, Missouri with him on the way to Bloomfield when John H. escaped. He went to Louisiana and was finally recaptured at Vicksburg. He was tried and sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. Family tradition states that he was a hero during a fire in the prison and received a governor's pardon. He returned to Stoddard County and was elected County Judge. His name is on the cornerstone of the County Courthouse and two of his grandchildren - Pearl Aslin and Fred Harper - still reside in Stoddard, Missouri (Stoddard County, Missouri 1835-1985, p. 106).
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A drunk Ambrose Snider went to John H. Harper's home and asked if he was home. When told no by Harper's wife he indicated he was going to kill her husband before the sun went down. True to his word Snider found Harper and picked up a buggy spoke and tried to hit him with it. Harper ducked to avoid the blow and then stuck a knife in and walked around him, leaving his guts hanging out. Snider later died while seeking medical attention (John Franklin Harper, Jr.)
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"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S1-QB2 : 8 March 2021), John H Harper, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,187.
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1900 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 6b - 7 Jun 1900 - John H. Harper, b. March 1846, 54 yrs., b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee, farmer; Mary S., 51 yrs., b. January 1849, b. Missouri, father b. Missouri, mother, b. Missouri; Joe H. Mooney, grandson, b. April 1896; Della Patrick, granddaughter, 8 yrs., b. p. 6b
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1910 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 7b - John H. Harper, 64 yrs., b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee; Joe Monney, 15 yrs., grandson, b. Missouri, father b. New York, mother b. Missouri
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Contributor: David Goode (49372965)
1850 U.S. Census - Bloomfield, Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 269b - Squire J. Harper, 37 yrs., b. Tennessee; Elizabeth Harper, 30 yrs., b. Tennessee; Lucy Harper, 13 yrs b. Tennessee; William Harper, 12 yrs., b. Tennessee; Reuben Harper, 10 yrs b. Tennessee; John H. Harper, 4 yrs b. Missouri; Manirva Harper, 2 yrs b. Missouri; Reuben, 29 yrs b. Tennessee; Claborn Sisco, 22 yrs b. Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ5-TG3 : 22 December 2020), Squire J Harper, Castor Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
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1860 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 79 - Jackson Harper, 47 yrs., b. Tennessee; Telitha Harper, 37 yrs., b. North Carolina; William A. Harper, 19 yrs., b. Tennessee; Reuben Harper, 17 yrs., b. Tennessee; John H. Harper, 14 yrs., b. Missouri; Minerva Harper, 13 yrs., b. Sarah A. Harper, 8 yrs., b. Missouri; Thomas Harper, 6 yrs., b. Missouri; Elizabeth Harper, 1 yr., b. Missouri; Alexander Taylor, 12 yrs., b. Kentucky; Cela Tate, 58 yrs., b. North Carolina.
"United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZL-61K : 18 February 2021), Jackson Harper, 1860.
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28 Nov 1869 - John Harper and Mary S. Evans, both of lawful age, were married by David Lewis, ordained Minister of the Gospel, filed and recorded 20 Jan 1870, p. 97.
"Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2Z1-J31 : 18 January 2020), John Harper, 1869.
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1870 U.S. Census - Bloomfield, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 22 - 1 Jun 1870 - John Harper, 22 yrs., farmer, b. Missouri; Mary S. Harper, 20 yrs., b. Tennessee.
"United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4F3-1N6 : 29 May 2021), John Harper, 1870.
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Although Eliza Nash and John Harper were never married, their son John Franklin Harper was born February of 1876, and was therefore conceived about April or May of 1875, which is the year I included as the marriage date.
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1880 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 578c - Jun 1880 - John H. Harper, 33 yrs., farmer, b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee; Mary S., 27 yrs., b. Tennessee, father b. North Carolina, mother b. North Carolina; Sarah E., 7 yrs., b. Missouri; Mary V., 5 yrs., b. Missouri; Emma, A., b. Missouri; David J., b. Missouri
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John H. Harper -September 6, 1881 - September 24, 1881 - Killed Ambrose Snider. Harper was 35 years old, 5'8", 160lbs. He escaped Sheriff Lewis and M. R. Hale at Charleston. He went to New Madrid and then down the Mississippi River to Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was captured in March of 1882. His trial was Friday July 21, 1882, he was found guilty and sentenced to ten years. He served three years and eleven months of that sentence. In an 1880 article it is noted that Harper's wife was taken to the asylum for mental derangement.
https://www.stoddardcountyhistory.com/crime--punishment.html
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John H. Harper was an older brother [sic] of Squire Jackson Harper's, and the story goes that on September 6, 1881 John H. killed Ambrose Snider on a road near Bloomfield. He fled before being arrested and went to East Tennessee, where he had previously resided. He was arrested there and the officer had reached Charleston, Missouri with him on the way to Bloomfield when John H. escaped. He went to Louisiana and was finally recaptured at Vicksburg. He was tried and sentenced to 10 years in the penitentiary. Family tradition states that he was a hero during a fire in the prison and received a governor's pardon. He returned to Stoddard County and was elected County Judge. His name is on the cornerstone of the County Courthouse and two of his grandchildren - Pearl Aslin and Fred Harper - still reside in Stoddard, Missouri (Stoddard County, Missouri 1835-1985, p. 106).
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A drunk Ambrose Snider went to John H. Harper's home and asked if he was home. When told no by Harper's wife he indicated he was going to kill her husband before the sun went down. True to his word Snider found Harper and picked up a buggy spoke and tried to hit him with it. Harper ducked to avoid the blow and then stuck a knife in and walked around him, leaving his guts hanging out. Snider later died while seeking medical attention (John Franklin Harper, Jr.)
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"United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8S1-QB2 : 8 March 2021), John H Harper, 1890; citing NARA microfilm publication M123 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 338,187.
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1900 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 6b - 7 Jun 1900 - John H. Harper, b. March 1846, 54 yrs., b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee, farmer; Mary S., 51 yrs., b. January 1849, b. Missouri, father b. Missouri, mother, b. Missouri; Joe H. Mooney, grandson, b. April 1896; Della Patrick, granddaughter, 8 yrs., b. p. 6b
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1910 U.S. Census - Castor, Stoddard, Missouri, p. 7b - John H. Harper, 64 yrs., b. Missouri, father b. Tennessee, mother b. Tennessee; Joe Monney, 15 yrs., grandson, b. Missouri, father b. New York, mother b. Missouri
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Contributor: David Goode (49372965)
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