at Kingman
Mrs. Nancy Jane Harper, 85, a resident of the Mount Hope community for 66 years, died Friday morning in a Kingman Kansas hospital after a long illness
Mrs Harper was born Dec. 28, 1869 in Milan, Mo.
She came to Kansas in 1866 with her parents where they homesteaded in Meade County. They moved to a farm at Mount Hope in 1889.
She married William H. Harper Feb. 27 1895. He preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Christian Church.
Among the survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Fannie James of Piedmont, Kan., Mrs Nellie McElroy of McClave, Colo., Mrs. Mary Coon of Sterling, Kan. and Mrs. Mabel Smart of Bayfield, Colo.; six sons, Jesse T. of Fort Worth, Tex, Ray Edgar of Rose Hill, Kan., Ermon H of Lanigan, Mo, Dewey E, John R. and William G., all of Mount Hope; 36grandchildren.
Services will be held 2:30pm. Sunday at Wulf Mortuary with Rev. LeRoy McReynolds officiating
Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The Wichita Eagle
Saturday, Morning, August 4, 1955
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at Kingman
Mrs. Nancy Jane Harper, 85, a resident of the Mount Hope community for 66 years, died Friday morning in a Kingman Kansas hospital after a long illness
Mrs Harper was born Dec. 28, 1869 in Milan, Mo.
She came to Kansas in 1866 with her parents where they homesteaded in Meade County. They moved to a farm at Mount Hope in 1889.
She married William H. Harper Feb. 27 1895. He preceded her in death.
She was a member of the Christian Church.
Among the survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Fannie James of Piedmont, Kan., Mrs Nellie McElroy of McClave, Colo., Mrs. Mary Coon of Sterling, Kan. and Mrs. Mabel Smart of Bayfield, Colo.; six sons, Jesse T. of Fort Worth, Tex, Ray Edgar of Rose Hill, Kan., Ermon H of Lanigan, Mo, Dewey E, John R. and William G., all of Mount Hope; 36grandchildren.
Services will be held 2:30pm. Sunday at Wulf Mortuary with Rev. LeRoy McReynolds officiating
Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The Wichita Eagle
Saturday, Morning, August 4, 1955
pg 7A
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Fannie Mae Harper James
1896–1968
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Grace Myree Harper
1897–1898
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Nellie Ruth Harper McElroy
1899–1983
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Mary Ethel Harper Coon
1900–1990
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Jesse Theodore Harper
1902–1980
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William Garrett "Bill" Harper
1903–1976
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Ray Edgar Harper
1904–1988
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Earl Francis Harper
1906–1927
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Mabel Faye Harper Smart
1908–1965
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Ermon Henry Harper
1910–1956
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Dewey Everett Harper
1913–1974
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John Richard Keith Harper
1916–1992
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