Hi Everyone, I'm looking for any information on OLIVER PERRY HARPER who was born in 1841 in Illinois and died July 18, 1877 in Cedar Rapids, Neb. The info. that I have is: "It is claimed OLIVER PERRY HARPER made the first entry ever made in Cedar Valley, and who located on the quarter north east of the power plant, now known as Hadley's Island. Mr. Harper, who was drowned a few years later in the Cedar River near his sod house, is known, accordingly as the first postmaster of Cedar Valley.". I searched for 2 years and am now thinking that the Cedar Valley/Cedar River/Cedar Rapids area might be in Iowa??? OLIVER HARPER was married to Pricilla Jane Duncan/Dungan. They had: CHARLES D. HARPER - b. 1865, Cedar Rapids, Iowa MARY C. HARPER - b. 1867, Council Bluffs, Iowa ARTHUR L. HARPER - b. 1869, Fremont, Nebraska ISAAC F. HARPER - b. 1871, Cedar Rapids, Iowa FLORENCE A. HARPER - b. 1873, Cedar Rapids, Iowa EDITH E. HARPER - b. 1875, Cedar Rapids, Iowa OLIVER P. HARPER, JR. - b. 1877 Does this sound familiar to anyone??? Thanks for ANY help you might be able to give me on this. Jan James [email protected]