I don't know if this is related or not. I am searching for info about the parents of my great grandfather John Patterson Harper. He was born in Ohio in 1832. Going to Ohio where he was born I find that a Samuel harper moved there from PA and had a son Samuel also from PA. The older Samuel died shortly after moving there. There were several other sons as well. I could find nothing connecting my GGfather to them but could find no other Harpers in the area so am assuming at the moment that they were related and one of the son was his father but not which one. He also server in the civil war with his cousin also a Samuel. Other information about you Samuel could prove helpful to me. Thanks Joe Zehrung In a message dated 3/1/2003 3:13:02 PM Pacific Standard Time, dmaley1@columbus.rr.com writes: > Anyone related to Samuel Harper who died Dec 6, 1774 in York PA? He was > married to Jennett Strang. Their children were Agnes (m. Lawrence Maley > in 1777) ; Jean (m. Archibald Richmond) ; Samuel Jr (m. Jean Purdy in > 1780) and moved to Beaver Co, PA ; and James (m. Margaret Wallace.) > > Samuel and Jennett were buried in the Guinston Church in York Co, PA. I > am looking for other descendents. I have other info on the family to > share. > > Thanks, > David Maley >

Joe, I have been meaning to answer this - you do not say where in Ohio but I am trying to find descendants of the below Harper family, which has a couple of Samuels in it - most of this took place in Belmont Co, Ohio. I will spare you the details of why I am interested, but Margaret Price Taylor who married one of the Samuels was my greatgrandfather's sister. 1 Joseph HARPER b: 1790 d: Aft. 1861 Belmont Co, OH +Agnes 'Nancy' MAJOR b: 12 Dec 1792 Harford Co, MD m: Morristown, OH d: 16 Apr 1861 Morristown, Belmont Co, OH b: Morristown, OH 2 William HARPER b: 1815 3 Samuel HARPER b: 1849 2 Samuel Alexander HARPER b: 08 Jun 1826 Belmont Co, OH d: Apr 1881 York Co, NE +Margaret Price TAYLOR b: 22 Jan 1836 Belmont County, OH m: 05 Dec 1854 Belmont Co, OH d: 02 Jun 1869 Appanoose Co, IA 3 Infantson HARPER b: Feb 1856 Belmont Co, OH d: Feb 1856 Belmont Co, OH 3 Infantdau HARPER b: 05 Jan 1857 Belmont Co, OH d: 05 Jan 1857 Belmont Co, OH 3 George Taylor HARPER b: 21 Mar 1858 Des Moines, IA d: 14 May 1866 Barnesville, OH 3 Joseph Lincoln HARPER b: 03 May 1860 Des Moines, IA d: 29 Nov 1937 Portland, OR 3 Frank Orlando HARPER b: 14 Dec 1861 Carlisle, IA d: 09 Aug 1911 3 Chester Chase HARPER b: 20 Nov 1863 Barnesville, OH d: 18 Aug 1871 Appanoose Co, IA Jan PS - I also have a rather mysterious Zearing/Zahring (I was told actually probably Zehrung) connection - my other greatgrandfather's brother married one in Lancaster Co, PA - Please contact me off list if you are interested in talking about this (it's a much rarer name than Harper ;-) At 07:15 PM 3/1/03, you wrote: >I don't know if this is related or not. I am searching for info about the >parents of my great grandfather John Patterson Harper. He was born in Ohio in >1832. Going to Ohio where he was born I find that a Samuel harper moved there >from PA and had a son Samuel also from PA. The older Samuel died shortly >after moving there. There were several other sons as well. I could find >nothing connecting my GGfather to them but could find no other Harpers in the >area so am assuming at the moment that they were related and one of the son >was his father but not which one. He also server in the civil war with his >cousin also a Samuel. Other information about you Samuel could prove helpful >to me. > >Thanks > >Joe Zehrung