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Sarah Jane HARPER

Sarah Jane HARPER

Female 1831 - 1910  (78 years)

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  • Name Sarah Jane HARPER 
    Born 26 Sep 1831  Delaware Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1840, 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870, 1880  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 26 Apr 1910  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Buried IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I21136  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2021 

    Father Henry HARPER,   b. 9 Jan 1806, New Castle Co, DE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1849, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Sarah HUKLE,   b. CA 1811, New Castle Co, DE Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1891, New Milton, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Family ID F15001  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Stephen N. ASH,   b. Mar 1827, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1907, Salem, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 79 years)  [5] 
    Marriage Bond 29 Apr 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Married 6 May 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 23 1880:
      Stephen Ash, 52, b. Va, farmer; wife Sarah J, 48, b. Del; dau Lenorah, 18, b. Va; dau Walbuga, 11, b. WVa, attended school within the year.

      The following entries were made as a continuation of the above household, but were set off with markings to indicate a separate entity. The nature of the entries make it likely that they were residents of the County Poor Farm. With the one exception indicated, all were borin in Virginia/West Virginia:

      John M. Wolf, pauper, 67, b. Germany, blacksmith; Dorah M. Wolf, 4; Alice Wolf, 1;
      Tacy J. Bee, pauper, 41, widowed, disabled;
      Robert Swan, pauper, 24, single, idiotic, cannot write;
      Margaret Smith, pauper, 78, widowed;
      Abraham Williams, pauper, 45, single, deaf & dumb;
      Felix Moore, pauper, 35, married, farmer; wife Jamimah, 30, cannot read/write; dau Verginie N, 7; son Harvy, 6; dau Margaret A, 5; dau Affa, 3; (son) Flaveous, 6 months, birth month December.
    Children 
    +1. William Playford ASH,   b. 17 Mar 1851, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 May 1919, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     2. Alveretta ASH,   b. CA 1852, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1876, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 24 years)
    +3. Harriett Mandena ASH,   b. Dec 1854, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1934  (Age ~ 79 years)
    +4. Mary Iowa ASH,   b. 15 Jan 1858,   d. 27 Jul 1941, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
    +5. Lenora ASH,   b. 6 Nov 1862, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1944, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
     6. Walburga "Berga" ASH,   b. 1869, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Jun 1903, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 34 years)
    Documents
    21135_1880Census_GrantDistrict_DoddridgeCoWV_StephenAsh-Household_CountyPoorFarm.jpg    		21135_1880Census_GrantDistrict_DoddridgeCoWV_StephenAsh-Household_CountyPoorFarm.jpg
    21135_StephenAsh_SarahJaneHarper_MarriageBond_HarrisonCoVa_29Apr1850.jpg    		21135_StephenAsh_SarahJaneHarper_MarriageBond_HarrisonCoVa_29Apr1850.jpg
    Family ID F7804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    2. [S242] 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.

    3. [S1907] One World Tree, (www.ancestry.com).

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1564] Obituary of daughter.

    6. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Bk 7, p. 338 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=22772&Type=Marriage.

    7. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=37863&Type=Marriage.