Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Maj. James Harper and Eliza McBurney




Husband Maj. James Harper 1 2

           Born: 20 Nov 1790 - York Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1854 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Harper (      -1814) 5
         Mother: Jane Purdy (      -cal 1814) 6


       Marriage: 24 Sep 1844 3 4

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Hay (1791-1838) 3 7 - 29 May 1817 3



Wife Eliza McBurney 4

            AKA: Elizabeth McBurney 3
           Born: 10 Jun 1805 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jan 1879 4
         Buried: 


         Father: John McBurney (1764-      ) 8
         Mother: Sarah Hunter (1774-      ) 9



   Other Spouse: Andrew Miller, Esq. (      -Aft 1893) 4


Children
1 F Elizabeth B. Harper 10 11

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1910
         Buried:  - Independence Twp, Beaver Co, PA
         Spouse: Alexander N. McCartney (      -Bef 1910) 10 11
           Marr: 16 Feb 1869 10


2 F Sarah Dickson Harper 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1914
         Buried: 
         Spouse: M. L. Armstrong (      -      ) 10



General Notes: Husband - Maj. James Harper


In 1800, when he was only eight years old, his father moved from York County, Pennsylvania, to Beaver County, and settled in Hanover township. His father was a miller and built the Harper Mills in Hanover township.
He himself was also a miller.

He was a miller and a farmer. He was a major in the old commission, and a justice of the peace for many years. He was an elder of the United Presbyterian Church of Frankfort.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 72, 1049.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 644.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 645.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 72.

5 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 862.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 643.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1049.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 71, 514.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 514.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 646.

11 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1098.


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