Joseph J. Harper Bible, Franklin Co, NC

MR. JOSEPH J. HARPER BIBLE 1857

MARRIAGES

Joseph J. Harper was married to Mary A. [Anne] C. [Cooke] Hayes the 7^th of January 1835
Rebecca Frances King to Eugene Joseph Jones November 25^th 1894
Mary Anna Jones to William Thomas Horton April 18^th 1894
Mattie Cooper to John Harper Jones Sept 29^th 1897
George T. Harper was married to S. [Sarah] A. Timberlake the 13^th of June 1867
V. [Valerie] A. [R.] Harper was married to [William] Henry Jones the 20^th of Dec 1866
Fannie Lauretta Jones to Ernest Hugh Rea June 8^th 1890 at Ephesus Baptist Church Asbury Wake Co. N.C.

BIRTHS

Mary A.C. Harper was born the 29^th of July 1807
John H. Harper son of Joseph & Mary Harper was born the 29^th of July 1836
George T. Harper was born the 19^th of April 1839
Valerie A. R. Harper was born the 27^th of Oct 1841
Dorothy Louise Rea daughter of E.H. and F.L. Rea born Aug 7^th 1910 in Hamlet Richmond County North Carolina
John Joseph Rea in Hamlet N.C. born Aug 27 1912 son of F.L. & E.H. Rea
Eugene J. Jones son of W.H. & V.A. Jones was born August 28^th 1868
Hugh H. Jones son of W.H. & V.A. Jones was born Dec 9^th 1869
Fannie L. Jones daughter of W.H. & V.A. Jones was born March 9^th 1872
Johnny H. Jones, son of W.H. & V.A. Jones was born March 2^nd 1874
Mary A. Jones daughter of V.A. & W.H. Jones was born April 5^th 1876
Clarence W. Jones son of W.H. & V.A. Jones was born Sept 17^th 1879
Effie R. Jones daughter W.H. & Vallie A. Jones was born May 21^st 1881
H. Clyde Jones son of W.H. & V.A. Jones was born Feb 22^nd 1885
Walter Thomas Rea son of Ernest Hugh & Fannie Lauretta Rea born July 29^th 1892 at Asbury N.C. U.S.A.
Born July 25^th 1894 at Asbury N.C. U.S.A. Lillian Ester Rea daughter of E.H. & F.L. Rea
Born June 11^th 1898 at Cary N.C. Bessie Waneda Rea daughter of Ernest H. & Fannie L. Rea
Born February 21^st 1901 Edward Henry Rea son of E.H. & F.L. Rea at Cary N.C.
Thaddeus Pleasants was born March 10^th 1853
Thaddeus Pleasants son of J.D. and A.M. Pleasants born March 10^th 1853
Wm H. Jones was born April 14^th 1836
Albert Ernest Rea son of E.H. & F.L. Rea born in Cheraw Chesterfield County S.C. August 26 1905
Charles Alexander Rea born in Hamlet Richmond County NC June 15^th 1908 son of E.H. & F.L. Rea

DEATHS

Clarence W. Jones infant son of W.H. & V.A. Jones died March 8^th 1880 age 5 months & 20 days
V.A. Jones wife of W.H. Jones died June 2^nd 1888 Age 46 years 7 months & 6 days
William Henry Jones died March 28^th 1889 aged 52 years 11 months 11 days
Edward Rea died October 24^th 1895 Aged 68 years __ months __ days Born in Dewsbery County of York England
Ester Rea Beloved wife of Edward Rea died May 9^th 1899 in the 71^st year of her age at her home at Asbury N.C. Born in Kidderminster County of Worcester England
Mary Ann Cooke Harper died the 22 of February 1856
Sarah A. Harper wife of George T. Harper died July 14^th 1868
Joseph J. Harper died July 15^th 1876
John H. Harper died 1863 on the north bank of the Potomac
Albert Ernest infant son of E.H. & F.L. Rea died in Hamlet Richmond County N.C. November 25 1906 aged 15 months
Henry Clyde Jones died in Rex Hospital Raleigh N.C. from pistol wound fired by man named Hodge [Arthur R. Hodge according to the Farmer and Mechanic newspaper of 11 Dec 1906] Dec 9^th 1906 age 21 years 9 months 21 days

Notes –

Although the first page of the Bible says “Mr. Joseph J. Harper Bible 1857” another page of the Bible is marked Hamlet N.C. Feb 14 1909

The Bible appears to have started with Joseph Harper’s second wife, Mary Anne Cooke Hayes, and passed down through her daughter Valerie Harper and her husband, William Henry Jones, who lived in Wake County. From there it passed to Fannie Lauretta Jones and her husband Ernest Hugh Rea who moved from Wake County to Richmond County NC as the records are for Harper, Jones and Rea and all appear to be from one Bible (pages are Xeroxed – the location of the original Bible pages is unknown).

Ernest and Fannie are the great-grandparents of the submitter, Sharon Rea Gable, gables@erols.com

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