John Harper

John was born in September 1846.  John's father is Samuel A Harper and his mother is Mary Shaver.  His paternal grandfather was Enoch Harper and his paternal grandmother is Elizabeth Jane Bowles. He had four brothers and six sisters, named Lafayette, Stephen J., William H., Ulysses Samuel, Sarah A., Rachel, Mary Ann, Martha L., Emily J. and Lovernia Elizabeth.  He is the oldest of the eleven children.