Leonard Harper 
Leonard was born on November 6th, 1797 in Rockingham County, Virginia.1 Leonard's father was Johan Jacob Harper and his mother was Margaret Simmons. His paternal grandfather was Philip Herber and his paternal grandmother is Anna Elizabetha Kauffmann; his maternal grandfather was Nicholas Simmons and his maternal grandmother is Maria Margaretha LNU. He had five brothers and eight sisters, named John Henry, John Adam, Jacob, Nicholas, Moses, Ann Elizabeth, Catherine Barbara, Mary, Sarah Margaret, Elizabeth Christina, Barbara, Aria and Leah. He was the second youngest of the fourteen children. He died at the age of 72 on November 25th, 1869.2 -
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b. in Barenbach, Germany
- b.02 Apr 1671 in Niederweiler, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany d.10 Jan 1737/1738 in Niederweiler, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany
- b.26 Sep 1712 in Niederweiler, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany d.14 Feb 1798 in Macksville, Pendleton County, (West) Virginia
- b. in Niederweiler, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany
- b.29 Mar 1674 d.16 Dec 1741
- b.20 Mar 1751/1752 in Tulpehocken, Berks County, Pennsylvania d.02 Nov 1826 in Pendleton County, Virginia/Pendleton County, WV
- b. in Wurrich, Germany
- b.< 1728 in Niederweiler, Rheinland Pfalz, Germany
- b.06 Nov 1797 in Rockingham County, Virginia d.25 Nov 1869
- b.03 Feb 1708 in Pfefelbach, Germany d.1794 in Pendleton County, (West) Virginia
- b.06 May 1751 in Pendleton County, Virginia/Pendleton County, WV d. in Mouth-Of-Seneca, Pendleton County, Virginia/Pendleton County, WV
- b.~ 1708
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‌Leonard were married in a religious ceremony on December 19th, 1816 in Pendleton County, (West) Virginia.3
Family Notes
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1 The Harper Family History:1713-1995
2 Grave Register Pendleton County West Virginia 1977
3 Circular E-Mail from Wanda Wamsley Balducci to HARPER-L@@rootsweb.com
2 Grave Register Pendleton County West Virginia 1977
3 Circular E-Mail from Wanda Wamsley Balducci to HARPER-L@@rootsweb.com