Joseph Harper

1877 - 1970  (93 years)

• Name	Joseph Harper  [1, 2]
  Birth	17 Jun 1877	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Nov 1970	Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas
  Person ID	I12957	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	James Robert Harper,   b. 15 Apr 1838, Mississippi d. 25 Dec 1896, Sabine County, Texas (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Delia Rice,   b. Abt 1836, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5261	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Martha Emma Smith,   b. 11 Aug 1883, Sabine County, Texas d. 24 Apr 1954, Sabine County, Texas (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1900
  	Virgie Speights shows them as the parents of "Mrs. Winnie Williams of Hemphill, Mrs. Mollie Jordan of Orange, A.J. Harper, Mrs. Pauline Bishop of San Antonio, Mrs. Sally Tortories of Port Arthur, J. R. Harper of Vallejo, California; Charles A. Harper of Nederland, and Mrs. Emma Lou Hawthorne of Silsbee. There are 28 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren." (Speights, Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas, p. 69).
  Children	1. Winnie Virginia Harper,   b. 20 Sep 1901, Sabine County, Texas d. 25 Apr 1987, Texas (Age 85 years)   2. Robert Henry Harper,   b. 27 Sep 1903, Sabine County, Texas d. 1 Jan 1945, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 41 years)   3. Mary Jane Harper,   b. 1906, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sam Houston Harper,   b. 5 Sep 1907, Sabine County, Texas d. 17 Jun 1935, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 27 years)   5. Arlice Joseph Harper,   b. 20 Nov 1910, Texas d. 3 Oct 1992, Houston, Harris County, Texas (Age 81 years)   6. Lillian Pauline Harper,   b. 14 Sep 1915, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas d. 24 nove 1988, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas (Age 73 years)   7. Sallie Mae Harper,   b. 18 Sep 1917, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas d. 15 Feb 1997, Jasper, Jasper County, Texas (Age 79 years)   8. James Ralph Harper, Sr,   b. 10 Nov 1924, Sabinetown, Sabine County, Texas d. 7 Oct 1994, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas (Age 69 years)   9. Charles L. Harper,   b. 1928, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   10. Emma Lou Harper,   b. 25 Oct 1929, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas d. 5 Aug 2011, Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5277	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Jun 1877 - Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas Death - 24 Nov 1970 - Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S430] Toole & Speights "1880 Population Census Sabine County, Texas". [S374] Speights, Virgie "Old Timers of Sabine County, Texas Vignettes of Pioneer Families" (S. Malone, c. 1983), p. 68 (Reliability: 3).