For the past several weeks, we've been talking about a breakthrough that let me find the missing family of my 1st cousin, once removed, Elizabeth Belle Ferguson (1835–1896). We talked about the dozens of descendants of Elizabeth's granddaughter, Alda Florence Carper McCosh, in The Carper Children, part 1; and we looked at the many descendants of Howard Carper in The Carper Children, part 2; this week, we wind down with a brief look at Elizabeth's two younger grandchildren: John D Carper and Callie Bell Carper Harper.
C. John D Carper (1886–1964) was born on 30 August 1886 in De Kalb County, Indiana. On 25 May 1911, he married Inez Alene Reinhart (1891–1973), daughter of George Reinhart (1862–1932) and Lydia Io Buchanan (1867–1961). She was born on 8 May 1891 in De Kalb County.
John and Inez had four children, three of whom survived to adulthood. John was a farmer and the family lived mainly in the Kendallville area in Noble County. He suffered from kidney disease the last five years of his life, and he died on 8 July 1964 in Helmer, Indiana. Inez died from a heart attack on 21 July 1973. They were buried in Fairfield Cemetery in Fairfield Center, De Kalb County.
i. Margaret Mine Carper (1911–1983) was born on 30 November 1911 in Fairfield and grew up in De Kalb and Noble Counties. On 14 September 1929, Margaret married Marshall B Housel (1909–1966), the son of Arthur Wakefield Housel (1882–1960) and Alta Florence "Aldy" Miller (1881–1965). Marshall was the twin brother of Marceile B Housel (1909–1984), who married Margaret's cousin, Silas J. McCosh (whom you might recall from a previous post). Marshall and Marceile were born on 11 October 1909.
Marshall died on 10 August 1966 in Centreville, St. Joseph County, Michigan. Margaret died on 12 November 1983 in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan. They were buried in Fairfield Cemetery in Fairfield Center, Indiana. The couple does not seem to have left behind any children.
ii. Georgia Irene Carper (1917–1999) was born in Kendallville, Noble County, Indiana, on 12 March 1917. On 2 October 1937, she married Dale Ellsworth Marsh (1911–1994). He was a son of Holly Harvey Marsh (1887–1961) and Elsie V Long (1890–1978) and was born on 15 January 1911 in Keyser, De Kalb County, Indiana.
Dale enlisted in the U.S. Army on 27 Jul 1942, and after the war, he worked for the Kirsch Company in Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan. He died on 8 July 1994 at Thurston Woods Village, and Georgia died on 23 May 1999, both in Sturgis. They were survived by brothers and sisters, and nieces and nephews.
iii. Arthur Raymond Carper (1920–1920) was born on 17 June 1920, but died from meningitis barely two weeks later, on 30 June 1920.
iv. Phyllis Jean Carper (1926–2001) was born on 6 March 1926, in Kendallville, Indiana. On 25 May 1948, she married James Adrian Easterday (1923–2009), the son of Laurel J Easterday Sr (1891–1961) and Berniece Kline (1895–1990). He was born on 23 December 1923 in Kendallville and enlisted to serve in the U.S. Army on 1 January 1942. He served in the European theater, and after the war, he was employed with McCray Refrigeration for twenty-one years and eventually retired from the AirWay Corporation.
James and Phyllis had two daughters together, both of whom are still living, but they appear to have divorced sometime around the late 1950s, as Phyllis remarried in 1965. James also remarried and had a third daughter with his second wife; he died 26 February 2009 at Shepherd of the Hill nursing home in Kendallville at 85 years of age.
Phyllis married Maynard P. Evers in Wolcottville on 2 October 1965. The couple lived in Longmont, Colorado until they settled in Sturgis in 1981. Phyllis was employed as a nursing home aide and a clerk in a shoe store and enjoyed traveling.
Phyllis died on 29 June 2001 at her home in Sturgis; Maynard died there on 26 July 2004. They were survived by two daughters and two grandchildren.
D. Callie Bell Carper (1891–1980) was born on 12 September 1891 at Auburn Junction in De Kalb County, Indiana. She married Frank Lester Harper (1885–1971) at her parents' home on 24 July 1909. Born on 6 April 1885 in Corunna, De Kalb County, Frank was the youngest child of George P Harper (1831–1917) and Eliza Catherine Wylie (1841–1929).
Frank attended Valparaiso University for one year but mainly worked as a railroad man. He died on 20 February 1971 in Garrett; Callie died on 11 September 1980 in Auburn. They were buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Auburn.
i. Vera Naomi Harper (1910–2014) was born on 25 March 1910 in Garrett. She married Omar Claude Webb (1909–1994) on 8 June 1929. Omar was born in Monon, White County, Indiana, on 3 March 1909. He was the son of Ellsworth "Elsie" Webb (1874–1961) and Lelia May Holman (1876–1954). Omar was a factory worker in Auburn, and he and Vera attended the Auburn First United Methodist Church.
Omar died from pneumonia at age 85 on 17 August 1994. Vera died at Betz Nursing Home in Auburn on 21 December 2014 at the age of 104. They are buried in Roselawn Cemetery in Auburn. They are survived by a son, 2 daughters, 9 grandchildren, 20 great grandchildren and 24 great great grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren preceded Vera in death.
ii. Laurence Melvin Harper (1917–1982) was born on 6 October 1917 in Jackson, De Kalb County. He married Naomi Pauline Freeman (1918–2004), the daughter of Clarence Freeman (1881–1938) and Catherine Zerns (1881–1966), on 21 November 1935. Naomi was born in Auburn on 7 August 1918.
Laurence supported the family as a machinist and driver for International Harvester. He died of chronic lung disease on 19 November 1982. Naomi died 26 June 2004, at Wesley Health Care in Auburn and was buried with Laurence in Woodlawn Cemetery of Auburn. They were survived by two of their three sons, 12 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.
ii. James Freeman Harper (1939–2002) was the second son of Lawrence and Naomi, born on 9 January 1939. He married Karen Diane Carpenter (1941–1992) on 16 January 1965 in Auburn. Her parents were Murray Dale Carpenter (1914–1967) and Treva E Turney (1917–1999), and she was born in Auburn on 10 September 1941.
Karen died 4 October 1992 after suffering from breast cancer for 6 years. James died of congestive heart failure on 9 April 2002. They were survived by at least one son.
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With that, we have finished working through the descendants of Ella McNabb Carper; but after her father died, her mother remarried and had six more children! Next time, we'll begin looking at those folks.
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