Joseph Harding Harper Born: May 24, 1841 Died: Apr 11, 1919 Plot:
Age 77 Where born: Coxs Creek KY Where died: Sumner IL Son of: Joseph Harper & Susan Hands Married: 13 Feb 1862 Nelson Co KY Texanna Ellanora Jennings Lived at: 1850-80 Nelson Co KY 1900 Christy twp - Lawrence Co IL 1910 Sumner IL; 10 ch: Charles Ewing* (19 Jan 1863) & Susan W* (8 Jul 1864 KY m: Oliver Pepple) & Mary Emma (18 Feb 1866 -9 Jan 1927 Olney m: John J Burns) & Jessie* (21 Nov 1867 KY) & Josie* (13 Jan 1870 KY) & Amanda (21 Oct 1877 KY-3 May 1924 WA m: Ira Cooper) & James (21 Oct 1877 KY-8 Mar 1951 WA) & Alice Nora* (1 May 1880 KY m: Ira Piper) & Lena Pearl* (15 Sep 1884 m: William E Sumner IL) & Oreon Jennings* (25 Apr 1874) & Harry Thomas (4 Apr 1888-Sep 1970 Mattoon-Coles Co IL). (obit)
* indicates buried with Joseph Harding Harper in Sumner Cemetery.
About Sumner Cemetery:
Sumner Cemetery is the second largest cemetery in Lawrence county. Located on the east edge of Sumner, on the southside of Route 250. Other cemeteries in the vicinity: Christy Cenetery, Hopewell Cemetery and Lone Tree Cemetery. Burials: 4772 Location: 1000N, Sumner, Lawrence County, Illinois
