Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 02-03-2022.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom may be downloaded here.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page

    Person Info
  • Name: Amos HARPSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 29 Nov 1840 in Shawnee Twp, Allen Co, Ohio b
  • Baptism: 29 Nov 1840 in St Matthew Lutheran Church, Shawnee Twp, Allen Co, Ohio c
  • Death: 17 Mar 1915 d


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jonathan HARPSTER Birth: 28 Sep 1811 in Pickaway Co, Ohio Death: 30 Dec 1878 in Shawnee Twp, Allen Co, Ohio
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth STAPLETON Birth: 6 Jan 1819 in Ohio Death: 31 Aug 1888 in Shawnee Twp, Allen Co, Ohio

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth HARPSTER Birth: Allen Co, Ohio Death: Lima, Ohio

Marriage: Children:
  1. Harry HARPSTER Birth: 30 May 1871 Death: Lima, Ohio
  2. Oscar HARPSTER Birth: 23 Apr 1875
  3. Charles HARPSTER Birth: 5 May 1880 Death: Herrod, Ohio
  4. Frank HARPSTER Birth: 20 Nov 1882

Bibliography
  1. Census 1850, Ohio, Allen Co, Shawnee, p10. M432-657. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004189787 image 687. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Shawnee 10].
  2. Census 1860, Ohio, Allen Co, Shawnee, p24. M653-929. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005170520 image 122. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1860 OH Allen Shawnee 24].
  3. Bowsher, Kent, First Harpsters in Shawnee, in Boucher Family Newsletter, Jun 1987. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bowsher FirstHarpster].
  4. Burkhardt, Franklin A, The BOUCHER Family, Francis E Burkhardt Press, New York, 1917. Available at http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005712838 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p[0-9f]*].
  5. Harter, Fayne Ellen, Reichelderfer family. Nappenee, IN: F. E. Harter, 1993. FHL 929.273 R271h v1/v2 1993. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p[0-9]*].
  6. Moschella, Julia, Harpster-Bledsoe families. Private email 9/6/2009. Author address: mpinetree at citlink dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Julia Moschella 9/6/2009].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p150, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009]
1840 [Ref: Bowsher FirstHarpster]
age 18 in 1860 [Ref: 1860 OH Allen Shawnee 24]
age 8 in 1850 [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Shawnee 10],
place:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p150]
Ohio [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Shawnee 10, 1860 OH Allen Shawnee 24],
parents:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p150, Harter REICHELDERFER p118, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009]
Jonathan HARPSTER & Elizabeth ___ [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Shawnee 10],
father:
[Ref: Bowsher FirstHarpster]
Sources for baptism Information
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p151],
place:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p151]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p150]
Sources with Information about marriage to Susan BAKER
date:
first marriage of Amos [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p150],
child:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p151]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sarah Ann LEPIRD
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p151],
child:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p151, Burkhardt BOUCHER p152]
Research Notes:
born in the log house built by his father, known as the Amos Harpster house [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p151]

baptized Nov 29 1840 by Rev. Spangler [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p151]



Pedigree of Amos HARPSTER
                                     /-----George Frederick HERBSTER
                            /-----David HARPSTER
                           |        |         /-----Martin WEICK
                           |         \-----Anna Christina WEICK
                           |                  \-----Anna Christina HOSIN
                   /-----Jacob HARPSTER
                  |         \-----Rosina CAMPBELL
          /-----Peter HARPSTER
         |        |                  /-----John George OBERMAYER
         |        |         /-----John George OBERMAYER
         |        |        |        |         /-----John George BANE
         |        |        |         \-----Anna BANE
         |         \-----Ann Eva OVERMIER
         |                 |         /-----Jonas VOGT
         |                  \-----Anna Barbara VOGT
 /-----Jonathan HARPSTER
|        |                  /-----Johan Daniel BOUCHER
|        |         /-----Anthony BOWSHER
|        |        |        |                  /-----Hans Jacob DROG
|        |        |        |         /-----Hans Diebolt DROG
|        |        |         \-----Eva Catharina DROG
|        |        |                 |                  /-----Velten REECH
|        |        |                 |         /-----Hans Martin RECH
|        |        |                 |        |         \-----Maria (REECH)
|        |        |                  \-----Maria Barbara RECH
|        |        |                          |                  /-----Velten CLAUSS
|        |        |                          |         /-----Hans Christoph CLAUSS
|        |        |                           \-----Catharina CLAUSS
|        |        |                                   |         /-----Marx REECH
|        |        |                                    \-----Maria REECH
|         \-----Elizabeth BOWSHER
|                 |                  /-----Johannes Veit REICHELDERFER
|                 |         /-----Johann Heinrich REICHELSDORFER
|                 |        |         \-----Anna (REICHELSDORFER)
|                  \-----Christine REICHELDERFER
|                          |         /-----Ulrich LIEBENGUT
|                           \-----Maria Catherina LIEBENGUTH
|                                   |                           /-----Hans HENNI
|                                   |                  /-----Nikli HENNI
|                                   |                 |         \-----Barbli KLAUS
|                                   |         /-----Michael HENNI
|                                   |        |        |         /-----Hans EICHELBERGER
|                                   |        |         \-----Barbel EICHELBERGER
|                                   |        |                  \-----Elsbeth RAEBER
|                                    \-----Anna HENNI
|                                            |                  /-----Hans SCHWYTZER
|                                            |         /-----Benedicht SCHWYTZER
|                                            |        |         \-----Verena FARNI
|                                             \-----Anna SCHWYTZER
|                                                     |         /-----Peter GASSNER
|                                                      \-----Anna GASSNER
|                                                               \-----Barble KROPF
Amos HARPSTER
|                                                      /-----Philip STAPLETON
|                                             /-----Robert STAPLETON
|                                            |         \-----Margaret GAGE
|                                    /-----Tobias STAPLETON
|                                   |        |         /-----Michael WEIGAND
|                                   |         \-----Anna Maria WEIGAND
|                                   |                  \-----Anna Catharina (WEIGAND)
|                           /-----Jacob M STAPLETON
|                          |        |         /-----Andreas HAGENBUSCH
|                          |         \-----Anna Barbara HAGENBUCH
|                          |                  \-----Catharina (HAGENBUSCH)
|                  /-----John STAPLETON
|                 |        |                  /-----Johannes Veit REICHELDERFER
|                 |        |         /-----Frederich Jacob REICHELDERFER
|                 |        |        |         \-----Anna (REICHELSDORFER)
|                 |         \-----Maria Margaret REICHELDERFER
|                 |                  \-----Anna Christina (REICHELSDORFER)
|         /-----David STAPLETON
|        |        |                  /-----John George SCHMACHER
|        |        |         /-----John Jacob SCHUMACHER
|        |        |        |         \-----Anna Barbara (SCHMACHER)
|        |         \-----Mary Magdalena SCHUMACHER
|        |                 |                  /-----Johannes Veit REICHELDERFER
|        |                 |         /-----Johann Heinrich REICHELSDORFER
|        |                 |        |         \-----Anna (REICHELSDORFER)
|        |                  \-----Maria Magdalena REICHELDERFER
|        |                          |         /-----Ulrich LIEBENGUT
|        |                           \-----Maria Catherina LIEBENGUTH
|        |                                   |                  /-----Nikli HENNI
|        |                                   |         /-----Michael HENNI
|        |                                   |        |         \-----Barbel EICHELBERGER
|        |                                    \-----Anna HENNI
|        |                                            |         /-----Benedicht SCHWYTZER
|        |                                             \-----Anna SCHWYTZER
|        |                                                      \-----Anna GASSNER
 \-----Elizabeth STAPLETON
         |                                    /-----Abraham LANGER
         |                           /-----Pyeter DeLANGHT
         |                  /-----Henrich DeLONG
         |                 |        |         /-----Jacob WEBER
         |                 |         \-----Eva Elizabeth WEBER
         |                 |                  \-----Anna Elizabeth (WEBER)
         |         /-----Johann Henry DeLONG
         |        |         \-----Susanna Margaretha (DeLONG)
          \-----Lydia Elizabeth DeLONG
                  |                  /-----Johann SOWATCH
                  |         /-----Johann Heinrich SOWATCH
                  |        |         \-----Susanna (SOWATCH)
                   \-----Susanna SOWATCH
                           |         /-----Ulrich SCHNEIDER
                            \-----Maria Anna Esther SCHNEIDER



Descendants of Amos HARPSTER
1. Amos HARPSTER m1. Susan BAKER m2. Sarah Ann LEPIRD
m. Susan BAKER
m. Sarah Ann LEPIRD

2nd generation

2. Elizabeth HARPSTER m. Daniel BOWSHER
m. Daniel BOWSHER father: Isaac BOWSHER mother: Harriet MEFFLEY
3. Harry HARPSTER m. Sarah CLARK
m. Sarah CLARK
4. Oscar HARPSTER m. Wardy SPYKER
m. Wardy SPYKER
6. Frank HARPSTER m. Zelma YOAKAM
m. Zelma YOAKAM

3rd generation

7. Clarence BOWSHER m. Cobb SHAFFER
m. Cobb SHAFFER
8. Ethel BOWSHER m. Charles SHAFFER
m. Charles SHAFFER
10. Clinton Raymond BOWSHER m. Edna POINT
m. Edna POINT father: William POINT
12. Iva HARPSTER m. Walter SMITH
m. Walter SMITH

4th generation

27. Clinton Leroy BOWSHER m. Alice BACOME
m. Alice BACOME father: Thomas L BACOME mother: Arlie HALL

5th generation

30. Living BOWSHER m. Living HINCHCLIFF
m. Living HINCHCLIFF father: Henry Tony HINCHCLIFF mother: Living FRIZZELL