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  • Name: Barbara HARPSTER
  • Sex: F
  • Birth: 8 Mar 1785 b
  • Death: 12 Jan 1866 in Vigo Co, Indiana d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Jacob HARPSTER Birth: 1756 in Pennsylvania Death: 24 Jul 1832 in Beaver Twp, Union Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Ann Eva OVERMIER Birth: Abt 1765 Death: 1832

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Elizabeth HOFFMAN Birth: 1802
  2. Jacob HOFFMAN Birth: 1804 in Ohio
  3. John HOFFMAN Birth: 1806
  4. Perry HOFFMAN Birth: 1810
  5. Jesse HOFFMAN Birth: 1810
  6. Mary HOFFMAN Birth: 1813
  7. Abraham HOFFMAN Birth: 1815
  8. Henry HOFFMAN Birth: 1817

Bibliography
  1. Dale, Beverly, Harpster, private email 12/28/1995. Author address: revbev at pobox dot upenn dot edu Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995].
  2. Byrd, Freida, Harpster, Herbster, Herpster, Harbster, in Boucher Family Newsletter, Mar 1987. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Byrd HARPSTER].
  3. DAR Application 415660, Kirchman, Joanne Galbrener Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #415660].
  4. DAR Application 526237, Gibbons, Erma Bledsoe Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #526237].
  5. Fisher, Charles A, Snyder County PA Probate and Orphan Court Records, 1772-1855. Selinsgrove, PA: author, 1940. DAR PENN Counties Snyder PEN. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Fisher SnyderCoPA 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].
  7. Clark, Pat, Clark, Smith, Fisher, Jones. WorldConnect db=momstravel, visited 10/11/2002. Author address: momstravel at hotmail dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Pat Clark 10/11/2002].
  8. Slentz, Roy Shoemaker, Jacob Hoffman - Patriot of the Revolutionary War, 1986. FHL 929.273 H675s. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Slentz HOFFMAN p[0-9]*].
  9. Scoville, Terry, Descendant of Johann Hoffman, private email 5/26/2003. Author address: TerryLScoville at webtv dot net. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Terry Scoville 5/26/2003].
  10. Union County Orphans Court, Docket Book 3, page 310, May Term 1837. Available through DAR Genealogical Research System, Supporting documentation for National #415660 Patriot A051119. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Byrd HARPSTER, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
parents:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Byrd HARPSTER, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
father:
[Ref: DAR #415660, DAR #526237, Fisher SnyderCoPA p66, UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
mother:
Mary ___ (#1760) [Ref: DAR #415660, DAR #526237]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Byrd HARPSTER, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009, Pat Clark 10/11/2002],
place:
[Ref: Pat Clark 10/11/2002]
Sources with Inaccurate death Information
date:
12 Jan 1877 [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995]
Sources with Information about marriage to John HOFFMAN
names:
[Ref: Byrd HARPSTER, DAR #415660, Fisher SnyderCoPA p66, Pat Clark 10/11/2002, Slentz HOFFMAN p10, UnionCoPA OrphansCt 3-310],
child:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009, Terry Scoville 5/26/2003]
Sources with Inaccurate marriage information
names:
Peter HOFFMAN & Barbara HARPSTER [Ref: DAR #526237]
Research Notes:



Pedigree of Barbara HARPSTER
                   /-----George Frederick HERBSTER
          /-----David HARPSTER
         |        |         /-----Martin WEICK
         |         \-----Anna Christina WEICK
         |                  \-----Anna Christina HOSIN
 /-----Jacob HARPSTER
|         \-----Rosina CAMPBELL
Barbara HARPSTER
|                  /-----John George OBERMAYER
|         /-----John George OBERMAYER
|        |        |         /-----John George BANE
|        |         \-----Anna BANE
 \-----Ann Eva OVERMIER
         |         /-----Jonas VOGT
          \-----Anna Barbara VOGT



Descendants of Barbara HARPSTER
1. Barbara HARPSTER m. John HOFFMAN
m. John HOFFMAN father: Johann Jacob HOFFMAN mother: Katherine KEASEY

2nd generation

3. Jacob HOFFMAN m. Mary CROY
m. Mary CROY

3rd generation

10. Jefferson HOFFMAN m. Effie Ann NUTT
m. Effie Ann NUTT

4th generation

20. Mathias HOFFMAN m. Martha Jane COLEMAN
m. Martha Jane COLEMAN

5th generation

26. Romie HOFFMAN m. August B DATUS
m. August B DATUS