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Bibliography
  1. Gates, Dick, Harpster family, private email 5/3/2007. Author address: gatesrh at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007].
  2. Harpster, John Orlando, Harpsters and their Habitat. St Petersburg, FL: author, 1956. Centre County PA Library P929.2Ha Information from this source tagged as [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007, HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12],
place:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007],
parents:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007, HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]
Sources with Information about marriage to Adah A FRICK
date:
[Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12],
names:
[Ref: Dick Gates 5/3/2007]
Research Notes:
author of family history book [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]

taught school in Centre Co for 10 years, and two terms of summer school for those preparing for teaching [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]

attended Dr. D. N. Wolf's preparatory school at Spring Mills for two terms [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]

graduated from Lebanon Business College, and taught in the night school for a part of the time [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]

1902: moved to Pittsburgh, PA [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]

worked for many companies in Pittsburgh area: Morris Chicago Beef Co (wholesale meats), Chuddy Mfg Co (chewing gum), Ward-Mackey Co (wholesale cakes and crackers), Lutz and Schram (wholesale pickles), Jacob Doll Co (pianos and organs), George A Kelly Co (wholesale drugs) [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]

secratary, and later Director of the Homewood Building and Loan Assn for 20 years [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]

1946: retired and moved to Florida [Ref: HarpsterJO HARPSTER p12]



Pedigree of John Orlando HARPSTER
                                                       /-----George Frederick HERBSTER
                                              /-----Georg David HERBSTER
                                             |        |         /-----Martin WEICK
                                             |         \-----Anna Christina WEICK
                                             |                  \-----Anna Christina HOSIN
                                     /-----Jacob Friedrich HERBSTER
                                    |         \-----Maria Sidonia BECKER
                            /-----Christoph HERBSTER
                           |         \-----Margaretha KRAUSS
                   /-----Samuel H HARPSTER
                  |         \-----Maria Elisabeth WERNER
          /-----John HARPSTER
         |        |         /-----Abraham BEAL
         |         \-----Elizabeth BEAL
 /-----Joseph Sellers HARPSTER
|        |         /-----(Unk) SELLERS
|         \-----Leah SELLERS
John Orlando HARPSTER
|                           /-----William WILLIAMS
|                  /-----Job WILLIAMS
|         /-----George WILLIAMS
 \-----Sarah Mary WILLIAMS
         |         /-----Henry BEAM
          \-----Mary Polly BEAM



Descendants of John Orlando HARPSTER
1. John Orlando HARPSTER m. Adah A FRICK
m. Adah A FRICK