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: Anthony HARPSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 9 Jan 1807 in Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania b
  • Death: 24 Jun 1883 in Gomer, Ohio d
  • Burial: near Gomer, Ohio u


    • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Peter HARPSTER Birth: 18 Aug 1779 in Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 3 Nov 1855 in Cairo, Allen Co, Ohio
    • Mother:
  • Elizabeth BOWSHER Birth: 19 Apr 1783 in Albany Twp, Berks Co, Pennsylvania Death: 1859 in Cairo, Allen Co, Ohio

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. John HARPSTER Birth: 13 Jun 1828 in Fairfield Co, Ohio Death: 29 Mar 1891 in Putnam Co, Ohio
  2. Elizabeth HARPSTER Birth: 15 Feb 1831 in Fairfield Co, Ohio Death: 7 Nov 1909 in North Manchester, Indiana
  3. Mary HARPSTER Birth: 1832 in Fairfield Co, Ohio Death: 12 May 1913 in Sugar Creek Twp, Allen Co, Ohio
  4. Reuben HARPSTER Birth: 16 Feb 1840 in Allen Co, Ohio Death: 21 Jan 1929 in West Cairo, Ohio
  5. Levi HARPSTER Birth: 1 May 1842 in Allen Co, Ohio Death: 3 Jan 1898
  6. Jacob HARPSTER Birth: 3 Jun 1844 in Allen Co, Ohio Death: Audubon, Minnesota

Bibliography
  1. Census 1850, Ohio, Allen Co, Monroe, p07. M432-657. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004189787 image 749. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 07].
  2. 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].
  3. Bruders, Robert K, Descendants of David Harpster, Gresham, OR: 2/10/2003. Avail http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/r/u/Robert-K-Bruders/ Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Bruders HARPSTER #[0-9]*].
  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. DAR Lineage, Mrs. Okla Riley DEMING #132588 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #132588].
  6. DAR Application 483841, Goble, Ruth Jacobs Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #483841].
  7. DAR Application 595197, Walgamuth, Betty Mort Information from this source tagged as [Ref: DAR #595197].
  8. 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]*].
  9. 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].
  10. Noble, Julie, David STEPLETON, private email, 8/6/2000. Author address nobles at evcom dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Julie Noble 8/6/2000].
  11. Bowsher, Kay, BOWSHER Family, private email, 9/10/2001. Author address qddusa at yahoo dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001].
  12. Powell, Esther Weygandt, Early Ohio Tax Records. Akron, OH: author, 1971. Sutro F490.P68 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Powell EarlyOhioTax p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: DAR #483841, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009, Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]
1806 [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132]
1807 [Ref: DAR #132588]
abt 1798 or 1807 [Ref: DAR #595197]
abt 1806 [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p117]
age 43 in 1850 [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 07],
place:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132, Harter REICHELDERFER p117],
parents:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132, DAR #595197, Harter REICHELDERFER p55, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009]
Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information
date:
1806 [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Bruders HARPSTER #3],
place:
Ohio [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 07]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: DAR #483841, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009, Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]
after 1850 [Ref: DAR #595197]
between 1845 and 1906 [Ref: Bruders HARPSTER #4],
place:
[Ref: DAR #483841, Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]
Sources for burial Information
place:
near Gomer, Ohio [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132, Harter REICHELDERFER p117]
Sources with Information about marriage to Sophia STAPLETON
date:
[Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]
1827 [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132, DAR #132588, DAR #483841, Harter REICHELDERFER p117]
abt 1831 [Ref: DAR #595197],
place:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132, Harter REICHELDERFER p117]
Walnut, Ohio [Ref: DAR #483841],
names:
[Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Julie Noble 8/6/2000]
Anthony HARPSTER & Sohpia ___ [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 07],
child:
[Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 07, Burkhardt BOUCHER p132, Burkhardt BOUCHER p136, Burkhardt BOUCHER p137, Burkhardt BOUCHER p138, Burkhardt BOUCHER p139, Burkhardt BOUCHER p140, DAR #132588, DAR #595197, Harter REICHELDERFER p118, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009]
Research Notes:
1833: in Allen County, OH [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132, Harter REICHELDERFER p117]

1835: appears on Personal Property Tax list of Monroe Twp, Putnam Co, Ohio [Ref: Powell EarlyOhioTax p328]

Anthony was a member of the first Lutheran congregation in Allen County. [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132]

1850: farmer, located in Monroe Twp, Allen Co, OH, value of real estate: 4000 [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 07]

He was buried near Gomer, OH. [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132]



Pedigree of Anthony 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
Anthony 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
                                    |                  /-----Hans SCHWYTZER
                                    |                 |         \-----Sara PFAEFFERLI
                                    |         /-----Benedicht SCHWYTZER
                                    |        |        |         /-----Peter FARNI
                                    |        |         \-----Verena FARNI
                                    |        |                  \-----Vernea PIERIS
                                     \-----Anna SCHWYTZER
                                             |         /-----Peter GASSNER
                                              \-----Anna GASSNER
                                                      |         /-----Hans KROPF
                                                       \-----Barble KROPF
                                                                \-----Barbli TSCHABOLT



Descendants of Anthony HARPSTER
1. Anthony HARPSTER m. Sophia STAPLETON
m. Sophia STAPLETON father: John STAPLETON mother: Mary Magdalena SCHUMACHER

2nd generation

2. John HARPSTER m. Elizabeth McMELLON
m. Elizabeth McMELLON
3. Elizabeth HARPSTER m. Joseph MORT
m. Joseph MORT
4. Mary HARPSTER m. Eli RIDENOUR
m. Eli RIDENOUR
5. Reuben HARPSTER m. Lucy Ann THOMAS
m. Lucy Ann THOMAS
6. Levi HARPSTER m1. Harriet SNODGRAS m2. Harriet J MILLER
m. Harriet SNODGRAS
m. Harriet J MILLER
7. Jacob HARPSTER m. Ann FORSYTH
m. Ann FORSYTH

3rd generation

9. George Washington HARPSTER m1. Rosina STEARNS m2. Arreta MARTIN
m. Rosina STEARNS
m. Arreta MARTIN
10. Susan HARPSTER m. Martin WISE
m. Martin WISE
11. Samuel HARPSTER m. Elizabeth LOCKHEAD
m. Elizabeth LOCKHEAD
12. Sophia HARPSTER m. Charles A BRAY
m. Charles A BRAY
14. Eliza Jane HARPSTER m. Daniel D BAILEY
m. Daniel D BAILEY
15. Ida HARPSTER m. Henry GUDAKUNST
m. Henry GUDAKUNST
18. Eva HARPSTER m. John GESNER
m. John GESNER
19. Carrie Jeanettie HARPSTER m. Robert MARTIN
m. Robert MARTIN
22. George MORT m. Ida E PURKEY
m. Ida E PURKEY
32. Sophia Angeline RIDENOUR m. J F TEEGARDIN
m. J F TEEGARDIN
33. Emanuel RIDENOUR m. Rebecca Jane MILLER
m. Rebecca Jane MILLER
34. David Walter HARPSTER m1. Ollie THOMAS m2. Jennie L SNIDER
m. Ollie THOMAS
m. Jennie L SNIDER father: Ambrose SNIDER mother: Julian Ann ALTSTAETTER
35. Mary Etta HARPSTER m. Samuel J RILEY
m. Samuel J RILEY
36. Liedeema HARPSTER m. Joseph Hooker JACOBS
m. Joseph Hooker JACOBS father: James Mordecai JACOBS mother: Mary Ann CUSTARD
37. Milton S HARPSTER m. Margaret Angeline MARTZ
m. Margaret Angeline MARTZ father: Thomas Benton MARTZ mother: Margaret MILLER
38. Anthony Thomas HARPSTER m. May Irene THOMAS
m. May Irene THOMAS father: David D THOMAS mother: Sarah Jane WARD
39. Stephen Early HARPSTER m. Louisa OLINGER
m. Louisa OLINGER father: Levi OLINGER mother: Catherine SHROCK
40. Harriet J HARPSTER m. Mike FISHER
m. Mike FISHER
41. Charles Alvin HARPSTER m. Florence EWING
m. Florence EWING
42. Bessie Myrtle HARPSTER m1. Thomas HAM m2. Samuel Milton SNYDER
m. Thomas HAM
m. Samuel Milton SNYDER father: Alfred SCHNEIDER mother: Angeline Elizabeth REIS
43. Anthony D HARPSTER m. Sophia C PETERSON
m. Sophia C PETERSON

4th generation

48. Ida HARPSTER m. Harvey WHEELER
m. Harvey WHEELER
50. John HARPSTER m. Emma BARTZ
m. Emma BARTZ
53. Grover Cleveland HARPSTER m. Lillie DUNLAP
m. Lillie DUNLAP
56. Albert HARPSTER m. (Unk) FOEFF
m. (Unk) FOEFF
60. John William HARPSTER m1. Nora GRIFFITHS m2. Ella TAYLOR
m. Nora GRIFFITHS
m. Ella TAYLOR
65. Lulu BRAY m. Bert HEATON
m. Bert HEATON
67. Elizabeth Heaton BRAY m1. (Unk) SHAFFER m2. Albert LINDER
m. (Unk) SHAFFER
m. Albert LINDER
69. Gilbert BRAY m. Stella (BRAY)
m. Stella (BRAY)
70. Eva BRAY m. (Unk) SHAWHAM
m. (Unk) SHAWHAM
72. Charles BAILEY m. Nellie LADD
m. Nellie LADD
73. Pearl BAILEY m. Chance BALDWIN
m. Chance BALDWIN
76. Grace BAILEY m. John BERRYMAN
m. John BERRYMAN
78. Elizabeth GUDAKUNST m. Thomas McCLURE
m. Thomas McCLURE
80. John GUDAKUNST m. Ethel NORMAN
m. Ethel NORMAN
83. John Anthony MARTIN m. Jennie PARSON
m. Jennie PARSON
84. Mary Elizabeth MARTIN m. John Dr DIETRICH
m. John Dr DIETRICH
92. Roy C MORT m. Roxie Ruth THOMPSON
m. Roxie Ruth THOMPSON
93. Elbert Ewing TEEGARDIN m. Louisa CRANE
m. Louisa CRANE
94. Elsie May TEEGARDIN m. Calvin AMSTUTZ
m. Calvin AMSTUTZ
95. Benton M TEEGARDIN m. Pauline AMSTUTZ
m. Pauline AMSTUTZ
96. Ruey Jane TEEGARDIN m. Webster BUMFORD
m. Webster BUMFORD
97. Blanche RIDENOUR m. W T Dr MORGAN
m. W T Dr MORGAN
98. Clara RIDENOUR m1. M J MORRIS m2. Frank DICKE
m. M J MORRIS
m. Frank DICKE
103. Marguerite HARPSTER m. Robert Garrison HARTOM
m. Robert Garrison HARTOM father: Milton J HARTOM mother: Ida MOORE
106. Okley Loudemma RILEY m. A B Clifford DEMING
m. A B Clifford DEMING
110. James Mordecai JACOBS m. Charity Audrey WRIGHT
m. Charity Audrey WRIGHT father: William Thomas WRIGHT mother: Jennet MASON
111. Reuben Harpster JACOBS m.
112. Ruth Lucy JACOBS m. Arthur Emmitt GOBLE
m. Arthur Emmitt GOBLE
114. Beatrice Ann HARPSTER m. Walter Firth LANTERMAN
m. Walter Firth LANTERMAN
115. Russel Corwin HARPSTER m. Living LOWRY
m. Living LOWRY
117. Martha Lodena HARPSTER m. James Ernest CONN
m. James Ernest CONN father: Frank CONN mother: Tina Ethel MILLER
118. Roger Earl HARPSTER m1. Jean Arlene VERTNER m2. Lula Lucille FRY
m. Jean Arlene VERTNER
m. Lula Lucille FRY father: Ralph Lee FRY mother: Lula Ann BARNS
119. Floyd Jennings HARPSTER m. Ruth Adel BERRY
m. Ruth Adel BERRY father: Ernest Everett BERRY mother: Maude Irene CORLISS
120. Edna May HARPSTER m1. Walter Roe JOHNSTON m2. Charles O SAYLES
m. Walter Roe JOHNSTON father: Robert Burton JOHNSTON mother: Blanche HUNSBURGER
m. Charles O SAYLES
121. Ruby Jeanette HARPSTER m. Lloyd S WILLBUR
m. Lloyd S WILLBUR father: Frank B WILLBUR mother: Sarah A TANNER
122. Blanche FISHER m. George FEASEL
m. George FEASEL
124. Irma FISHER m. Paul RADABAUGH
m. Paul RADABAUGH
130. Rosella HARPSTER m. Ray M ELSTON
m. Ray M ELSTON
133. Bessie Ermafern SNYDER m. Kenneth Carroll BROOKS
m. Kenneth Carroll BROOKS father: Robert Malon BROOKS mother: Lucy Elizabeth CARROL
134. Frances Theabelle SNYDER m. Howard William SANDY
m. Howard William SANDY father: John William SANDY mother: Mollie Garfield FOSTER

5th generation

193. Robert Stanley HARTOM m. Eleanor G MISICK
m. Eleanor G MISICK
195. Mary Lou HARTOM m. David Alan JONES
m. David Alan JONES
197. Living HARTOM m. Myrle Dean POTTER
m. Myrle Dean POTTER
198. Living HARTOM m. Living SWEET
m. Living SWEET
201. Juanita Marjorie JACOBS m. Harvey Eugene HYMAN
m. Harvey Eugene HYMAN father: Harvey G HYMAN mother: Bess SIDLE
202. James Mordecai Jr JACOBS m. Helen Rhoda BOLLINGER
m. Helen Rhoda BOLLINGER
208. Martha Ermine LANTERMAN m. Paul Muse BURNS
m. Paul Muse BURNS father: Robert Lee BURNS mother: Emma Lee MUSE
211. Living CONN m. Living BURTON
m. Living BURTON
216. Living HARPSTER m. K D SOOTSMAN
m. K D SOOTSMAN
217. Living HARPSTER m. Living SNOOK
m. Living SNOOK
218. Robert Edgar JOHNSTON m. Betty Crane ALLEN
m. Betty Crane ALLEN
219. Living JOHNSTON m. Living WEBSTER
m. Living WEBSTER father: Living WEBSTER mother: Living (WEBSTER)
221. Living WILLBUR m. Jack O MAURER
m. Jack O MAURER father: Living MAURER mother: Living ONLEY
222. Living WILLBUR m. Living GOTHARD
m. Living GOTHARD
233. Living BROOKS m1. Living JONES m2. Living CABASOL
m. Living JONES
m. Living CABASOL
234. Living BROOKS m. Living HUSSEY
m. Living HUSSEY
235. Living BROOKS m. Living BUCK
m. Living BUCK