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  • Name: Levi HARPSTER
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 1 May 1842 in Allen Co, Ohio b
  • Death: 3 Jan 1898 d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • Anthony HARPSTER Birth: 9 Jan 1807 in Northumberland Co, Pennsylvania Death: 24 Jun 1883 in Gomer, Ohio
  • Mother:
  • Sophia STAPLETON Birth: 9 Feb 1810 in Fairfield Co, Ohio Death: 3 May 1901 in Gomer, Ohio

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Harriet J HARPSTER Birth: 16 Jan 1864 in Ohio Death: Mansfield, Ohio

Marriage: Children:
  1. Charles Alvin HARPSTER Birth: 11 Oct 1867 Death: Paulding, Ohio
  2. Bessie Myrtle HARPSTER Birth: 14 Dec 1885 in Cairo, Allen Co, Ohio Death: 27 Jan 1979 in Cairo, Ohio

Bibliography
  1. Census 1850, Ohio, Allen Co, Monroe, p08. M432-657. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/004189787 image 750. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 08].
  2. Breese, Mary Longsworth, Early Vital Records and Marriages of Allen County Ohio, 1831-64. SLC: GeneSocUT, 1963. Film#317318. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007725960. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Breese EarlyMarriages p[0-9]*].
  3. 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]*].
  4. 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]*].
  5. 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].
  6. Jones, June, Stapleton-DeLong-Mowery families, private email, 12/1/2002. Author address: JonesJuneM at aol dot com Information from this source tagged as [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002].
  7. 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].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p139, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009]
age 10 in 1850 [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 08],
place:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p132]
Ohio [Ref: 1850 OH Allen Monroe 08],
parents:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p139, Harter REICHELDERFER p118, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p139]
Sources with Information about marriage to Harriet SNODGRAS
date:
[Ref: Breese EarlyMarriages p109, Burkhardt BOUCHER p139],
place:
[Ref: Breese EarlyMarriages p109],
Rev:
Elias Everett J.P. [Ref: Breese EarlyMarriages p109],
child:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p140]
Sources with Information about marriage to Harriet J MILLER
date:
[Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]
1865 [Ref: June Jones 12/1/2002]
second marriage of Levi [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p140],
place:
[Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001],
child:
[Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p140]
Research Notes:
Civil War served in Co C of 151st Ohio [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p140]



Pedigree of Levi 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
|                                            |         /-----Benedicht SCHWYTZER
|                                            |        |         \-----Verena FARNI
|                                             \-----Anna SCHWYTZER
|                                                     |         /-----Peter GASSNER
|                                                      \-----Anna GASSNER
|                                                               \-----Barble KROPF
Levi 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)
 \-----Sophia 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
                                    |                           /-----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



Descendants of Levi HARPSTER
1. Levi HARPSTER m1. Harriet SNODGRAS m2. Harriet J MILLER
m. Harriet SNODGRAS
m. Harriet J MILLER

2nd generation

2. Harriet J HARPSTER m. Mike FISHER
m. Mike FISHER
3. Charles Alvin HARPSTER m. Florence EWING
m. Florence EWING
4. Bessie Myrtle HARPSTER m1. Thomas HAM m2. Samuel Milton SNYDER
m. Thomas HAM
m. Samuel Milton SNYDER father: Alfred SCHNEIDER mother: Angeline Elizabeth REIS

3rd generation

5. Blanche FISHER m. George FEASEL
m. George FEASEL
7. Irma FISHER m. Paul RADABAUGH
m. Paul RADABAUGH
13. Rosella HARPSTER m. Ray M ELSTON
m. Ray M ELSTON
16. Bessie Ermafern SNYDER m. Kenneth Carroll BROOKS
m. Kenneth Carroll BROOKS father: Robert Malon BROOKS mother: Lucy Elizabeth CARROL
17. Frances Theabelle SNYDER m. Howard William SANDY
m. Howard William SANDY father: John William SANDY mother: Mollie Garfield FOSTER

4th generation

28. Living BROOKS m1. Living JONES m2. Living CABASOL
m. Living JONES
m. Living CABASOL
29. Living BROOKS m. Living HUSSEY
m. Living HUSSEY
30. Living BROOKS m. Living BUCK
m. Living BUCK