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Name: Christina HARPSTER
Sex: F
Birth: 26 May 1813 in Pickaway Co, Ohio ^b
Death: 21 Aug 1898 in Henry Co, Missouri, 12 Mi South Of Clinton, Missouri ^d
Burial: Chappell Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri ^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:

Jason STRAW on 3 Jan 1836 at Putnam Co, Ohio .^m1
Jason STRAW Death: 1851 in Bowsherville, Wyandot Co, Ohio

Children:

Isaac Newton STRAW Birth: 27 Oct 1836 in Bowsherville, Wyandot Co, Ohio
Elizabeth A STRAW Birth: 22 Mar 1839 in Bowsherville, Wyandot Co, Ohio Death: Ft Wayne, Indiana
Jane STRAW Birth: 24 Mar 1841 in Bowsherville, Wyandot Co, Ohio Death: 13 Dec 1892
Charles STRAW Birth: 4 Sep 1842 in Bowsherville, Wyandot Co, Ohio Death: Deep Water, Missouri
Mary Ann STRAW Birth: 13 Apr 1846 in Bowsherville, Wyandot Co, Ohio Death: 11 Jan 1903 in Missouri
Peter STRAW Birth: 1848 in Bowsherville, Wyandot Co, Ohio Death: 1859

Bibliography

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].
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]*].
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]*].
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]*].
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].
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].
Pierce, Ruth H, Putnam County, OH, Marriages 1834-1877, Ft. Industry Chapter DAR, 1959. LDS Film#0461073. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: PutnamCoOH Marriages p[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information

date:: [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Burkhardt BOUCHER p152, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
place:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p152, Harter REICHELDERFER p118],
parents:: [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995, Burkhardt BOUCHER p152, Harter REICHELDERFER p55, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009]

Sources with Inaccurate birth and parent Information

date:: 26 May 1820 [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p118]

Sources for death Information

date:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p152, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009],
place:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p152]

Sources for burial Information

place:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p153]

Sources with Information about marriage to Jason STRAW

date:: [Ref: PutnamCoOH Marriages p244]; 1835 [Ref: Kay Bowsher 9/10/2001]; abt 1835 [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p153],
place:: [Ref: PutnamCoOH Marriages p244],
names:: [Ref: Beverly Dale 12/28/1995],
child:: [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p153, Burkhardt BOUCHER p155, Burkhardt BOUCHER p156, Burkhardt BOUCHER p158, Harter REICHELDERFER p118, Julia Moschella 9/6/2009]

Sources with Inaccurate marriage information

date:: 1835 [Ref: Bruders HARPSTER #4, Harter REICHELDERFER p118],
place:: Bowsherville [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p153, Harter REICHELDERFER p118]

Research Notes:
1852: year after death of husband, the mother moved the family to Allen County and lived at West Cairo [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p152, Harter REICHELDERFER p118]

1869: moved to Henry Co, MO [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p118]

1869: Christina and the two sons, Isaac and Charles, with their families, moved to Henry County, Missouri, locating about twelve miles south of Clinton. Here Mrs. Straw passed her last years [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p152]

1880: living with son, Isaac [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p118]

Pedigree of Christina 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
Christina 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 Christina HARPSTER

1. Christina HARPSTER m. Jason STRAW

m. Jason STRAW

2+ Isaac Newton STRAW m1. Amelia SHOCK m2. Lovina A TURNER

3+ Elizabeth A STRAW m1. James PETITT m2. William WARD

4+ Jane STRAW m. Josia SIMONS

5+ Charles STRAW m. Nancy Loretta FLUKE

6+ Mary Ann STRAW m1. Harrison WHITE m2. John GARRINGER m3. George KONTZ

7 Peter STRAW

2nd generation

2. Isaac Newton STRAW m1. Amelia SHOCK m2. Lovina A TURNER

m. Amelia SHOCK

8+ Sarah E STRAW m. Homer A DAVIS