HARPER, Francis William

1880 - 1957  (77 years)  Submit Photo / Document

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• Name	HARPER, Francis William
  Birth	30 Jul 1880	Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Oct 1957	Deer Park, LaSalle, Illinois
  Burial	19 Oct 1957	Westmont, Dupage, Illinois
  WAC	11 Mar 2004	JRIVE
  _TAG	Reviewed on FS
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  Person ID	I3532	Joseph Smith Sr and Lucy Mack Smith
  Last Modified	19 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	HARPER, John Henry ,   b. 27 Jul 1849, Linkenhorne, Cornwall, England Linkenhorne, Cornwall, Englandd. 2 Aug 1936, Cuba, Fulton, Illinois (Age 87 years)
  Mother	MILLIKIN, Julia Amelia ,   b. 17 Jun 1853, Fountain Green, Hancock, Illinois Fountain Green, Hancock, Illinoisd. 7 Jun 1888, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1878	Colchester, McDonough, Illinois, United States
  Family ID	F1267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	SCOTT, Pearl Lillian ,   b. 16 Jun 1881, Montmorency, Whiteside, Illinois Montmorency, Whiteside, Illinoisd. 9 Nov 1936, Downers Grove, Dupage, Illinois, United States (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	30 Mar 1903	Davenport, Scotland, Iowa, United States
  Notes	~SEALING_SPOUSE: Also shown as SealSp 24 Mar 2005, MTIMP.
  Family ID	F1339	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

  Family 2	STAIB, Elsie M. ,   b. 1 Oct 1896, Troy, Wood, Ohio Troy, Wood, Ohiod. 7 Nov 1983, La Grange Park, Cook, Illinois, United States (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1938	Downers Grove, Dupage, Illinois, United States
  Family ID	F1975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Francis William 'Frank' Harper 1880-1957 Taken 1907.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  Certificate of Birth #880, Place of birth McDonough County, Colchester City, Illinois; Francis William Harper, July 30, 1880, Father John Henry Harper born Darby Chapel, England, Miner, first child; Mother Julia Amelia Millikin Born Fountain Green, Illinois. Person to certify record is Aunt Clara Irene Hendel (Julia's sister) living at Colchester, Illinois sworn on 24 July 1941 in front of Delia E. Neece Notary Public. Filed 24 July 1941. (For the purpose of Social Security records) Frank would be 60 years old at the time! Marriage License Record, No. 15, Scott County. (Davenport, Iowa) Francis W. Harper and Pearl Lillian Scott received licenses to wed 26th March 1903 15286. Certificate of marriage 30th March 1903 in Davenport, Scott county, Iowa. That I duly joined in Marriage Francis William Harper and Pearl Lillian Scott. Given under my hand, the 30th day of March 1903 Louis E. Roddewig J.P. This marriage license was also reported in the Davenport Democrat and Leader on page 8, 29 March 1903. Just the license. He was a member of Lodge 839, Berwyn, Illinois joining on 8 June 1911 and raised October 19, 1911. On the card it says that he died 15 Oct 1957. He married after his first wife died and her name was Elsie M. Certificate of death -- Place of death: LaSalle County, Deer Park township, Starved Rock Lodge; length of stay 2 days; cause of death: Coronary Thrombosis Name of deceased Francis W. Harper; Date of death: October 15, 1957; Married, Date of Birth 30 July 1880 age 77; Birthplace Colchester, Illinois; Retired Railroad Worker, Burlington Railroad; Father's name: John Harper, Mother's unknown Millikin. Never in U.S. Armed Forces; SS#707-05-0922. Informant Mrs. Elsie M. Harper, address 5400 Lane Place, Downers Grove, Wife: Died from Coronary Thrombosis Immediate His second wife's name was Elsie M. Steib, they were married in about 1938. Downers Grove Reporter No. 41 Thursday, October 1957, Page 4 Column 6 Frank W. Harper -- Funeral services for Frank W. Harper, 77, who died October. 15 at his home at 5400 Lane Plane were held October 19 at 1:30 p.m. at the Adams-Winterfield Funeral Home, the Rev. Walter W. Lanuer officiating. Mr. Harper was a resident of Downers Grove for 22 years and retired from the C.B. & Q. railroad in 1949 as supervisor of Demurrage in the transportation department. He was a Burlington employee for 43 years. He was born in Colchester, Ill., on July 30, 1880, to Mr. and Mrs. John Harper. He was a member of Berwyn Lodge 839 A.F. & A.M. and Vesta Chapter 242, O.E.S. In addition to his wife, Elsie (Steib), he is survived by 2 sisters, Mrs. Norma Dilts and Mrs. Maurine Tyldsley, both of Long Beach, California. Funeral Home number if 1-708-968-1000 Burial was 10/19/57 at Clarendon Hills cemetery, 6900 Cass Avenue, DuPage Co., Westmont, Illinois. Firm name Adams-Winterfield 4343 Main Street Downers Grove, Illinois. Grave 1, Lot 4, Block H, Section Y. This area is located in the far Northwest corner of the cemetery. There is a 8" raised granite stone with both Elsie M. & Fancis W. Harper on it. Researcher: Harry D. Galley of Rock Island, Illinois