![]() In an earlier post, I noted that I had not found estate records for the McGowans. Tillman McGowan and wife Charity McGowan died within days of one another in 1892. Leave a comment Notice of sale of McGowan’s lot. Posted in 1900s, Education, Wilson County and tagged Greene County NC, Harper, Lincoln University, yearbook on Novemby Lisa Y. ![]() to Stephen Harper was married to Olive Sagerna Harper was a minister and teacher. Per his death certificate, he was born 10 September 1878 in Hookerton, N.C. Joseph Burton Harper died 19 April 1940 at his home at 810 Holly Street, Rocky Mount. Harper, 51 wife Olive, 49 and children Stella, 11, and Robert, 9, plus several lodgers. In the 1930 census of Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County: at 810 Holly Street, Presbyterian minister Joseph B. In the 1920 census of Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County: at 606 East Goldleaf, Presbyterian minister Joseph Burton Harper, 41 wife Olive, 39 and daughter Stella, 11. Per his registration card, he was born 10 September 1877 lived at 606 Gold Leaf, Rocky Mount was a minister and teacher and his nearest relative was Olive Sagerna Harper. In 1918, Joseph Burton Harper registered for the World War I draft in Edgecombe County. Harper, 32, and wife Olive S., 28, music teacher. In the 1910 census of Rocky Mount, Edgecombe County: at 408 East Goldleaf, Presbyterian clergyman and teacher Joseph B. ![]() In the 1900 census of Hookerton township, Greene County: farmer Stephen Harper, 57 wife Dilsey, 58 and children Edney, 37, Joseph B., 23, and Herbert C., 22 plus niece Sarah Edwards, 17. In the 1880 census of Hookerton township, Greene County: laborer Stephen Harper, 48 wife D.A., 44 and children Edna, 17, John C., 13, Joseph B., 3, and Herbert C., 2. His senior bio, however, listed his birthplace as Hookerton, in Greene County, and I’ve found no other records that place him as a Wilson County resident. Lincoln University‘s 1900 yearbook listed Wilson, N.C., as Joseph Burton Harper‘s permanent address.
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