http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 720 http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/search?docsPerPage%3D100;expand%3Dsubject;f1-subject%3DHarper%20family.;facet-format%3DManuscript%20Collection;facet-format%3DPhotograph%20Collection;freeformQuery%3Dcompany%20OR%20business%20OR%20manufacturing%20OR%20corporation Results for your query: docsPerPage=100;expand=subject;f1-subject=Harper family.;facet-format=Manuscript Collection;facet-format=Photograph Collection;freeformQuery=company OR business OR manufacturing OR corporation Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3316.xml Ada Watterson Yerkes was related to three families who settled early in the Western Reserve. The Harper family came from New York in 1798 and founded Harpersfield, Ohio. The Norton family came from New York before 1839 when Ada Yerkes maternal grandparents were married in Harpersfield. The Watterson family came from England in 1826 and settled in Warrensville, Ohio. Various family members served in the Civil War and were active in a number of business ventures, including the Gardner Gun Company of London, England and the Ogleby-Norton Company of Cleveland. The collection consists of correspondence, receipts, insurance policies, legal papers, genealogical material, drafts of a family history, diaries and notebooks relating to the Harper, Norton and Watterson families. http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3316.xml Wed, 01 Jan 2014 12:00:00 GMT http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3231.xml Alexander Harper, a Revolutionary War officer, brought his family to settle in Ashtabula County, Ohio (then a part of the Western Reserve) in 1798. The settlement was named Harpersfield by the family after their hometown in New York. After Alexander Harper's death in September 1798, his widow Elizabeth Harper was joined in 1799 by Alexander's brother Joseph and by her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and Aaron Wheeler. Elizabeth's children; William, Elizabeth, John A., James A., Alexander, and Robert, all became prominent members of the community. In 1814, the Harpers were among those who organized the Harpersfield Commercial Company. Most prominent of the Harper brothers was Robert, who married Polly Hendry in 1815 and began construction of the family homestead, Shandy Hall. Robert was a lawyer, farmer, businessman, Superintendent of the Public Works at Cunningham Creek, and a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. His nephew, Rice Harper, was also a prominent lawyer and businessman, and was involved ... http://catalog.wrhs.org/collections/view?docId=ead/MS3231.xml Thu, 01 Jan 2015 12:00:00 GMT