West Virginia Pioneers

Okey Johnson 'Oak' Harper

Male 1895 - 1980  (85 years)


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  • Name Okey Johnson 'Oak' Harper 
    Born 8 Jul 1895  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 31 Aug 1980  Dunbar, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Mt Moriah aka Hunt & Jarvis Cemetery, Ambler Ridge, Roane Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • 1910 living with brother John Allen Harper
    Person ID I6045  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2006 

    Father Alexander Harper,   b. 29 Dec 1824, Tazewell County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Sep 1902, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Malinda Jane Litton,   b. 19 Oct 1853, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1897  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 7 Aug 1894  [1, 2
    Divorced Abt 1896  [3
    Notes 

    • Marriage Record
      Date: 4 Aug 1894 at Richard Hunt's
      Place: Roane, West Virginia, United States
      Alexander Harper, 66, wid, Viginia; Roane Co, WV
      Mrs Malinda J. Tolly, 41, wid, Jackson Co, WV; Roane Co, WV
      Informant - Wm H Hunt
    Family ID F2094  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Emily Taylor,   b. 5 Oct 1896, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1987, Dunbar, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1913  Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Notes 
    • Roane Co Marriages Wes Cochran
      Okey J Harper 18 Roane
      Bessie E Taylor 17 Roane 5 Oct 1913

      1930 Dunbar, Kanawha, WV
      Harper, Okey J 34 m age 18
      Bessie wife 32 m age 16
      Clive son 15
      Deane son 14
    Children 
     1. Ansel Clive Harper,   b. 13 Jul 1914, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1989, Melbourne, FL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. Murray Dean Harper,   b. 27 Jan 1916, Roane County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1998, Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F10057  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S45] James and Janet Lockhart.

    2. [S15] Marriage Records, Roane Co, WV.

    3. [S89] Fran Green Daniels.

    4. [S325] Fred Taylor, PKB00892@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu, is th.