HARPER Robert Christie

Robert married RHODES Nancy Alice on 14 Aug 1976. Nancy was born on 21 Jul 1952 in Berryville, Carroll, AR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. HARPER Robin Clark was born on 10 Mar 1984 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA.

James married WESTBROOK Meryl Olive on 31 Mar 1944. Meryl (daughter of WESTBROOK Maitland Ollie, Sr. and HANSFORD Ruth Mary) was born on 10 Jul 1917 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; died in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA; was buried in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Meryl, her daughter Patricia, and Pat's daughter, Rebecca Lynn, attended a Westbrook family reunion at the home of Shirley & Jean G. Johnson in May 1989. She died sometime after that at her home in Little Rock, Ark. and is buried there.

INFO ON JOHN P. WESTBROOK FAMILY WAS COMPILED BY JEAN GOODRICH JOHNSON FROM BIBLE OWNED IN 1995 BY JOHN JOSEPH WESTBROOK, SANDSTON, VA.
BIBLE WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED TO ROSA ADELAIDE WESTBROOK SLEDGE BY HER HUSBAND, JOHN HENRY SLEDGE ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER 25TH BIRTHDAY ON 1/27/1884.
SHE BEQUETHED THE BIBLE TO HER NEPHEW, JOSEPH PAUL WESTBROOK, THE FATHER OF JOHN JOSEPH WESTBROOK. THE CHILDRENS' INFO VERIFIED TO CENSUS RECORDS BY PAT HARPER HARRIS, DTR. OF MERYL O. WESTBROOK HARPER.

5-12-05---See email from JGJ to Carolyn Bowyer in MY DOCUMENTS-GENEALOGY folder for information sent to her.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1175
• Occupation: 1917, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Farming
• Residence: 1917, Waverly, Sussex County, VA; Residence, Route # 2,
• Military: 5 Jun 1917, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; WW-I Draft Registration

Maitland married HANSFORD Ruth Mary on 25 Feb 1915. Ruth (daughter of HANSFORD Jefferson Davis and MAYNARD Ann Elizabeth) was born in 1891; died in 1966; was buried in Waverly, Sussex County, VA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1176

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1174

Notes:

1/4 Ac. for burying ground . Deed Book 41 Pg. 376. Sept. 2, 1933 From Joseph Paul Westbrook and Ovlyn F. Westbrook to Descendants of Joseph Percy Westbrook.

Possible unknown son:
Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1917 for J.P. Westbrook
Name:Purnell Westbrook          
Gender:Male          
Baptism/Christening Date:          
Baptism/Christening Place:          
Birth Date:21 Apr 1879          
Birthplace:Surry Co., Virginia          
Death Date:          
Name Note:          
Race:          
Father (or Slave Owner):J.P. Westbrook          
Father's Birthplace:          
Father's Age:          
Mother's Name:Otelia Westbrook          
Mother's Birthplace:          
Mother's Age:          
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:C86868-4          
System Origin:Virginia-EASy          
Source Film Number:34153          
Reference Number:p 59          

Joseph married JAMES Otelia Florence on 16 Feb 1875. Otelia (daughter of Dr. JAMES Richard Henry and BOOTH Georgianna Elizabeth) was born on 5 Oct 1856; died on 20 Aug 1937 in Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; was buried in Surry County, VA (Westbrook Family Cemetary). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1173
• Alt. Birth: 1858; Tombstone
• Baptism: 1877, Dendron, Surry, Virginia, United States; Baptized into Carsley Methodist Church
• Death: 20 Aug 1937

Notes:

In the obituary of Otelia Florence Westbrook, in the Sussex Gazette, August 1937, she was the daughter of Dr. J. J. James, a prominent physician, in Southampton County; however the family bible shows she was the daughter of Dr. Richard Henry James, and John James as her grandfather. Her pictures shown in Brother's Keeper at #1583 were taken on the front porch of her home located on Rt. 601,(Laurel Spring Dr.) about 1 mile off Rt. 40 (MLK Hwy.). Others shown in the group pictures were her daughter, Pearl throwing a snowball at her brother, Moses, and possibly neighbors, Sidney and Sam Riggan,

Baptism:
Baptism info from The Church Register of the Surry Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church South 1853-1937

Death:
Otelia Florence James b. 10-5-1856 died 8-20-1937 at home of daughter Pearl Westbrook Goodrich

Notes:

Married:
LVA Catalogs
Title James, Otelia Florence, Surry County; Westbrook, Joseph Persons, Surry County, married.          
Note Rural Messenger (Petersburg, Va.) (Film 254).          
Note February 27, 1875, page 67, column 4.          
    
Biog./Hist. Note A proper name and subject index covering more than 40 newspaper titles primarily published in Petersburg, Va., 1797-1877. Originally a Works Progress Administration (WPA) project, the card index, from which this database was created, is comprised of 43,810 typed 3 x 5 cards with detailed entries for proper names and subjects including births, marriages, deaths, property sales, and chancery suits. Local events are covered in great detail, including the period of reconstruction following the Civil War.          
Subject - PersonalJames, Otelia Florence.          
Westbrook, Joseph Persons.          
Genre/FormMarriages.          
SubjectPetersburg (Va.) -- Indexes.          
Petersburg (Va.) -- Newspapers -- Indexes.          
Added EntryLibrary of Virginia.          
Petersburg Public Library (Petersburg, Va.)          
Added TitlePetersburg Public Library newspaper index, 1797-1877.          
         
System Number001465860          

Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940 for J. P. Westbrook
    
Groom's Name: J. P. Westbrook          
Groom's Birth Date: 1851          
Groom's Birthplace: Sussex          
Groom's Age: 24          
Bride's Name: O. F. James          
Bride's Birth Date: 1857          
Bride's Birthplace: Surry          
Bride's Age: 18          
Marriage Date: 16 Feb 1875          
Marriage Place: Surry, Virginia          
Groom's Father's Name: J. P. Westbrook          
Groom's Mother's Name: M J. Westbrook          
Bride's Father's Name: R. H. James          
Bride's Mother's Name: G. A. James          
Groom's Race:          
Groom's Marital Status: Single          
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:          
Bride's Race:          
Bride's Marital Status: Single          
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:          
Indexing Project (Batch) Number:M86868-4          
System Origin:Virginia-EASy          
Source Film Number:34153          
Reference Number:P.16 #32          

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Oyster planter
• Will Proved: 19 Feb 1945; Estate Settled

Jefferson married MAYNARD Ann Elizabeth. Ann was born in Jun 1860; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Betty