William H. Harper⚭ Clarissa (maiden name garbled in OCR
childrenMary A. (wife of R. K. Cyphers) · Thomas W. (attorney, Terre Haute, Indiana) · James H. (enlisted in Ohio volunteer infantry at age 15, taken prisoner)
Their story
What the record says
A Ohio biographical county history (Allen County, Ohio).
Born March 29, 1819 on the family homestead farm in Greene County, Ohio.
Physician.
Studied medicine at age 21 with Drs.
John Dawson & Williams, attended Medical College at Louisville KY and Starling Medical College at Columbus OH, graduating 1852.
Began practice 1843 at Fairfield, then Bellbrook, and located permanently in Lima in 1845, practicing until retirement in 1893.
Member and past president of Allen County Medical Society.
Organized and first president of Northwestern Medical Society.
Original stockholder and director of Lima National Bank.
Postmaster of Lima under President Andrew Johnson.
Republican since 1854.
Member of the Christian church.
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