Hannah surname may be from a previous marriage.
Mary Redman ... She passed away in 1900.
Sources
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VH4K-58L : accessed 16 September 2015), Elijah W Harper and Mary Jane Hannah, 18 Sep 1845; citing , Gibson, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,434,696.
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJX-K24 : accessed 16 September 2015), Mary Jane Harper in household of Adam Harper, Columbia, Gibson, Indiana, United States; citing family 75, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FL-SXS : accessed 16 September 2015), Mary J Harper in household of Elijah W Harper, Columbia Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 216, household ID 1477, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 803,260.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXL-MGQ : accessed 16 September 2015), Mary J Harper in household of Elijah W Harper, Indiana, United States; citing p. 6, family 42, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,815.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH9M-D4W : accessed 16 September 2015), Mary J Harper in household of Elijah Harper, Columbia, Gibson, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district 106, sheet 195B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0279; FHL microfilm 1,254,279.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM1Q-M7F : accessed 16 September 2015), Mary J Harper in household of Elijah Harper, Columbia Township (excl. Oakland City), Gibson, Indiana, United States; citing sheet 12A, family 242, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,372.
(Gives maiden name Rodman) "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, Family Search (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXG4-YQS : accessed 29 September 2015), James L Harper and Nellie C Powers, 26 Dec 1912; citing , Dubois, Indiana, county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,435,913.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mary by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mary: