Mark Burl Harper (1883 - 1963)

Mark was born in Texas in 1883 to Joseph Harper and Lucinda Garrett. He lived for a time in Oklahoma, where he married at age 32, but he returned to Texas by the 1930 Census, where he remained for the rest of his life. His death certificate states that he was an oil and gas driller. Mark died in 1963 at 79 years old.

Timeline with Sources

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• 1883 Oct 2 - Birth - Lamar, Texas

• 1900 US Federal Census[1] p 10b family #201 - Precinct 5 (south part), Lamar, Texas

• 1910 United States Federal Census[2] p 4A family #69 - Justice Precinct 6, Lamar, Texas

• 1918 Sep 12 - McCurtain, Oklahoma - U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918[3]
  • Name: Mark Burl Harper
  • Race: White
  • Birth Date: 2 Oct 1884
  • Residence Place: McCurtain, Oklahoma, USA
  • Relative: George Harper, brother

• 1922 Sep 9 - Marriage to Ora Lee Florence - Carter, Oklahoma - Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995-$[4]
  • Name: M B Harper
  • Gender: Male
  • Age: 32
  • Birth Date: abt 1890
  • Marriage Date: 9 Sep 1922
  • Marriage Place: Carter, Oklahoma, USA
  • Spouse: Ora Florence
  • Film Number: 001313691

• 1930 United States Federal Census[5] p 9B family #243 - Precinct 2, Gray, Texas

• 1937 Sep 7 - Birth of son Mark Burl Harper, Jr - Gray, Texas

• 1939 Dec 7 - Birth of daughter Mary Lou Harper - Gray, Texas

• 1940 United States Federal Census[6] p 2B family #43 - Gray, Texas - Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade

• 1942 - Lefors, Texas - U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942[7]
  • Name: Mark Burl Harper
  • Gender: Male
  • Residence Age: 57
  • Birth Date: 2 Oct 1885
  • Residence Date: 1942
  • Residence Place: Lefors, Texas, USA

• 1963 Feb 19 - Death - Pampa, Gray, Texas - Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982[8] Cert #09008
  • Name: Mark Burl Harper
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White
  • Age: 78
  • Birth Date: 2 Oct 1883
  • Birth Place: Texas
  • Residence: Lefors, Gray, Texas, USA
  • Death Date: 19 Feb 1963
  • Death Place: Pampa, Gray, Texas, USA
  • Father: Joseph William Harper
  • Mother: Lucinda Garrett

• 1963 Feb - Burial - Lefors Memorial Heights Cemetery, Lefors, Gray County, Texas - Find A Grave: Memorial #8254063