FIFTH GENERATION

192. Rebecca Smart was born on 26 Dec 1858. She died on 8 Aug 1917. She was buried in Sharon UMC Cemetery, Fairview, NC.

She was married to John D. Harper (son of Alexander Harper and J. Lucinda "Cindy" Sales) on 5 Dec 1878. John D. Harper was born on 4 Jul 1852/53. He died on 2 Sep 1926. He was buried in Sharon UMC Cemetery, Fairview, NC. 1880 North Carolina Census for Buncombe County list the following:
Harper, John 25 and Rebecca 22.

At age 4 in 1860 John Harper was living with Millington and Rebecca Lytle,
his wife's grandparents. Rebecca Smart and John D. Harper had the following children:

child605 i. Eller Harper was born in Oct 1881.
child+606 ii. Charles Lee Harper was born in Jul 1884. He died in 1959. He was buried in Emmas Grove Cemetery, Buncombe County, NC.
child607 iii. Bess Harper.
child+608 iv. Nettie Harper was born on 9 May 1903 in Fairview, NC. She died on 7 Jan 1945. She was buried in Emmas Grove Cemetery, Buncombe County, NC.
child+609 v. Benjamin F. Harper was born on 26 Apr 1894. He died on 13 Apr 1962. He was buried in Emmas Grove Cemetery, Buncombe County, NC.
child+610 vi. Zeb L. Harper was born in 1896. He died in 1956. He was buried in Sharon UMC Cemetery, Fairview, NC.

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