William Bassel Carper^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1864 - 1953  (88 years)

• Name	William Bassel Carper
  Born	12 Jul 1864	Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 May 1953	Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia   [6]
  Buried	Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia   [7, 8]
  Person ID	P1141	Robert Jackson
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2020

  
  

  Father	William Currence Carper,   b. 1826, VA (now West Virginia) ,   d. 1913  (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Martha Bassel,   b. 17 Feb 1833, Browns Creek, Harrison Co., VA (now West Virginia) ,   d. 14 Aug 1921, Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia  (Age 88 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	24 Nov 1863	Upshur Co., West Virginia   [9, 10]
  Family ID	F278	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ellen 'Ella' Jackson,   b. 28 May 1866, Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia ,   d. 13 Jul 1964, Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia  (Age 98 years)
  Married	9 Oct 1888	Upshur Co., West Virginia   [10]
  Children	1. William Currence Carper, Jr.,   b. 7 Oct 1889, Upshur Co., West Virginia ,   d. date unknown  [natural]   2. Hattie Virginia Carper,   b. 25 Apr 1892, Upshur Co., West Virginia ,   d. 1984  (Age 91 years)  [natural]   3. Ruth Lee Carper,   b. 8 Mar 1894, Upshur Co., West Virginia ,   d. 1981  (Age 86 years)  [natural]   4. Minter Jackson Carper,   b. 13 May 1895, Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia ,   d. 27 Apr 1965, Wheeling, Ohio Co., West Virginia  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   5. Henry Bassel Carper,   b. 22 Apr 1900, West Virginia ,   d. 1921  (Age 20 years)  [natural]   6. Mary Ellen Carper,   b. Abt 1900, Buckhannon, Upshur Co., West Virginia ,   d. date unknown  [natural]
  Last Modified	5 Jul 2020
  Family ID	F279	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Quote from the Jackson Ledger: "'Married Ella Jackson, a great-great-granddaughter of John Jackson who came from New Jersey.' This statement in Hon. William C. Carper's handwrite helps to establish the fact that S. A. (Stephen Alonzo) Jackson is right in the connection."

  
  

• Sources

  [S347984669] Jackson Ledger from Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants, (http://www.jacksonfamilygenealogy.com/pages/transcribernotesledger.htm), 38. [S347984830] 1870 U.S. Census, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7163), Upshur Co, WV. [S347984795] 1880 U.S. Federal Census, (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6742), Upshur Co, WV. [S347984917] Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley West Virginia, Volume II, Callahan, James Morton, Professor of History, West Virginia University, (1912), P. 798. [S347984925] LDS IGI Records, (). [S347984754] West Virginia Vital Records Online, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx). Death Record for William Bassel Carper [S347984903] West Virginia, Deaths 1853-1970 at Family Search, (http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#c=1417434;p=collectionDetails;t=searchable.). [S347984674] Find A Grave Website, (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi), Memorial# 37133791. [S347984688] McWhorter Jackson Sketches, 23. [S347984902] Rootsweb chart of Dave Sheridan: Kerper, Sheridan & related family tree, Sheridan, Dave email david.sheridan add the at villanova add the dot edu, (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kerper&id=I9).