Jacob Harpster Sr. ^{1 2 3 4}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1840 US Census in Perry Township, Wayne County, OH on June 1840. ³

1840 US Census
Page 26, Roll 432
Perry Township, Wayne County, Ohio

1 Male 60-70..Jacob Harpster..Head..(age 52)

(Living with wife, son, and 2 step-daughters.)
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• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Chester Township, Wayne County, OH on 20 September 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 350A, Family 340, Roll 740
Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Jacob Harpster..72..PA

(Living with wife, son, step-daughter, mother-in-law, and 2 step-grandsons.)

NOTE - If his birth date was in 1788, then his age should have been 61 or 62 instead of 72.
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Jacob married Susannah Lightfoot, daughter of John Lightfoot and Alice, on 22 May 1836 in , Wayne County, OH.¹ (Susannah Lightfoot was born on 20 June 1799 in Maryland,^{5 6 7} died on 23 July 1870 in Plain Township, Wayne County, OH ^{5 8 9} and was buried after 23 July 1870 in Reedsburg, OH ^{5 9}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Image: 22 May 1836, in , Wayne County, OH. ¹

• They appeared on the 1840 US Census in Perry Township, Wayne County, OH on June 1840. ³

1840 US Census
Page 26, Roll 432
Perry Township, Wayne County, Ohio


1 Male 60-70..Jacob Harpster..Head..(age 52)
1 Male Under 5..(probably Emanuel Harpster, son, age 3)

1 Female 40-50..(probably Susanna Harpster, age 40)
1 Female 15-20..(probably Ailsey Smith, step-daughter, Susanna's daughter from her 1st marriage, age 16)
1 Female 5-10..(probably Catharine Smith, step-daughter, Susanna's daughter from her 1st marriage, age 6)
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• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Chester Township, Wayne County, OH on 20 September 1850. ⁴

1850 US Census
Page 350A, Family 340, Roll 740
Chester Township, Wayne County, Ohio
Jacob Harpster..72..PA
Susanna Harpster..51..MD (Wife)
Mary A. Harpster..35..MD (possible daughter?)
Catherine Smith..18..OH (stepdaughter)
Emanuel Harpster..15..OH (son)
Jacob Harpster..6..OH (son of step-granddaughter)
John W. Harpster..5..PA (son of step-granddaughter)
H(???) Lightfoot..82..MD (probably the mother-in-law, Alice Lightfoot..82..MD)

NOTE - This census shows a multitude of people living with Jacob Harpster and Susanna Lightfoot for the 1850 census. Here is whom I believe each person was and their relationship to Jacob Harpster (as the Head of the Household):

Catherine Smith - Stepdaughter to Jacob Harpster; was a daughter of Susanna from her first marriage to John Smith.

Mary A. Harpster - unknown relationship; possibly a daughter of Jacob's from his previous marriage.

Emanuel Harpster - was the only son of Jacob Harpster and Susanna Lightfoot.

John W. Harpster - son of step-granddaughter Susanna Smith who married Jonas Harpster. Susanna Smith was the daughter of Susanna Lightfoot from her first marriage to John Smith. Neither Susanna Smith nor her husband Jonas Harpster were living with Jacob and Susanna and it is thought that both may have died. This would explain why their only child, John, was being raised by the grandmother (Susanna Lightfoot) who had remarried to Jacob Harpster.

Alice Lightfoot - probably the mother-in-law of Jacob Harpster; the handwriting for the given name is extremely difficult to read but perhaps through some creative thought processes, one can conclude that this should read as Alice Lightfoot, the mother of Susanna Lightfoot. Logically it would have to be her because of the age being 82.

Jacob Harpster - son of step-granddaughter Ailsey Smith who married Samuel Harpster; Ailsey Smith was the daughter of Susanna Lightfoot from her first marriage to John Smith. In a set of circumstances probably identical to those of John Harpster, neither Aisley Smith nor her husband Samuel Harpster were living with Jacob and Susanna and it is thought that both may have died. This would explain why their only child, Jacob, was being raised by the grandmother (Susanna Lightfoot) who had remarried to Jacob Harpster.
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  Marriage Notes:

Name: Jacob Harpster
Spouse's Name: Susan Smith
Event Date: 22 May 1836
Event Place: Wayne,Ohio
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M51420-2
System Origin: Ohio-ODM
GS Film number: 0425754 V. 4A-4B

Citing this Record:
"Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDKS-S6B : accessed 15 March 2016), Jacob Harpster and Susan Smith, 22 May 1836; citing Wayne,Ohio, reference ; FHL microfilm 0425754 V. 4A-4B.
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