Francis H. Harper

1820 - 1872  (52 years)

• Name	Francis H. Harper  [1]
  Birth	23 Apr 1820	Berkley, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Burial	1872	Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States   [2, 3]
  Death	23 Apr 1872	Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States   [1]
  Person ID	I21169	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family	Caroline E. Rider,   b. 10 Oct 1822, Brookhaven Town, Suffolk, New York, United States d. 28 Oct 1865, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 43 years)
  Children	1. Sarah A Harper,   b. 28 Aug 1839, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America d. 12 Sep 1863, Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States of America (Age 24 years)   2. George B. Harper, ^,   b. 1844, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States d. 18 Mar 1872, at sea (Age 28 years)   3. Josephine Harper,   b. 19 Nov 1846, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States d. 1 Oct 1929, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States (Age 82 years)
  Family ID	F8668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 May 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Little has been found on either George or Francis Harper, both likely mariners, and one clearly lost at sea. The died a month apart. My suspicion is that they were related, and both sojourner victims of a ship wreck off Fire Island. Why their death dates are different is unexplained. A search of references on Fire Island ship wrecks has not yet found their names.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1758] , gravestone, Oaklawn Cemetery, Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY (); May, 2005 (N.p.: n.p., n.d.). [S1766] , Oaklawn Cemetery, Hamlet of Brookhaven, Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, NY (includes gravestones and cemetery association records) (N.p.: n.p., n.d.). [S1775] , , , ; , Records of the Oaklawn Cemetery Association, Oaklawn Cemetery Association, Brookhaven, NY 11719. (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).