Mary Ellen MATHENY ²

  General Notes:

1900 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Enoch Twp:
Thomas R. Harper, head, Dec 1867, 32, b. OH, parents b. OH, no occupation listed;
Mary E., Sep 1866, 33, 3 children, 2 living, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Altha, dau, Aug 1888, 11, b. OH, parents b. OH, at school;
Ivy, dau, Jan 1891, 9, b. OH, parents b. OH, at school.

1910 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Enoch Twp:
Thomas R. Harper, 42, 1st marriage, married 22 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH, merchant, general store;
Mary E., wife, 42, 1st marriage, married 22 yrs, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Althea E., dau, 21, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, teacher, school;
Iva M., dau, 19, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, clerk, general store;
Vesta M., dau, 8, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Bernard I., son, 3, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Mary M. Archer, servant, 22, single, b. OH, parents b. OH.

1920 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Enoch Twp:
Thomas R. Harper, 52, b. OH, parents b. OH, retail merchant, general merchant;
Mary Ellen, wife, 53, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Vesta M., dau, 18, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, teacher, elementary school;
Bernard I., son, 13, attended school, b. OH, parents b. OH.

1930 OH CENSUS, Noble Co, Enoch Twp:
Thomas R. Harper, head, 62, 1st marriage age 20, b. OH, parents b. OH, merchant, general store;
Mary E., wife, 63, 1st marriage age 21, b. OH, parents b. OH;
Bernard, son, 23, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, school teacher, grade school;
Bessie Spence, servant, 26, single, b. OH, parents b. OH, servant, private family.

OBIT: Zanesville Times Recorder -
Mrs. Mary Harper Is Taken in Death at Dexter City
Funeral Services Will Be Held at Blake Home on Saturday
Caldwell, O., June 25 - Mrs. Mary E. Matheney Harper, 69, widow of the late T.R. Harper of Dexter City, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. J. O. Miller at Dexter City early Thursday morning following a long illness.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Matheney, and was born and raised east of Caldwell. She lived her entire life in Noble county. The deceased was a member of this First Church of Christ in Caldwell.
Funeral services will be held from the home of Mr. and Mrs. P.R. Blake in Dexter City Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment will be made in Olive Cemetery, Caldwell, with the Headley funeral home in charge. Rev. J. Hubert Smith of Caldwell will conduct last rites.
Surviving Mrs. Harper are two daughters and a son, Mrs. P.R. Blake, Mrs. J.O. Miller and Bernard Harper, all of Dexter City. Two daughters, Vesta and Orpha, are deceased. Four sisters and brothers also survive: Mrs. Nelie Moore, east of Caldwell, Mrs. Alice Mallett, Rado; Mrs. Vesta Mendenhall, Zanesville; Mrs. Josie Epler, near Zanesville; Clyde and Andrew Matheney, Columbus; Clarence Matheney, Bowling Green; and John Matheney, of Cleveland. An uncle, R.J. Matheney, of Zanesville, and several cousins also survive.
(from Find a Grave)

FIND A GRAVE:
Olive Cem, Caldwell, Noble Co, OH -
Mary E. Harper
1866 - 1936

Mary married Thomas Riley HARPER on 7 Jan 1887 in Noble Co, OH.¹ (Thomas Riley HARPER was born in Dec 1867 in OH,³ died in 1933 in OH ⁴ and was buried in Olive Cem, Caldwell, Noble Co, OH ⁴.)