Peter Harpster

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Research of:
Robert K Bruders
4620 SE Salquist Road
Gresham, OR 97080
United States
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From THE HARPSTER FAMILY
Peter Harpster married Elizabeth Bowsher, born in Berks Co., Penn in 1784 died in 1859. She was a daughter of Anthony Bowsher who was soldier of the Revolution. She married Peter Harpster in 1803 in North Cumberland Co. Peter was the son of Jacob. Peter and Elizabeth came to Ohio in 1808 and were a part of the party headed by her father Anthony who founded the "Island" home near Circleville. After the canal was located in Pickaway Co. the construction so devastated the land of Peter that it was concluded to move farther West. They first went to Bowsherville and remained until 1833, at which time it was decided to locate to Allen County. A roadway was cleared in part and the new home was founded, far into the wilds of the sparsely settled wilderness. Peter was on the first Board of Trustees of Monroe Twp. in 1835 and in 1837 he and his two sons, Anthony and Jacob, were charter members of the first Lutheran congregation of the county. Peter was the first elder of the church. In the home surrounded by a large family they lived to a ripe old age and wirnessed the development of the community. A large tract of valuable land was improved and numerous kindred of respresentative people trace to the Harpster homestead. Many of these have gone into other states and have become factors in the localities of their selection.
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Peter and Elizabeth came to Ohio in 1808 and were a part of the party headed by her father, Anthony, who founded the "Island" home near Circleville. After the canal was located in Pickaway County the construction so devastated the land of Peter that it was concluded to move farther West. They first went to Bowsherville and remained until 1833, at which time it was decided to locate in Allen County. [Ref: Burkhardt BOUCHER p128]
after canal construction, moved to Bowsherville, Wyandot Co, OH [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p55]

1833: moved to Allen Co, OH [Ref: Harter REICHELDERFER p55]

1850: located in Monrow/Monroe Twp, Allen Co, OH [Ref: 1850 HARPSTER Peter]

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Peter married Elizabeth Bowsher, daughter of Anthony Bowsher and Christina Barbara Reichelderfer, in 1803 in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. (Elizabeth Bowsher was born on 19 Apr 1783 in Albany, Berks County, Pennsylvania, died in 1859 in Ohio and was buried in Early Brenneman Cemetery in Allen County, Ohio.)

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