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Surnames: Carper, Reifsneider, Firestone
Classification: queries
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Looking for information on Philip Carper, born about 1800 in PA. He was married at least
twice - Catherine Reifsneider in 1831 and Maria(h) Firestone in 1841 (both marriages in
Stark County, OH - family resided there until at least 1850).
Philip had the following children per the 1850 census: Sophia, William, Monroe (my
grandfather - mother was Catherine Reifsnyder), Alfred, Harriet, Almira, Eleanor, &
Mordicai. The family must have moved to Whitley, Indiana, where Philip died in 1854.
Philip's son, Monroe, moved to Iowa and by 1860. Later in 1880, "mother"
Maria (step-mother who was probably more like a mother to him since I assume Catherine
died young) was living with Monroe's family in Polk County, IA.
Looking for any information anyone else might have on this family. Was Philip the son of
Nicholas Carper & Catherine Voltz? Who were Catherine Reifsneider's parents?