Record Of The Harper Family

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Excerpt from Records of the Harper Family In 1894, Mrs. Jane Cowles Ford was appointed Historian of the Harper Family; and in 1899, after much conscientious arid pains taking labor she presented the manuscript which she had compiled to the Family Association. A Publishing Committee was appointed, consisting of Mr. Robert A. Austin, of Chicago, as Chairman, Cap tain E. 'r. Palmer, of Omaha, Neb., Mr. E. R. Harper, of Denver, Colo., and Carrie Harper White, of Colorado Springs, Colo. The manuscript was placed in their hands for further action. At the re union of the following year 1900, the Chairman of the Committee reported that, owing to the fact that the Records were received from so many different sources and that there was so much repetition, it would be impossible to print the work in book form until it had been largely re-written. Carrie Harper White was appointed to assume this task, which she has performed ti) the best of her ability, with the material at her disposal. It seems quite eminently fitting that this short sketch of the life of Jane Cowles Ford, who compiled the material for the following Records of the Harper Family should have an important place. This sketch is a tribute of Ford's daughter, Carrie Ford Searle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.