Children of "Marvin" H. Harper, Sr. and "Minnie" Belle
Brooks Harper - Troy "Raymond" Brooks and Mary
"Christine" Brooks
(Harper-Page 11)
Troy "Raymond" Harper, the son of "Marvin" H. Harper,
Sr. and "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper, was born in Dunklin
County, Freeborn Township (Near Clarkton), Missouri on
October 6, 1909 and died in Dunklin County, Holcomb,
Missouri on September 23, 1915. He died of typhoid fever.
He was buried at Mount Zion Cemetery, Pemiscot County,
Steele, Missouri.

Mary "Christine" Harper, the daughter of "Marvin" H.
Harper, Sr. and "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper, was born in
Pemiscot County, Steele, Missouri on December 11, 1916
and died in Pemiscot County, Steele, Missouri on December
6, 1920. She died of ulcerative colitis.

















The picture above is of the headstone for Mary "Christine"
Harper.  The inscription on the headstone says "Gone but
not forgotten". The headstone is next to the headstone of her
mother and father. Even though the headstone says
"Christine M. Harper" on Harper-Page 18 there is a copy
of a page from the bible of "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper
where "Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper wrote her daughter's
name as Mary "Christine" Harper and wrote down both her
birth date and death date. On the headstone it states her
death date as December 5, 1920 and in her bible "Minnie"
Belle Brooks Harper also wrote the death date of her
daughter as December 5, 1920 but the death certificate
differs and states her death date as December 6, 1920.

The dates of both the births and deaths of Troy "Raymond"
Harper and Mary "Christine" Harper were recorded by
"Minnie" Belle Brooks Harper in her bible and also in the
Golden Wedding Book celebrating the 50th anniversary of
"Marvin" H. Harper, Sr. and "Minnie" Belle Brooks
Harper.

Troy "Raymond" Harper is also listed in the 1910 Federal
Census. Although a copy of the death certificate of Troy
"Raymond" Harper could not be found but a copy of the
death certificate of Mary "Christine" Harper can be seen on
Harper-Page 20.

To go to a link for the burial site of Mary "Christine"
Harper click on the link below:

Link to the Burial Site of Mary "Christine" Harper

To go to a link for the burial site of Troy "Raymond"
Harper click on the link below:

Link to the Burial Site of Troy "Raymond" Harper

Sources:

Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, Provo,
UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, Online
publication - Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal
Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations
Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film
numbers, visit the following NARA web page: <a
href="http://www.archives.gov/publications/microfilm-catalo
gs/census/1910/">NARA</a>.Original data - United States
of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the
United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives
and Records Administration, 1910.T624, 1,178 rolls.
Freeborn, Dunklin, Missouri, ED , roll T624_780, part , page
.