1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia, Chapel Grove Precinct
Enumeration District 21, Page 5
Dwelling 42, Family 42
Harper, W., white, male, 66, married, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Harper, M. J., white, female, 60, wife, married, keeping house, cannot read or write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Harper, J. T., white, male, 24, son, single, working at saw mill, cannot read or write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Harper, M. J., white, female, 20, daughter, single, at home cannot read or write, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Clarke, James, white, male, 13, nephew, single, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia

On 22 April 1938 in Rappahannock District, Essex County, Virginia, James Thomas Harper died. He was male; white; widower; spouse was Mary Aster[?] Harper, deceased; born 8 August 1858; age 80 years, 8 months, 14 days; occupation farmer; born in Essex County, Virginia; father was Watkins Harper, who was born in Essex County, Virginia; mother was Martha Jane Tucker, who was born in Essex County, Virginia; informant Miss M. E. Harper of Upright, Virginia; burial in Essex County [one or two words illegible] on 25 April 1938; attended by physician from 1937 to 21 April 1938; death occurred at 5 a.m.; cause of death heart enlargement and anaemia[?]. [Commonwealth of Virginia, Certificate of Death 9184.]