Salome Jane Harper

1848 - 1934  (85 years)

• Name	Salome Jane Harper
  Born	20 Dec 1848	Hazel Green, Grant Co, Wisconsin
  Gender	Female
  Died	04 Apr 1934	Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa
  Person ID	I448015	Little Chute Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Moses Allen Harper,   b. 03 Jun 1814, Carmichaels, Greene Co, Pennsylvania ,   d. 19 Mar 1885, Madison, Dane Co, Wisconsin  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Hester Jane Lewis,   b. 09 Jan 1823, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, West Virginia ,   d. 13 Jan 1904, Madison, Dane Co, Wisconsin  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F165831	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Edward Bates,   b. 05 Aug 1847, Galena, Jo Daviess Co, Illinois ,   d. 31 Jan 1927, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa  (Age 79 years)
  Married	04 Mar 1869	Hazel Green, Grant Co, Wisconsin
  Children	1. Edward Allen Bates,   b. 04 Jun 1871, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa ,   d. 12 Apr 1944, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa  (Age 72 years)   2. Florence Virginia Bates,   b. 22 Nov 1873, Hazel Green, Grant Co, Wisconsin ,   d. 23 Mar 1954, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa  (Age 80 years)   3. Katherine Bates,   b. 19 Apr 1877, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa ,   d. 08 Jun 1964, Waterloo, Black Hawk Co, Iowa  (Age 87 years)   4. Katherine Lillian Bates,   b. 10 Apr 1905, New York, New York ,   d. 21 Jan 1991, Oshkosh, Winnebago Co, Wisconsin  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2022
  Family ID	F165826	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Father born PA Mother born VA Waterloo Daily Courier, Thursday, April 5, 1934 MRS. WM. BATES, RESIDENT OF CITY SINCE 1869, DIES Widow of Civil War Soldier and "Granddaughter of Revolution." Mrs. Salome Bates, 85, widow of William Bates, and a pioneer resident of Waterloo, died at midnight Wednesday at her home, 519 Fourth street east, of a complication of diseases incident to advanced age. She had been bedfast for 15 months. Mrs. Bates came to Waterloo with her husband in 1869, and Mr. Bates engaged in the produce business. Later he traveled for the grain commission trade. Salome Harper was born Dec. 20, 1848, at Hazel Green, Wis., the daughter of Moses Allen and Hester J. Harper. She grew to young womanhood there and on March 4, 1859, was married to William Bates, at Hazel Green. Husband on Sherman's March--Mr. Bates had enlisted in the Union forces at the age of 16 and served thruout the Civil War, being with Sherman on his march to the sea. The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1919 at Waterloo. Mrs. Bates was a member of Christ Episcopal church and of the Ladies' guild and Circle No. 1 of the church; and a member of the Happy Hour club. Mrs. Bates was one of two granddaughters of Revolutionary war soldiers residing in Waterloo, the other being Mrs. C.F. Brown, 420 Commercial street. Mrs. Bates' husband preceded her in death, January 31, 1927 at Waterloo. Four Children Survive--Surviving are three daugthers, Mrs. H.D. Haffa, 113 Lafayette street; Mrs. T.R. McCoy, 706 Fourth street east; and Mrs. Harland Krueger, Oshkosh, Wis.; one son, Edward Allen Bates, Chicago; two grandchildren, Dorothy Haffa and Henry Haffa, jr.; four great grandchildren; three brothers, Charles Harper, Dr. Neil Harper and J.C. Harper, all of Madison, Wis., and two sisters, Misses Caroline and Mildred Harper, both of Hazel Green, Wis. There will be a private service for the family at 2:15 p.m. Saturday at the home, 519 Fourth street east, followed by a public service at 2:30 in Christ Episcopal church, Rev. E.H. Mounsey, rector, officiating, assisted by Rev. E.D. Hull. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery, beside the grave of her husband. The body is at the Parrott & Wood funeral home.