Descendants of Grace L Harpe

Generation No. 1

1.  GRACE L HARPE  d/o Aaron Harpe and Cora Ellen Land was born February 15, 1883, and died June 25, 1963 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX.  She married (1) WILLIAM S SPRINKLE April 15, 1900 in Perry Co., IN, son of ADEN SPRINKLE and SARAH LAMPKIN.  He was born January 02, 1874 in Perry Co., IN, and died July 04, 1919 in Perry Co., IN.  She married (2) THOMAS EDWIN HARRISON May 06, 1915 in Indiana, son of CALVIN HARRISON and LEAH CRABTREE.  He was born October 17, 1873 in West Virginia, and died October 31, 1941 in Rockport, Spencer, Indiana.

More About GRACE L HARPE:

Burial: Sunset Hill Cemeter, Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana

More About WILLIAM S SPRINKLE:

Burial: Walker Cemetery

Notes for THOMAS EDWIN HARRISON:

Thomas E Harrison

in the U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970

Name:    Thomas E Harrison

Service Number: C-2433267

Service Branch:   Army

Unit:       16 Inft.

Company:    C.

Enlistment Date: 21 May 1898

Discharge Date:   16 Jan 1899

Death Date: 31 Oct 1941

Cemetery:     Sunset Cemetery

Cemetery Location:    Rockport, Indiana, USA

More About THOMAS EDWIN HARRISON:

Burial: Sunset Hill Cemeter, Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana

Children of GRACE HARPE and WILLIAM SPRINKLE are:

2.                i.    WILMA ALLEEN SPRINKLE, b. August 29, 1900, Branchville, Indiana; d. November 22, 1972, Evansville Indiana.

3.               ii.    ELSIE A SPRINKLE, b. June 09, 1903, Branchville, Indiana; d. April 25, 2007, Tallahassee, Leon Co., Florida.

                 iii.    WILLIAM EMIL SPRINKLE, b. March 19, 1906, Branchville, Indiana; d. September 07, 2000, New Albany; m. FLETA MARY ANDREW, September 23, 1940; b. October 04, 1915; d. June 10, 2006, New Albany.

Notes for WILLIAM EMIL SPRINKLE:

Indianapolis Star, The (IN) – September 9, 2000

WILLIAM EMIL SPRINKLE,

94, New Albany, formerly of Indianapolis, died Sept. 7. He was a machinist 35 years for Link-Belt, retiring in 1971. He also had been a barber for several years. He was a member of Englewood Masonic Lodge. Memorial contributions may be made to Vevay (Ind.) United Methodist Church. Graveside services: 2:30 p.m. Sept. 10 in Vevay Cemetery. Calling: noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 10 in Haskell & Morrison Funeral Home, Vevay. Survivors: wife Fleta Mary Sprinkle sisters Elsie Heath , Esther Padgett .

More About WILLIAM EMIL SPRINKLE:

Burial: Vevay Cemetery

Notes for FLETA MARY ANDREW:

Madison Courier, The (IN) – June 12, 2006

Fleta Mary Andrew Sprinkle, 90, of 1200 Whitlach Way, Milan, died Saturday, June 10, 2006, at Ripley Crossing in Milan.

She was born Oct. 4, 1915, on the Andrew Farm near Vevay, the daughter of Clair Craig and Katie Pickett Andrew. She had lived in Mount Sterling, Indianapolis and Jeffersonville.

She was a beauty operator, owning and operating her own shop,

She is survived by several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William Emil Sprinkle, whom she married Sept. 23, 1940, and who died Sept. 7, 2000; and two brothers, Stanley and Paul Andrew.

There will be a graveside service at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at Vevay Cemetery.

More About FLETA MARY ANDREW:

Burial: Vevay Cemetery

                 iv.    SARAH SPRINKLE, b. October 23, 1909, Branchville, Indiana.

4.               v.    MARY LEE SPRINKLE, b. October 23, 1909, Branchville, Indiana; d. March 31, 1965, Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana.

                 vi.    RALPH SPRINKLE, b. January 03, 1911, Branchville, Indiana; d. November 29, 1943, Sicily (World War II).

More About RALPH SPRINKLE:

Burial: Sunset Hill Cemetery Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana

5.             vii.    OSCAR LAFAYETTE SPRINKLE, b. April 04, 1916, Branchville, Perry Co., IN; d. January 08, 1966, Indianapolis, Indiana.

6.            viii.    ESTHER GRACE SPRINKLE, b. April 20, 1919, Branchville, Indiana.