Nora Alma Harper b. 20 May 1893 Gradyville, Adair, Kentucky, USA d. 13 Jan 1977 Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA: Smith Family Tree

Nora Alma Harper

1893 - 1977 (83 years)

Name	Nora Alma Harper [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Birth	20 May 1893	Gradyville, Adair, Kentucky, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Gender	Female
Census	1900	Gradyville, Adair, Kentucky, USA [2]
	Age: 7; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Maud and Stephen Harper
Census	1920	Ball, Sangamon, Illinois, USA [6]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Chester Sexton
Census	1930	Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA [7]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Chester
Census	1940	West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA [8]
	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Oscar Norman
Census	1950	Wea, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA [9]
	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Oscar Norman
Obituary	Jan 1977	Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA [11]
	Journal and Courier • Lafayette, Indiana • 14 Jan 1977, Fri • Page 4
		Obituary-NORMAN Alma (Harper) Obituary of NORA ALMA HARPER NORMAN • Journal and Courier • Lafayette, Indiana • 14 Jan 1977, Fri • Page 4
FSID	KH23-5MV
Death	13 Jan 1977	Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA [1, 3, 11]
	Turtle Creek Convalescent Center
Burial	Bunnell Cemetery, Frankfort, Clinton, Indiana, USA [1]
Person ID	I27395	A Tree Called Smith
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Father	Stephen Alfred Harper, b. 15 Jan 1844, Kentucky, USA d. 29 Sep 1914, Gradyville, Adair, Kentucky, USA (Age 70 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Maud Elizabeth Bradford Nelsen, b. 27 Sep 1863, Kentucky, USA d. 4 Dec 1935, Jackson Township, Jackson, Indiana, USA (Age 72 years)
Relationship	natural
Marriage	2 May 1890	Adair County, Kentucky, USA [2, 10, 12]
Family ID	F12121	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Oscar Top Norman, b. 5 Aug 1890, Summer Shade, Metcalfe, Kentucky, USA d. 6 Oct 1970, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA (Age 80 years)
Marriage	29 May 1936	Clark County, Indiana, USA [4]
	Nora Sexton and Oscar Norman
Family ID	F12116	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

Family 2 Chester Sexton, b. 25 Jun 1889, Metcalfe County, Kentucky, USA d. 30 Mar 1975, Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA (Age 85 years)

Marriage 12 Dec 1910 Adair County, Kentucky, USA [5]

Children

1. Mary Ellis Sexton, b. 8 May 1914, Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, USA

d. 22 Dec 2012, Orlando, Orange, Florida, USA

(Age 98 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]

Family ID F12122 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jul 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 20 May 1893 - Gradyville, Adair, Kentucky, USA
	Census - Age: 7; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter of Maud and Stephen Harper - 1900 - Gradyville, Adair, Kentucky, USA
	Marriage - 12 Dec 1910 - Adair County, Kentucky, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Chester Sexton - 1920 - Ball, Sangamon, Illinois, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Chester - 1930 - Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
	Marriage - 29 May 1936 - Clark County, Indiana, USA
	Census - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife of Oscar Norman - 1940 - West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
	Census - Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married to Oscar Norman - 1950 - Wea, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
	Obituary - Journal and Courier • Lafayette, Indiana • 14 Jan 1977, Fri • Page 4 - Jan 1977 - Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA
	Death - 13 Jan 1977 - Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, USA

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Obituaries

Obituary-NORMAN Alma (Harper)
Obituary of NORA ALMA HARPER NORMAN • Journal and Courier • Lafayette, Indiana • 14 Jan 1977, Fri • Page 4

Sources

[S3674] FamilySearch - Find a Grave.
[S11629] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Gradyville, Adair, Kentucky; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1240506.

1900 United States Federal Census
Year: 1900; Census Place: Gradyville, Adair, Kentucky; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 1240506
[S143] Ancestry.com, Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2015;), Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN ; Death Certificates; Year: 1977; Roll: 02.

Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011
Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Death Certificates; Year: 1977; Roll: 02
[S118] Ancestry.com, Indiana, U.S., Marriages, 1810-2001, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;).
[S260] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;).

Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
[S10231] Ancestry.com, 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Ball, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T625_406; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 117.

1920 United States Federal Census
Year: 1920; Census Place: Ball, Sangamon, Illinois; Roll: T625_406; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 117
[S9776] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2340365.

1930 United States Federal Census
Year: 1930; Census Place: Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2340365
[S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01099; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 79-36.

1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: West Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana; Roll: m-t0627-01099; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 79-36

[S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wea, Tippecanoe, Ind.

1950 United States Federal Census
United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Wea, Tippecanoe, Ind

[S3258] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Maude Harper • Jackson County Banner - Dec 1935, (Name: Jackson County Banner; Location: Brownstown, Indiana; Date: 11 Dec 1935;), Maud Elizabeth Bradford Nelson Harper Obituary.
Mrs. Maude E. Harper, age 72, died at her home in Seymour last Wednesday evening at 5:15 o'clock. She had been ill about two weeks, when she fell and suffered a fractured hip. She was born at Granville, KY September 27, 1863, and was married there to Stephen A. Harper May 4, 1889, who died twenty-one years ago.
She was a member of the Methodist church. She had lived in Seymour for the past seven years. She is survived by six children, Mrs. Dewey M Hancock at home; Bingham Harper of Seymour; Frates Harper of IL; Mrs Oscar Norman of Lafayette; Theodore Harper of Louisville, and Mrs W W Wilson of Dayton IN, and twelve grandchildren.
Funeral serivces were conducted at the Tower Funeral Home Thursday.
• Jackson County Banner • Brownstown, Indiana • 11 Dec 1935, Wed • Page 5
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89179122/jackson-county-banner/?xid=637

Obituary-HARPER Maude (Nelson)
Obituary of MAUD ELIZABETH BRADFORD NELSON HARPER • Jackson County Banner • Brownstown, Indiana • 11 Dec 1935, Wed • Page 5
[S3254] Newspapers.com: Obituary of Alma Norman • Lafayette Journal and Courier - Jan 1977, (Name: Journal and Courier; Location: Lafayette, Indiana; Date: 14 Jan 1977;), Norma Alma Harper Sexton Norman.
Alma Harper Norman, 83, died at 10:25 am Thursday in Turtle Creek Convalescent Centre. She had been a patient there four years.
Born at Gradyville, KY, Mrs Norman moved to Lafayette in 1925. In 1936 she was married here to Oscar T Norman, who owned Oscar's Auto service garage. He preceded her in death in 1970. Mrs Norman attended Southside Wesleyan Church.
Surviving are four daughters by a previous marriage, Mrs Ray (Ruth) Bartholomew, Mrs Charles (Sylvia) Anderson, and Mrs William (Betty) Kamp, all of Lafayette, and Mrs Melvin (Mary) Raney of Orlando FL; and two sisters, Mrs Elmer (Mary) McKinney of Otterbein and Mrs Perry (Dewey) Penetecost of Tipton.
• Journal and Courier • Lafayette, Indiana • 14 Jan 1977, Fri • Page 4
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89184027/journal-and-courier/?xid=637

Obituary-NORMAN Alma (Harper)
Obituary of NORA ALMA HARPER NORMAN • Journal and Courier • Lafayette, Indiana • 14 Jan 1977, Fri • Page 4
[S260] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT ; Date: 2016;).

Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965

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