Jacob Harper  b. 1791 Kentucky
and he married
Jemima Rose
(the name "Rouse" from Germany) b. 1797 KY.
This reseach and the pictures come from the files of Sara Harper:
**Soon I will add the photos of Jacob & Jemima Harper
(the copies are a bit on the dark side and have been hard to scan)
Jacob Haper b. 16 NOV 1791 and *Jemima Rose b. 1797
*Married: 31 Mar 1812 in Knox County Indiana (da. of Rebecca Thikston
and Martin Rose) Martin was b. 26 Oct 1760 in Germany.
Martin Rose was the
son of Gottlieb Rose and Maria (Barbary). The Rose family came
from Bingen, Germany. The name was probably "Rouse".
Martin was in the Revolutionary War.
Jacob and Jemima
The first child of Jacob & Jemima was Charles Rose Harper
He was born 1824 in Vincennes, Knox, Indiana.
(Source: Letter written to relatives)
*interesting: he was born 12 yrs after they were married?

He married Susan Bain and he became a doctor.