Lottie Blair Lewis Hodson was an older half-sister to Birda.
(Their father was Siney Lewis Sr, but they were born to different mothers.)
After Lottie's husband, Allan K. Hodson died in 1904, she remarried a man named Joseph P. Harper (of Salida, Caffee, Colorado) on 17 Oct 1906 in Salt Lake City, UT.
Thus, she became Lottie Blair Lewis Hodson Harper.... or just Lottie Harper.
No photo exists of Joseph P. Harper to my knowledge
Marriage License Application:
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| SOURCE: familysearch.org Film# 0429065 |
Marriage License:
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| SOURCE: familysearch.org Film #049298 |
Newspaper notice:
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| SOURCE: Vernal Express 1906, Oct 27, p.3 |
My initial impressions of Joseph P. Harper are not favorable, as 11 months later when Lottie died due to complications in childbirth, Joseph expressed no interest in caring for his new baby or the 5 year-old son from Lottie's previous marriage, and essentially skipped town. I can find no further trace on Joseph Harper, and honestly don't care to. This is about as far into the story as he ties.
Lottie's probate record, p.33:
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| SOURCE: Lottie Hodson Harper probate 8th Dist Court, Uintah Co, Probate Case Files, Case 137-138, UT State Archives, Series 14198 Researched Aug 2013 Text highlighted by me |
Lottie's probate record transcribed (highlighted portion only):
"... That the husband of said deceased, Joseph Harper, who is entitled to letters of administration, refuses to take them and has said he will not bother with it and turned the whole matter over to your petitioner with the request that he see to it, and that the said Joseph Harper has left this County...."
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