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On Monday, February 7, 1876, Charity Harper died in the county of Halimand, North Cayuga, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 28 years, 10 months, 25 days of childbirth fever.[1]<\/a>  She left behind her husband, John Harper, and 4 young children:  Frances age 7, John age 4, William age 2, and infant George.  By 1881, the four children were living with Charity\u2019s mother, Lucy Street.[2]<\/a>  The Canadian census for that year makes no mention of the children\u2019s father.  This young family could easily have disappeared into the dustbin of history, particularly since the family was \u201ccolored\u201d.  Fortunately, that was not the case.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canfield, Halimand County, Ontario<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to\nWikipedia, the county of Halimand, Ontario, was opened for general settlement\nin 1832.  The land comprising Halimand County\nwas surrendered by the Six\nNations<\/a> to the English Crown in an agreement that was signed in\n1844.  Cayuga was incorporated in 1859, and became the county seat\nfor Haldimand County.  William\u2019s maternal\nand paternal grandparents were among the early settlers in the village of\nCanfield near Cayuga in Halimand County.[3]<\/a>  Canfield was originally known\nas \u201cAzoff\u201d, having been named after a town in Russia, and was a wilderness area that provided the gift of obscurity.  The town was later renamed Canfield after Mr.\nCanfield who was a carpenter and was the first post master in the village.[4]<\/a>  In\n1851 the census records for Cayuga (which would have included the area of\nCanfield) show less than 140 black residents.  The path of the Underground Railroad ran deep\ninto Ontario, and is likely that William\u2019s grandparents were \u201cbaggage\u201d[5]<\/a> on the Underground\nRailroad (the code word for fugitive slaves carried by the Underground\nRailroad).  Of the American\nslaves that escaped to Canada via the Underground Railroad the largest group\nsettled in Ontario.[6]<\/a>\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n

William\u2019s Parents\n[Attach<\/em> census\nrecords]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William A. Harper was born in or near Canfield,\non December 27, 1873[7]<\/a>, to Charity (Street) Harper\n(1847 \u2013 1876) and John Harper (abt. 1847 – 1921).  Both of William\u2019s parents were born in Canada[8]<\/a>.  The map of \u201cNorth Cayuga Township, Azoff\nVillage From Halimand County 1879, published by H.R. Page and Co. in 1879\u201d\nshows that the Street and Harper properties, where each his mother and father\nwould have grown up, were located just outside of Canfield, and were separated\nby a single neighbor. [Attach map]  <\/em>William\u2019s\nfather is listed in the 1871 census as a farmer.[9]<\/a>  In 1871, William had three siblings, Frances\n(abt. 1869 – ?), John Wesley (1871-1914), and George (abt. 1874 – ?).[10]<\/a>  Charity died when William was just over 2\nyears old of childbirth fever.  Childbirth\nfever, also known as childbed\nfever or puerperal fever was commonplace in the 1800\u2019s.  There is no information regarding the fifth\nunnamed infant who must have died at birth or shortly thereafter with Charity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the 1881 Canadian census, 8 year old\nWilliam is listed with his three siblings as living with his maternal\ngrandmother, Lucy Street, and several of her children.  Lucy is listed as a widow.  William\u2019s father does not appear on the 1881\ncensus, and his location is unclear. \nGiven that William and his brother John joined his father some years later\nin Illinois, it is possible that he may have already immigrated to the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What happened to Francis and George is\nunknown. They are not listed in the subsequent Canadian census in Cayuga, nor\nare they listed in available death records for Cayuga.  Similarly, they do not appear to have gone to\nIllinois with their father and two brothers as neither are mentioned in any US\nsurvey with those other family members. Moreover, neither are mentioned in any\narticle about William, nor are they listed in his obituary with William\u2019s\nfather and brother John being noted as his only surviving relatives.[11]<\/a>  [Continue research.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William\u2019s Maternal Grandparents<\/strong> [Attach Street Escape Account, Street Family Record, and property map]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charity (Street) Harper\u2019s parents were Lucy (Canada) Street (1814 – ?) and Stepney (also Stephana, Stephen) Street (1808 – 1879).[12]<\/a>  They were married May 4, 1833, shortly after arriving in Canada.[13]<\/a>  A written account survives believed to have been given by the eldest daughter of Lucy and Stepney, Henrietta Street, describing her parents\u2019 early lives in West Virginia and their escape to Canada.  According to that account, Lucy was born in Parkers Burgh, West Virginia, and was owned by a family named \u201cBeckweth\u201d.  Regarding the Beckweth family, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMother often said that they were not\ntreated like slaves, but she could not bear the thought of not belonging to\nherself, especially, we Three Children. \nOur names were, as follows:  Henrietta\nStreet, Ellen Elizabeth, and Andrew Clark\u2026The lady was Miss. Jane Beckweth,\nMiss Mary and Mandy and Penelophy Beckweth and Two sons, Barnes and Albert, they\nwere all very kind, but that did not suffice.\u201d \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lucy\u2019s parents are listed as Arion\nKeneday and Milla Canada.  [More\ninformation?]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stepney belonged to another individual, and\nlived about seven miles from Lucy. \nAccording to the account, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHis Master was about to sell him when\nhe ran away, travelling under the name of Frank Hammond, fought his way out of\nthe hands of the oppressor and fled to the Land of Freedom, landing in Canada,\nat Windsor.  Father left his Master\u2019s\nabout six weeks before Mother and three children followed him, her two Brothers\nand a fellow servant named Nero Bansom, he being so white in complexion that he\ncould venture out to the near houses to seek aid while we lay in a hiding place\nwhile he found friends until we arrived in Astibula.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a town on Lake Erie called\n\u201cAshtibula\u201d which may be the name intended. \nIn \u201cAstibula\u201d they boarded a schooner, landing in Point Abino, Canada.  Point Abino is located just west of Buffalo,\nN.Y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Henrietta, they: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201csettled in the neighbourhood of Bertie,\nthen Mother advertised for Father and he came at once.  In a short time, the family moved to a farm\nnear St. Catherines owned by one Peter Smith. \nThere they were converted and baptized by Elder Christian of Toronto and\nbecame members of the Zion Church in St. Catherines, so in time they moved to\nGrand River with the intention of making a home there, and there they found the\nsame God that had brought them from the land of boundage and in that humble\ncabin they erected an altar to the Almighty God to whom they served with Four\nothers, John Taylor, Rosana Allan, Robert Bailey and Kisie Allan.  Then at the age of Nineteen, Mother and\nFather were married, he was Twenty-six years old.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 1851, Lucy and Stepney were living in\nthe Township of North Cayuga with their nine children:  Henrietta, Ellen, Andrew, Eliza, George,\nWilliam, Charity (William\u2019s mother), Emelia, and David.  The 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West,\nNew Brunswick, and Nova Scotia reports Stepney as a farmer, shows the family as\nBaptist, and notes their dwelling as a one story log cabin. They are marked as \u201cColored\npersons \u2013 Negroes\u201d [14]<\/a>.\n According to an article in the Hamilton\nSpectator[15]<\/a>,\nLucy and Stepney were among the first black settlers in Cayuga.  Stepney and Lucy went on to have three more\nchildren Martha, Josephine, and Sarah (who died at birth), for a total of\nthirteen.[16]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charity\u2019s family seems to have been a\nfamily of some standing.  According to\nthe 1861 Agricultural Census of Canada, Charity\u2019s father, Stephey Street, owned\n141 acres of land of which 35 acres were under crops, 5 acres were under\npasture, and one acre was under \u201corchard or garden\u201d.  The balance was \u201cunder wood or wild\u201d.[17]<\/a>  The value of the total acreage was placed at\n$3000, not an inconsequential amount at that time.  This property is located just outside (southwest)\nof Canfield, and is listed on the map of \u201cNorth Cayuga Township, Azoff Village\nFrom Halimand County 1879, published by H.R. Page and Co. in 1879\u201d with the\nname \u201cStepheney Street\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stepney last appears in the 1871\nCanadian Census.  By the 1981 Canadian\nCensus, Lucy is listed as a widow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Streets held church services\ninitially in their cabin, but by 1857 Stepney and Lucy had donated land for the\nconstruction of a log chapel to serve specifically as the church.  The church became part of the Niagara Baptist\nAssociation, and welcomed non-blacks into the congregation.  The Streets likewise donated land for a brick\nand mortar church to replace the log chapel which opened in 1882. [18]<\/a>  Stepney died before the building was\ncompleted, but Lucy was present for the opening.  Cemetery plots for Lucy and Stepney and other\nStreet family members can be found at the site of the old church, which is now\na private residence.[19]<\/a>  Given that William and his siblings were\nliving with Lucy in 1881, it may well be that he was present for the opening of\nthis church which formed such an integral part of his grandparents\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Information on Charity\u2019s siblings?  See marriages on Street Family Record.]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

William\u2019s Paternal Grandparents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Determining William\u2019s paternal\ngrandparents is a bit more complicated.  Searching\nthe Canadian records in Cayuga, the only \u201cJohn\u201d of the approximate right age to\nbe William\u2019s father appears in the 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New\nBrunswick, and Nova Scotia.  That census\nshows a \u201cJohn Harper\u201d, age 6, which would mean a birth date of approximately\n1845.  It is probably reasonable to\nassume that this John is William\u2019s father allowing for the discrepancies in reporting\ncreated by birthdays falling early in the year vs. late in the year as relates\nto the timing of any given census.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

John\u2019s father is listed in that 1851\ncensus as John Harper. age 45 (abt.1806 – ?), and notes that he was born in the\nU.S.  (To avoid confusion John\u2019s father\nis hereinafter referred to as \u201cGrandpa John\u201d). \nJohn\u2019s siblings are listed as: \nJames age 10, Anne D. age 4, and Henry A. age 2, all born in Canada.  Grandpa John and the four children are marked\nin the 1851 census as \u201cColored persons \u2013 Negroes\u201d.  John\u2019s mother, however, was not so marked.  She is listed as Honour, age 34, and born in\nEngland.  In other words, she was most\nlikely white.  Given the birth year of\ntheir eldest child James (about 1841), Grandpa John and Honour were in Canada at\nleast by 1841.  The family religion is\nlisted as \u201cMethodist African E\u201d, and their home is noted as a one-story log\ncabin.[20]<\/a>  John and Honour would have two more children,\nZach (or Zachariah) and Owen, for a total of 6 children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Information on how they got to Canada?]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the time of the 1861 Census of Canada, Grandpa John is listed as a 58 year old widower.  The census lists the following children living with Grandpa John:  Henry age 9, Zach age 7, and Owen age 3.  Owen\u2019s age means that Honour died sometime after 1858 when Owen was born, but before 1861.  John, who would have been 14 or 15 at the time, does not appear in that census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

James, John\u2019s older brother, does not\nappear in the 1861 census, but a marriage record exists recording his marriage\non December 1863, to Hannah L. Smith.[21]<\/a>  His parents are listed as \u201cJohn Harper\u201d and\n\u201cHannah Clothyer\u201d. This is the first appearance of Honour\u2019s maiden name in the\nrecords.  Honour\u2019s name is alternatively\nwritten in Canadian records related to the family as \u201cHonor\u201d[22]<\/a>, \u201cHannah Clothyer\u201d[23]<\/a>, and \u201cHannah Harper\u201d[24]<\/a>  James would go on to serve as a private for\nthe Union in the U.S. Civil War (see section regarding James below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A.D. Harper (Anne D.?), John\u2019s younger\nsister, is listed in the 1861 census as 13 years of age and living with a\nfamily named Johnson.  A marriage record\nin the Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers in 1866 reports the marriage\nof \u201cAnn D. Harper\u201d ito Androw Williams. \nIn that register, her parents are listed as \u201cJohn Harper\u201d and \u201cHonor\nClothier\u201d.[25]<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1861 Agricultural Census for Grandpa\nJohn indicates that he owned 100 acres, of which 22 were \u201cunder crops\u201d, 8 were\n\u201cunder pasture\u201d, and 70 were \u201cunder wood or wild\u201d.  The value of the total acreage was placed at\n$1,000.[26]<\/a>  This property is located just outside\n(southwest) of Canfield, and is listed on the map of \u201cNorth Cayuga Township,\nAzoff Village From Halimand County 1879, published by H.R. Page and Co. in\n1879\u201d with the name \u201cJ. Harper\u201d.  Grandpa\nJohn does not appear in the 1871 census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 1927 Canadian death record for Henry\nlists his father as \u201cNelson Harper\u201d, born in the U.S., and his mother as\n\u201cHannah\u201d, born in England.  Zach was\nmarried on October 8, 1874, and his parents are listed as \u201cJohn and Hannah\nHarper\u201d.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As if the spelling differences in Honour\u2019s name were not confusing enough, a U.S. Census was taken in Decatur, Illinois in 1920 during the last year of John Harper\u2019s (William\u2019s father) life which introduces a question as to Honour\u2019s place of birth.\u00a0 That census lists John\u2019s parents as having both been born in Maryland[27]<\/a>.\u00a0 This may have been correct as to Grandpa John (although no corroborative evidence has been found), but the 1851 Canadian census and at least one subsequent marriage record lists Honour\u2019s place of birth as England.\u00a0 There is no indication from whom the information in the 1920 census was obtained, but it must have been either from John or his daughter-in-law, Eliza Harper[28]<\/a>, who also lived in Decatur at that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Family Tree:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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William A. Harper Family Tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Other Family Members<\/strong> – William\u2019s Uncle:  James Nelson Harper [Attach military records]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 9, 1865, at the age of 24,\nWilliam\u2019s uncle James Harper enlisted in the 38th<\/sup> U.S. Colored\nInfantry as a substitute for George Cummings of Rochester, N.Y, who had been\npreviously drafted.  During the\nCivil War a draftee who was sufficiently wealthy and could find a willing\nvolunteer could pay that volunteer to enlist in his place. Two legal documents accomplished that\nsubstitution:  a Declaration of\nSubstitute and a Substitute Volunteer Enlistment[29]<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Declaration of Substitute, James\nis described as a laborer from Haldimand, Canada, having blue eyes, dark hair,\ndark complexion, and being 5\u2019 8\u201d tall.  The\nSubstitute Volunteer Enlistment is signed by James, and details his\nobligations.  James signed on as a\nprivate for three years \u201cunless sooner discharged by proper authority\u201d.  He agreed to accept \u201csuch bounty, pay,\nrations, and clothing as are, or may be, established by law for soldiers.\u201d  The Company Muster Roll for March and April\n1865 shows under Remarks:  \u201cRecruit\namount on check book $662.49 Substitute\u201d, which must have been the amount that\nCummings paid James to take his place in the service.  James first posting was in Virginia, where he\nwas \u201crec\u2019d from Depot\u201d in Varina, Virginia on March 17, 1865.  <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 38th was organized\nin Virginia in 1864, and served in Virginia and North Carolina. On April 3,\n1865, the 38th<\/sup> occupied Richmond, and continued there through the\nend of the war and into May.  It\nis not clear whether James saw any combat since the war officially ended on\nApril 1, 1865, when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S.\nGrant.  At the end of May 1865, the 38th moved to Texas,\nwhere it would stay for the balance of its time of service. The unit saw duty\nalong the Rio\nGrande<\/a>, as well as Indianola<\/a> and Galveston<\/a>.<\/em>  [From internet \u2013 need to cite?]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Company Muster Roll for the 38th<\/sup>\nstates that James was discharged \u201cby reason of expiration of term of service\u201d\non March 8, 1866.  His \u201cIndividual\nMuster-out Roll\u201d states that his muster-out date was March 9, 1986 in Brazos\nSantiago, Texas, and that he was due U.S. $8.03.  Under \u201cRemarks\u201d it states, \u201cJoined Co. as\nrecruit March 15 1865, served as private to discharge.  He retains his knapsack, haversack, canteen\nand Gt. Coat.\u201d  Transportation and\nsustenance were furnished to Galveston, Texas. \nThe salary for a Union private was $13.00 per month.  In June of 1864, Congress had granted equal\npay to the U.S. Colored troops.[30]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Footnotes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[1]<\/a> Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1947<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[2]<\/a> 1881 Census of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[3]<\/a> The Blacks of Haldimand County, Young Canada Works, 2005 Summer Research Project for Edinburgh Square\nHeritage and Cultural Centre, by Tracy Vandervliet Heritage Assistant, Oral\nHistorian, publication of the Halimand Museums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[4]<\/a> Courtesy\nof Sylvia Weaver, Canfield researcher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[5]<\/a>\nTerm for fugitive slaves carried the Underground Railroad workers.  \u201cHarriet Tubman Historical Society\u201d – http:\/\/www.harriet-tubman.org\/underground-railroad-secret-codes\/<\/a>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[6]<\/a>\nThe Wikipedia description of Cayuga states: \n\u201cOne\nof the termini for the Underground Railway<\/a> was St. Catharines<\/a>, Ontario<\/a>, which is\nabout 45 minutes northeast of Cayuga.[ Harriet Tubman<\/a>‘s nephew Lorne\nBarnes was the barber in Cayuga and was held out to the still-enslaved as an\nexample of the success to be found by escaping to Canada.]\u201d  Verify?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[7]<\/a>\nObituary of William A. Harper, Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago\n(1907-1951), Vol. 4, No. 1 (July 1910), p. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[8]<\/a>\n1871 Census of Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[9]<\/a>\n1871 Census of Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[10]<\/a>\n1881 Census of Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[11]<\/a>\nAn article entitled \u201cPraise Work of Negro Artist from Decatur\u201d in the Decatur\nDaily Review, dated November 25, 1927, references Harper\u2019s \u201csister\u201d who worked\nas a maid for the mother of A. F. Wilson. \nGiven that neither census records nor newspaper articles of the time\nfrom Decatur mention a Frances Harper, and given certain other inaccuracies in\nthe article, it is most likely that the maid discussed was Harper\u2019s\nsister-in-law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[12]<\/a>\n1861 Census of Canada; Street Family Record from Betty Browne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[13]<\/a> Street Escape Account, on file with Haldimand County Museum\nArchive, Edinburgh Square Heritage & Cultural Centre.  Street Family Record, from Betty Browne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[14]<\/a>\n1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[15]<\/a>\nHamilton Spectator, \u201cTiny hamlet unveils rich history of welcoming runaway\nslaves in the 1800s\u201d, by Carmela Fragomeni, September 22, 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[16]<\/a>\n1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia; 1861\nCensus of Canada, 1871 Census of Canada; op. cit., Street Family Record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[17]<\/a>\n1861 Agricultural Census for Enumeration District No.1, of the Township of\nNorth Cayuga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[18]<\/a> African Hope Renewed:  Along the Grand River, by Angela E.M. Files, Brantford, ON:  Taylor Made, 2004. It is interesting to speculate as to whether the decision to keep the church open to all races was impacted by the fact that one of the Street’s close neighbors, and the mother-in-law of one of the Street daughters (Charity), was white.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[19]<\/a>Ibid.  The Blacks of Halimand County, op.\ncit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[20]<\/a> This Methodist connection may be the reason\none of John\u2019s sons (and William\u2019s brother) was named John Wesley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[21]<\/a>\nOntario, Canada, Country Marriage Registers, 1858-1869 for James Nelson Harper,\nDecember 19, 1963.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[22]<\/a>\nOntario, Canada County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869 for Ann D. Harper, June 5,\n1866<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[23]<\/a> Ontario,\nCanada, Country Marriage Registers, 1858-1869 for James Nelson Harper, December\n19, 1963…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[24]<\/a>\nMarriage Record of October 8, 1874 for Zachariah Harper lists his parents as\nJohn and Hannah Harper.  Ontario, Canada,\nMarriages, 1826-1937<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[25]<\/a> Ontario,\nCanada County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869 for Ann D. Harper, June 5,\n1866.  Also Province of Ontario\nCertificate of Registration of Death lf Ann Delilah (Harper) Williams dated\nApril 2, 1934.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[26]<\/a>\n1861 Agricultural Census for Enumeration District No.3, of the Township of\nNorth Cayuga<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[27]<\/a>\n1920 US Census<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[28]<\/a> John\nwas predeceased by both of his sons, John (1914) and William (1910).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[29]<\/a> The National\nArchives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Compiled Military Service\nRecords of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served with the United States Colored\nTroops: Infantry Organizations, 36th through 40th<\/sup>.U.S., Colored Troops Military\nService Records, 1863-1865; National Archives, Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[30]<\/a>\n\u201cBlack Soldiers in the Civil War\u201d, National Archives, https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/education\/lessons\/blacks-civil-war\/equal-pay.html<\/a>\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Monday, February 7, 1876, Charity Harper died in the county of Halimand, North Cayuga, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 28 years, 10 months, 25 days of childbirth fever.[1]  She left behind her husband, John Harper, and 4 young children:  Frances age 7, John age 4, William age 2, and infant George.  By 1881, … Continue reading “Family Story”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":53,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/145\/revisions\/307"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.williamaharper.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}