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John Wood HARPHAM

Male 1919 - 1981  (61 years)


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  • Name John Wood HARPHAM 
    Born 14 Mar 1919  Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1981  Chicago, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I9661  bmds
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2014 

    Father John LeRoy HARPHAM,   b. 2 Dec 1874, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jan 1963  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Josephine Ruth ELLIOTT,   b. 31 May 1882, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1936, Evanston, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Family ID F3564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mardel Marie JERRICK,   b. 15 Sep 1919, Berwyn, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Oct 2006, Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 1941  Seattle, King, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. John Elliot HARPHAM,   b. 11 Mar 1943,   d. 11 Sep 1970, Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 27 years)
    +2. Geoffrey Galt HARPHAM,   b. 30 Dec 1946  (Age 78 years)
     3. Joan Marie HARPHAM,   b. 13 Mar 1952  (Age 73 years)
    +4. Janet Gerard HARPHAM,   b. 22 Jul 1955  (Age 70 years)
    Family ID F3954  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 14 Mar 1919 - Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1941 - Seattle, King, Washington Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1981 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • John Wood Harpham was born in Sterling (505 W. 3rd St.) on 14 March 1919. His family moved to Park Ridge, IL, when he was two. He attended Central School and Lincoln Jr. High School in Park Ridge before graduating from Maine Township High School in 1937. He attended Northwestern University, graduating in 1941. Enlisting immediately after Pearl Harbor, he served in the U. S. Navy for three and a half years as a supply officer, achieving the rank of Lieutenant j.g. He was stationed in England and Scotland, and went into France at D-Day plus 2. On his return, he became the editor of The School Musician, and worked for a number of advertising agencies in Chicago before starting Proebsting, August, and Harpham in 1958. In 1965, he started The Harpham Company, with offices at 333 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, where he worked until his death in 1981. (source: Geoffrey Galt Harpham)