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John LeRoy HARPHAM

Male 1874 - 1963  (88 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John LeRoy HARPHAM was born on 2 Dec 1874 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois; died on 30 Jan 1963.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1900, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois

    Notes:

    He attended Northwestern University, graduating in 1895. At some point, he moved to Clinton, IA. He married Josephine Elliott in Sterling (b. 1883, d. 1936); uncertain about date of marriage. They lived in Clinton for awhile, then moved to Oregon (Portland, Eugene, Roseburg), where they lived until 1917 before returning to Sterling (1917-1921).

    Family/Spouse: Josephine Ruth ELLIOTT. Josephine was born on 31 May 1882 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois; died on 19 Nov 1936 in Evanston, Cook, Illinois; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. John Wood HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Mar 1919 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois; died in 1981 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

    John married Alma L. RUPPENTHAL on 21 Feb 1938. Alma was born in 1900; died in 1961. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Wood HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 14 Mar 1919 in Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois; died in 1981 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

    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)

    John married Mardel Marie JERRICK in 1941 in Seattle, King, Washington. Mardel (daughter of Frank Thomas JERRICK and Marie Antoinette BRUSEK) was born on 15 Sep 1919 in Berwyn, Cook, Illinois; died on 20 Oct 2006 in Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. John Elliot HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Mar 1943; died on 11 Sep 1970 in Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois.
    2. 4. Geoffrey Galt HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Dec 1946.
    3. 5. Joan Marie HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Mar 1952.
    4. 6. Janet Gerard HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 22 Jul 1955.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  John Elliot HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 11 Mar 1943; died on 11 Sep 1970 in Park Ridge, Cook, Illinois.

    Notes:

    He graduated from Maine Township High School in 1960, and from DePauw University in 1965. He then served two years as a captain in the U. S. Air Force, stationed at Watertown, NY, before moving to Columbia, MO to attend the University of Missouri, taking a Master’s degree in journalism. In 1965, he married Roberta Sexauer in 1965 in Meadville, PA. They adopted one daughter, Kari Harpham (Rench),

    John married Roberta Mae SEXAUER in 1965 in Meadville, Crawford, Pennsylvania. Roberta was born on 29 Dec 1943 in Los Angeles, California. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Kari HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1970.

  2. 4.  Geoffrey Galt HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 30 Dec 1946.

    Notes:

    Attended Roosevelt Elementary and Lincoln Jr. High Schools in Park Ridge, and graduated from Maine Township High School in 1964. He attended Northwestern University, graduating in 1968, and UCLA, taking a Ph.D. in 1974. He taught at UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, and UC San Diego before moving in 1976 to the Philadelphia area to take a position at the University of Pennsylvania. He married Beatriz C. de Jesus de Souza on December 31, 1967, divorcing in 1971. They had one child, Adrian Geoffrey Harpham (b. 10 November 1968). Adrian graduated from Winchester Middle School in 1986, and attended Berklee College of Music from 1988-91.

    Geoffrey Galt Harpham is an American academic who currently serves as the fifth President and Director of the National Humanities Center, succeeding Charles Frankel, William Bennett, Charles Blitzer, and Robert Connor. One of the characteristics of his tenure has been the encouragement of dialogue between the humanities on the one hand and the natural and social sciences on the other.
     He is at the same time a Visiting Research Professor of English at Duke University and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and also a Life Member of Clare Hall at the University of Cambridge.[3] He is in addition a member of the Board of Visitors of Ralston College. (Source: Wikipedia.

    Geoffrey married Beatriz C. de Jesus DE SOUZA on 31 Dec 1967, and was divorced in 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Adrian Geoffrey HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Nov 1968.

    Geoffrey married Joan BARASOVSKA in 1981 in Merion, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Joan was born on 12 Dec 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Clare Elizabeth HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Mar 1984 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.
    2. 10. John Samuel HARPHAM  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 May 1988 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  3. 5.  Joan Marie HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 13 Mar 1952.

    Joan married Rick MARK in 1972, and was divorced in 1982. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 6.  Janet Gerard HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 22 Jul 1955.

    Janet married William W. REILLY in 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Megan Gerard REILLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Mar 1991 in Los Angeles, California.
    2. 12. Keenan Harpham REILLY  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Nov 1992 in Los Angeles, California.


Generation: 4

  1. 7.  Kari HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (3.John3, 2.John2, 1.John1) was born in 1970.

  2. 8.  Adrian Geoffrey HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (4.Geoffrey3, 2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 10 Nov 1968.

  3. 9.  Clare Elizabeth HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (4.Geoffrey3, 2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 18 Mar 1984 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

  4. 10.  John Samuel HARPHAM Descendancy chart to this point (4.Geoffrey3, 2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 6 May 1988 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

  5. 11.  Megan Gerard REILLY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Janet3, 2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 29 Mar 1991 in Los Angeles, California.

  6. 12.  Keenan Harpham REILLY Descendancy chart to this point (6.Janet3, 2.John2, 1.John1) was born on 3 Nov 1992 in Los Angeles, California.