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John Harpham

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John Harpham

Birth
New York, USA
Death
22 Feb 1917 (aged 88)
Burial
Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 14 Lot 23
Memorial ID
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JOHN HARPHAM, the veteran harness and saddlery hardware man, was born in the State of New York in the year 1828. He came west and settled in Sterling in 1855. A year later he started in harness and saddlery hardware which business he has since conducted. Mr. Harpham does a wholesale and retail business and has one of the largest stocks to be found in Northern Illinois. He is one of our oldest and most successful merchants and a man in whom the community has the utmost confidence. His store is located at No. 12 West Third street.
Info and portrait courtesy of Businessmen of Sterling and Rock Falls 1896-1897 from the Whiteside County Genealogy Trails website.

John Harpham
in the Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

Name: John Harpham
Birth Date: 27 Oct 1828
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 22 Feb 1917
Death Place: Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois
Burial Date: 27 Feb 1917
Death Age: 88
Occupation: Retired
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
Father Name: Septebus Harpham
Father Birth Place: England
Mother Name: Jane McAlpine
Mother Birth Place: New York
FHL Film Number: 1543820
JOHN HARPHAM, the veteran harness and saddlery hardware man, was born in the State of New York in the year 1828. He came west and settled in Sterling in 1855. A year later he started in harness and saddlery hardware which business he has since conducted. Mr. Harpham does a wholesale and retail business and has one of the largest stocks to be found in Northern Illinois. He is one of our oldest and most successful merchants and a man in whom the community has the utmost confidence. His store is located at No. 12 West Third street.
Info and portrait courtesy of Businessmen of Sterling and Rock Falls 1896-1897 from the Whiteside County Genealogy Trails website.

John Harpham
in the Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947

Name: John Harpham
Birth Date: 27 Oct 1828
Birth Place: New York
Death Date: 22 Feb 1917
Death Place: Sterling, Whiteside, Illinois
Burial Date: 27 Feb 1917
Death Age: 88
Occupation: Retired
Race: White
Marital Status: W
Gender: Male
Father Name: Septebus Harpham
Father Birth Place: England
Mother Name: Jane McAlpine
Mother Birth Place: New York
FHL Film Number: 1543820


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