Pitkin County CO Archives Biographies.....Harrod, Joseph C.  December 25, 1852 - ?
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Author: Progressive Men of Western Colorado

     From his youth connected with the pursuit of farming almost wholly, and yet

learning wisdom and acquiring a knowledge of men from a busy experience in

mercantile life, Joseph C. Harrod, of Pitkin county, this state, living near

Snow Mass on a good ranch of one hundred and fifty-seven acres, two-thirds of

which are capable of cultivation without artificial means, came to the industry

in which he is engaged with excellent preparation for its requirements, and

having put his knowledge to practical use, he has been successful and prosperous

in his undertaking.  He is a native of Marion county, Indiana, born near

Indianapolis on Christmas day, 1852.  His parents were George W. and Harriet

(Pierson) Harrod, natives of Ohio, who settled at Indianapolis in 1840, and

later moved to Champaign county, Illinois.  The father was a carpenter, and

being industrious and frugal, as well as a good mechanic, he did well at his

trade and accumulated a fair degree of worldly substance.  He was a man of

progressive ideas and warmly interested in public affairs, supporting the

principles and candidates of the Democratic party with loyalty and zeal.  Four

children were born in the family and three are still living:  George and Enoch,

who live at Indianapolis, and Joseph C., a resident of this state and the

immediate subject of this writing.  Another son, Richard, is deceased.  The

parents are also gone, the father dying in 1857 and the mother in 1860.  Joseph

enjoyed only such educational advantages as were furnished by the country

schools of his youth, and at the age of fifteen began working on farms in the

neighborhood of his home, remaining there so occupied seven years.  He then

moved to Illinois, and continued his farming operations in Hancock county until

1880.  In the spring of that year he came to Colorado, arriving at Denver on

March 31st, and after remaining six weeks in that city, moved to Gunnison and

some time afterward to Leadville.  From there he changed to Rock Creek, where he

prospected and mined until 1883.  He then located at Grand Junction, which he

soon afterward sold at a profit.  During the next thirteen years he was employed

by the Continental Oil Company, known at that time as Baker & Company, remaining

with the company until its business was purchased by the Standard Oil Company. 

When he quit that employment he bought the ranch on which he now lives and which

he has since been occupied in improving and developing.  It comprises one

hundred and fifty-seven acres, and one hundred acres of it are under good

cultivation, yielding good crops of grain and hay and giving liberal support to

a flourishing stock business which he conducts on it.  On December 22, 1888, he

was married to Miss Sarah B. Coffman, a native of Indiana and daughter of John

and Lydia (Crist) Coffman, the former born in Indiana and the latter in Ohio. 

Early in their married life they settled in Illinois, after moving to Kansas,

and afterward to Oklahoma Territory, where they now live and are successfully

engaged in farming.  The father is a Democrat in political faith and both are

members of the Baptist church.  They are the parents of eight children, seven of

whom are living.  Mr. and Mrs. Harrod have four, Grace, John, Charlton and Robert S.

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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