Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Goold, Henry G November 1848 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1914

Gorham, Henry G., general merchant at Wauponsee Station, Ill., belongs to one 
of the early settled families of Grundy County and one that has always been 
held in esteem.  He was born in November, 1848, at Hennepin, in Putnam County, 
Ill., and is a son of Gardener T. and Elizabeth A. (Newport) Gorham.  Gardener 
T. Gorham was born in New York and his wife in Ohio and they were married in 
Illinois.  In his early life he was a trader with the Indians and a merchant 
at Hennepin, and at one time he operated boats on the waterways.  In 1849 he 
moved to Grundy County and bought a farm in Vienna Township and here carried 
on agricultural pursuits until his death in 1874.  His widow survived until 
1892, residing with her son until her death.  The family consisted of three 
children:  Mary, who is deceased; Henry G.; and Jessie, who is a resident of 
Chicago.

Henry G. Gorham attended the district schools in his boyhood and later Lombard 
College, at Galesburg, and also took a commercial course in a business college 
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y.  Following the death of his father he conducted the 
home farm until 1887, and then embarked in the mercantile business at 
Wauponsee Station, where he built a grain elevator at the same time and has 
continued in business here ever since.  He is known all over Grundy County and 
his reputation is that of a stable, reliable business man and a useful and 
worthy citizen.

In November, 1876, Mr. Gorham was married to Miss Clara Lord, who was born in 
Kendall County, Ill., a daughter of Lucius and Catherine (McFarlin) Lord.  
They have two children:  Mabel, who is the wife of Aaron Harford, of Chicago, 
and they have one daughter, Catherine; and Harry, who conducts the old home 
farm.  He married Miss Genevieve Duer, of Kansas City, Mo., and they have two 
sons, Charles and Lucius.  In politics Mr. Gorham has given his political 
support in the past to the Republican party but has been no seeker for 
office.  He is identified with the Masonic fraternity and belongs to Blaney 
Commandery, at Morris.

Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914, p817-8

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