Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Harpham, John  
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John Harpham, dealer in harness and saddlery hardware, Third Street, Sterling, 
was born in Madison Co., N. Y., Oct. 27, 1828, being the seventh in a family 
of ten children,—four sons and six daughters. His parents were Septibah and 
Jane (McAlpine) Harpham, natives respectively of England and Scotland. The 
senior Harpham was a farmer by occupation, and died Jan. 11, 1840; the widow 
survived until 1863. John was reared on the farm and in the common school 
until 19 years of age, when he left home and went to Chenango Forks to learn 
the harness trade, remaining a year and a half. He then engaged in the same 
business for himself at Bridgport, N. Y., for one and a half years. Then he 
sold out and for about three years attended the Fulton and Cazenovia 
Seminaries, a portion of this time teaching school. Then he married and 
settled in Fayetteville, Onondaga Co., N. Y., where he followed his trade a 
year and a half. Selling out, he came to Sterling, since which time he has 
been successfully engaged in the business stated at the beginning of this 
sketch, both wholesale and retail. In this line he is the leading man in 
Sterling. Mr. Harpham is a Republican and a Christian gentleman, belonging to 
the Congregational Church at Sterling. He was married May 22, 1853, to Nancy 
Terwilliger, a native of Onondaga Co., N. Y., and they have three children,—
Bertha A., Fanny E. and John L. Mrs. H. is also a member of the Congregational 
Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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