William Ellsworth Harrod

William Ellsworth Harrod

Son of William M. Harrod and Nancy Ellen Allison

 

WILLIAM ELLSWORTH HARROD was born on 19 Jun 1861 in Washington, Daviess Co., Indiana.  

He relocated in 1880 to Spring Creek, Oregon Co., Missouri.   

He was a Justice of the Peace after 1880 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.   

He married CATHERINE (KATE) STROSNIDER on 28 Oct 1889 in Oregon Co., Missouri. 

 Kate Strosnider Harrod and Nora Harrod

He was on the tax list in 1890 in Oregon Co., Missouri.   

In1890 he moved to Blackwell, Oklahoma where he worked as an Indian Agent.   

Before 1918 he relocated to Shannon Co., Missouri.  

He appeared on the census of 1930 in Woodside Twp., Oregon Co., Missouri.   

William Howard Morman wrote an article titled "History of Greer Mill" which was published in The Missouri Historical Review Volume LXVI Number 4 July 1972. Morman cites conversations with William Harrod between 1930 and 1939 as a source of information. 

William Harrod was a school teacher in Carter and Oregon Counties.  

He died on 11 Dec 1948 in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri, at age 87 and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Oregon Co., Missouri.

The children of William Ellsworth Harrod and Kate Strosnider were:

  
    NORA ELLEN HARROD born on 4 Feb 1891.   She married ERNEST HENRY LOHR on 12 Nov 1911 in Greer, Oregon Co., Missouri.   Before 11 Dec 1948 she lived in Thayer, Missouri.   She died on 17 Sep 1959 at age 68.

   
    DORA ANN HARROD was born on 14 Apr 1904 in Blackwell, Oklahoma.  She married RALPH N. PHILLIPS on 24 Jan 1944 in Winona, Shannon Co., Missouri.  Before 11 Dec 1948 she resided in Winona, Shannon Co., Missouri.  She died on 12 Apr 1985 in West Plains, Howell Co., Missouri, at age 80.  She was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Greer, Oregon Co., Missouri.
   
    ALICE T. HARROD was born on 11 Apr 1911.   She married a Mr. RILEY before 11 Dec 1948.   By 11 Dec 1948 she lived in Alton, Oregon Co., Missouri.   She died on 21 Jul 1986 at age 75.