Bio
Mark Walrod Harrington
The Technic No 8, page 16
Mark Walrod Harrington was born in 1848 at Sycamore, Illinois, his father being of old New England stock, and his mother belonging to the New York Walradt family, originally from Holland. He was educated at Evanston and at Ann Arbor, graduating as A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1868. Soon after graduation he entered the Museum of the University as Assistant Curator. In 1870 he was made instructor in French and Mathematics, besides attending to his duties in the Museum. In 1871 he went to Alaska as Astronomical Aid in the U. S. Coast Survey reconnaissance, conducted by W. H. Dall. He returned to the University of Michigan in 1872, and was made instructor in Geology, Zoology and Botany. The next year he was appointed Assistant Professor of the same subjects. In 1876 he was granted leave of absence for two years and went to Leipzig to study.
In 1877 he was appointed Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Cadet School of the Chinese Foreign Office. In 1879 he was made Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at Ann Arbor, succeeding Watson. In 1891 he was made Chief of the Weather Bureau, after Congress had resolved to place it under a scientific head. Professor Harrington has travelled extensively and his studies have taken a wide range, embracing Botany, Astronomy, Mathematics, Geo graphy and Meteorology. He is an honorary member of many learned bodies, and was President of the World's Congress of Meteorologists at Chicago in 1893.
Memorial
Mark Walrod Harrington
The Michigan Alumnus 343
Mark Walrod Harrington, '68, A. M. '71, LL. D. '94, who was at different periods Assistant Curator of the University Museum; Instructor in Mathematics; Assistant Professor of Geology, Zoology, and Botany; Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at the University of Michigan for the years, 1868-1893; Chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau, 1890-1895; and President of the University of Washington, 1895-1897, died in the New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park, N. J., on October 9, 1926, at the age of seventy-nine years.
During the years from 1868 to 1893 he in terrupted his work at the University of Michigan several different times. Two years, 1870-71, were spent in Alaska as acting astronomical aid in the United States Coast Survey's reconnaissance; later, 1876, he studied at the University of Leipzig for one year with another year in Peking as Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Cadet School of the Chinese Foreign Office.
Professor Harring ton was an honorary member of the German Meteor ological Society and the Sociedad Cientiflca of Mexico, and a fellow of the Linnaean Society, and of the Royal Meteorological Society. He founded the "American Meteorological Journal" in 1884, and edited the first seven volumes. He was also the author of numerous scientific papers and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University in 1894. Mr. Harrington had been in the hospital where he died since 1907, where he was placed after being found wandering about the streets of Trenton seven years after his strange dis appearance from home.
SOURCE- http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/mark-walrod-harrington/memorial
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JAMES HARRINGTON
CHARLOTTE WALROD, 1st wife
(MRS.) SUSAN WYMAN, 2nd wife.
FAMILY
-Diana Vermon, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1833.
-Joseph, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1836.
-Susan Elizabeth, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1838.
-George L., b. New South Berlin, N.Y., 1840. He resided Sycamore, Ill., in 1828. (sic)
-Nelson K., b. Sycamore, Ill, after 1843.
-James Franklin, b. Sycamore, Ill., July 17, 1846; d. at Jewel, Kans. Mar. 14, 1885; m. in Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 2, 1872, Henrietta Durant of St. Charles, Ill.He was born on the old homestead 4 miles north from Sycamore, Ill., the house still standing in 1928. He served about one year in the Civil War and then went to Kansas, where in Jewell County, he homesteaded a farm in 1871. In 1872, he returned to Sycamore, Ill., and was married and took his bride back to Kansas. He was City Marshall of Jewell, Kan., in 1885, and while attempting to arrest a horse thief, Jacob Loy, he was shot and survived only 12 hours. He had moved from his homestead into the county seat in 1883.
-Mark Walrod, b. Sycamore, Ill., Aug. 18, 1848; m. Rosa M. Smith. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1868, and lectured on Astonomy in Cherlin College, Ohio, and at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, La.; for a year he was connected with the Chinese foreign office in Peking, China, and spent one year in Alaska. The he was professor of Astonomy at University of Michigan, then head of the Weather Bureau at Washington, D.C., then President of Washington State University.
-William Shaw, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1848; he died in Seattle, Wash., 1922; m. Elizabeth, he was a Methodist Preacher.
-Mary Sylvia, b. Sycamore, Ill., before 1850. She was youngest child, and she and her brother spent school year 1864-65 at Ann Arbor, in the University of Michigan.
MARK WALROD HARRINGTON
ROSE M. SMITH, his wife.
FAMILY
-Mark Raymond of N.Y. City, b. at Ann Arbor, Mich., July 6, 1882; resided N.Y.C.; m. Edna L. Parker. He was associated wit hthe Museum of American Indians at Broadway and 155th Sts., N.Y.C. In 1930 he was advanced from field worker to Curator of South West Museum of the University of California. He had then been with the South West Museum for about a year and a half.
His wife, Edna L. Parker, was a direct descendant of the famous Iroquois Indian prophet, Handsome Lake, and Gen. Eli S. Parker, full blooded Seneca Indian of Gen. Grant's staff. [She was a great niece of Eli S. Parker-KG]
SOURCE- http://myplace.frontier.com/~chucknan3/m.htm#fam3
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James Harrington was the son of Lot Harrington and Sylvia Sage. James' paternal grandfather was Thomas and Freelove Herrington. The maternal grandparent of James were Daniel Sage (1756-1852) and Sybil Jewitt.
Just after James' birth, his mother, Sylvia Sage Harrington died. James was brought up by his Aunt and Uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw.
James' first wife was Charlotte Walrod. They were married on 22 January 1831, in Allegany County, New York, and moved to Sycamore, Illinois, in June of 1843, where she died in 1871. James then married Mrs. Susan Wyman the following year.
At age 17, he was teaching school and studying medicine during the rest intervals. He then moved to Eagle, New York in 1829, where he practiced medicine until 1831. After their marriage, they moved back to Chenango County, New York, where he practiced medicine until 1843, when he moved to De Kalb County, Illinois, and settled on a homestead four miles from Sycamore, where he and Charlotte had five children.
In 1846 James was a member of the Illinois Legislature and for 9 years was a member of the DeKalb County Board of Supervisors and served the entire period as chairman of the board. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1864 he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan where his two children, Mark Walrod, and Mary attended college. In 1865 he returned to Sycamore, Illinois, and bought property.
The children of James and Charlotte Walrod Harrington were:
1. Diana Vernon Harrington
2. William Shaw Harrington married Elizabeth Clark. Their daughter, Susan Harrington married Dr. Philp B. Cousland. Their son was Dr. Philip Alexander Clyde Cousland
3. Joseph Harrington
4. George L. Harrington
5. Susan Elizabeth Harrington (Ephaim Blake Shurtleff)
6. Mark Walrod Harrington
7. Nelson Rounds Harrington
8. James Franklin Harrington
9. Mary S. Harrington.
James had a half brother by the name of James Harrington. After the death of James' mother, Lot Harrington married Sarah Patterson. Lot and Sarah Patterson had one child, also named James Harrington, who was born in 1811 and died in 1897. James Harrington is buried in the Zion Cemetery, Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan.
Dr. James Harrington's son, Mark Walrod Harrington became president of the University of Washington. Mark Walrod Harrington's son was Mark Raymond Harrington. Mark Raymond Harrington was a published archeologist.
SOURCE- Find A Grave Memorial# 34450313
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MARRIAGE
Name: Mark W Harrington[Mark Walrod Harrington]
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Rose M Smith
Marriage Date: 30 Jul 1874
Marriage County: De Kalb co., IL
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Mark W Harrington in the U.S. Passport Applications,
Name: Mark W Harrington
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1848
Birth Place: Sycamore, Illinois
Age: 42
Passport Issue Date: 23 Jul 1891
Passport Includes a Photo: No
Residence: Washington, District of Columbia
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Mark W Harrington in the 1900 United States Federal Census:
Name: Mark W Harrington [Mark Walrod Harrington]
Age: 31
Birth Date: Aug 1848
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: Election District 9, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Patient (Institutional) Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Rose M Harrington in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Rose M Harrington
[Rose Martha Smith]
Age: 48
Birth Date: Oct 1851
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1900: Mount Vernon Ward 1, Westchester, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Sister in Law (Sister)
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry H Boyce 58
Mary E Boyce 57
Helen F Boyce 15
Margeret Boyce 13
Rose M Harrington 48
Raymond Harrington 17
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Mark H (sic) Harrington in the 1910 United States Federal Census :
Name: Mark H Harrington
[Mark Walrod Harrington]
Age in 1910: 61
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Rose H Harrington
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Mark H Harrington 61
Rose Martha Smith 55
Mark Raymond Harrington 27
Alma Harrington 26
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Mark Wilrod (sic) Harrington in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI):
Name: Mark Wilrod Harrington
Volume: 73
Page Number: 101
Reference: Harrington fam. In America. By Eug. W. Harrington. Buffalo, 1907. (127p.): 115 History of Woodstock, Ct. Gen. Of Woodstock fams. By Clarence Winthrop Bowen. Norwood, Ms. 1930-43. (8v.) V.1 is the hist. And the other 7 v. are gens. Each v. paged and indexed separately.):6: 855
Mark Walrod Harrington
The Technic No 8, page 16
Mark Walrod Harrington was born in 1848 at Sycamore, Illinois, his father being of old New England stock, and his mother belonging to the New York Walradt family, originally from Holland. He was educated at Evanston and at Ann Arbor, graduating as A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1868. Soon after graduation he entered the Museum of the University as Assistant Curator. In 1870 he was made instructor in French and Mathematics, besides attending to his duties in the Museum. In 1871 he went to Alaska as Astronomical Aid in the U. S. Coast Survey reconnaissance, conducted by W. H. Dall. He returned to the University of Michigan in 1872, and was made instructor in Geology, Zoology and Botany. The next year he was appointed Assistant Professor of the same subjects. In 1876 he was granted leave of absence for two years and went to Leipzig to study.
In 1877 he was appointed Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Cadet School of the Chinese Foreign Office. In 1879 he was made Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at Ann Arbor, succeeding Watson. In 1891 he was made Chief of the Weather Bureau, after Congress had resolved to place it under a scientific head. Professor Harrington has travelled extensively and his studies have taken a wide range, embracing Botany, Astronomy, Mathematics, Geo graphy and Meteorology. He is an honorary member of many learned bodies, and was President of the World's Congress of Meteorologists at Chicago in 1893.
Memorial
Mark Walrod Harrington
The Michigan Alumnus 343
Mark Walrod Harrington, '68, A. M. '71, LL. D. '94, who was at different periods Assistant Curator of the University Museum; Instructor in Mathematics; Assistant Professor of Geology, Zoology, and Botany; Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at the University of Michigan for the years, 1868-1893; Chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau, 1890-1895; and President of the University of Washington, 1895-1897, died in the New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park, N. J., on October 9, 1926, at the age of seventy-nine years.
During the years from 1868 to 1893 he in terrupted his work at the University of Michigan several different times. Two years, 1870-71, were spent in Alaska as acting astronomical aid in the United States Coast Survey's reconnaissance; later, 1876, he studied at the University of Leipzig for one year with another year in Peking as Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Cadet School of the Chinese Foreign Office.
Professor Harring ton was an honorary member of the German Meteor ological Society and the Sociedad Cientiflca of Mexico, and a fellow of the Linnaean Society, and of the Royal Meteorological Society. He founded the "American Meteorological Journal" in 1884, and edited the first seven volumes. He was also the author of numerous scientific papers and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University in 1894. Mr. Harrington had been in the hospital where he died since 1907, where he was placed after being found wandering about the streets of Trenton seven years after his strange dis appearance from home.
SOURCE- http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/mark-walrod-harrington/memorial
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JAMES HARRINGTON
CHARLOTTE WALROD, 1st wife
(MRS.) SUSAN WYMAN, 2nd wife.
FAMILY
-Diana Vermon, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1833.
-Joseph, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1836.
-Susan Elizabeth, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1838.
-George L., b. New South Berlin, N.Y., 1840. He resided Sycamore, Ill., in 1828. (sic)
-Nelson K., b. Sycamore, Ill, after 1843.
-James Franklin, b. Sycamore, Ill., July 17, 1846; d. at Jewel, Kans. Mar. 14, 1885; m. in Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 2, 1872, Henrietta Durant of St. Charles, Ill.He was born on the old homestead 4 miles north from Sycamore, Ill., the house still standing in 1928. He served about one year in the Civil War and then went to Kansas, where in Jewell County, he homesteaded a farm in 1871. In 1872, he returned to Sycamore, Ill., and was married and took his bride back to Kansas. He was City Marshall of Jewell, Kan., in 1885, and while attempting to arrest a horse thief, Jacob Loy, he was shot and survived only 12 hours. He had moved from his homestead into the county seat in 1883.
-Mark Walrod, b. Sycamore, Ill., Aug. 18, 1848; m. Rosa M. Smith. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1868, and lectured on Astonomy in Cherlin College, Ohio, and at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, La.; for a year he was connected with the Chinese foreign office in Peking, China, and spent one year in Alaska. The he was professor of Astonomy at University of Michigan, then head of the Weather Bureau at Washington, D.C., then President of Washington State University.
-William Shaw, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1848; he died in Seattle, Wash., 1922; m. Elizabeth, he was a Methodist Preacher.
-Mary Sylvia, b. Sycamore, Ill., before 1850. She was youngest child, and she and her brother spent school year 1864-65 at Ann Arbor, in the University of Michigan.
MARK WALROD HARRINGTON
ROSE M. SMITH, his wife.
FAMILY
-Mark Raymond of N.Y. City, b. at Ann Arbor, Mich., July 6, 1882; resided N.Y.C.; m. Edna L. Parker. He was associated wit hthe Museum of American Indians at Broadway and 155th Sts., N.Y.C. In 1930 he was advanced from field worker to Curator of South West Museum of the University of California. He had then been with the South West Museum for about a year and a half.
His wife, Edna L. Parker, was a direct descendant of the famous Iroquois Indian prophet, Handsome Lake, and Gen. Eli S. Parker, full blooded Seneca Indian of Gen. Grant's staff. [She was a great niece of Eli S. Parker-KG]
SOURCE- http://myplace.frontier.com/~chucknan3/m.htm#fam3
============================================
James Harrington was the son of Lot Harrington and Sylvia Sage. James' paternal grandfather was Thomas and Freelove Herrington. The maternal grandparent of James were Daniel Sage (1756-1852) and Sybil Jewitt.
Just after James' birth, his mother, Sylvia Sage Harrington died. James was brought up by his Aunt and Uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw.
James' first wife was Charlotte Walrod. They were married on 22 January 1831, in Allegany County, New York, and moved to Sycamore, Illinois, in June of 1843, where she died in 1871. James then married Mrs. Susan Wyman the following year.
At age 17, he was teaching school and studying medicine during the rest intervals. He then moved to Eagle, New York in 1829, where he practiced medicine until 1831. After their marriage, they moved back to Chenango County, New York, where he practiced medicine until 1843, when he moved to De Kalb County, Illinois, and settled on a homestead four miles from Sycamore, where he and Charlotte had five children.
In 1846 James was a member of the Illinois Legislature and for 9 years was a member of the DeKalb County Board of Supervisors and served the entire period as chairman of the board. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1864 he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan where his two children, Mark Walrod, and Mary attended college. In 1865 he returned to Sycamore, Illinois, and bought property.
The children of James and Charlotte Walrod Harrington were:
1. Diana Vernon Harrington
2. William Shaw Harrington married Elizabeth Clark. Their daughter, Susan Harrington married Dr. Philp B. Cousland. Their son was Dr. Philip Alexander Clyde Cousland
3. Joseph Harrington
4. George L. Harrington
5. Susan Elizabeth Harrington (Ephaim Blake Shurtleff)
6. Mark Walrod Harrington
7. Nelson Rounds Harrington
8. James Franklin Harrington
9. Mary S. Harrington.
James had a half brother by the name of James Harrington. After the death of James' mother, Lot Harrington married Sarah Patterson. Lot and Sarah Patterson had one child, also named James Harrington, who was born in 1811 and died in 1897. James Harrington is buried in the Zion Cemetery, Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan.
Dr. James Harrington's son, Mark Walrod Harrington became president of the University of Washington. Mark Walrod Harrington's son was Mark Raymond Harrington. Mark Raymond Harrington was a published archeologist.
SOURCE- Find A Grave Memorial# 34450313
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MARRIAGE
Name: Mark W Harrington[Mark Walrod Harrington]
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Rose M Smith
Marriage Date: 30 Jul 1874
Marriage County: De Kalb co., IL
======================================
Mark W Harrington in the U.S. Passport Applications,
Name: Mark W Harrington
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1848
Birth Place: Sycamore, Illinois
Age: 42
Passport Issue Date: 23 Jul 1891
Passport Includes a Photo: No
Residence: Washington, District of Columbia
==========================================
Mark W Harrington in the 1900 United States Federal Census:
Name: Mark W Harrington [Mark Walrod Harrington]
Age: 31
Birth Date: Aug 1848
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: Election District 9, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Patient (Institutional) Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Rose M Harrington in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Rose M Harrington
[Rose Martha Smith]
Age: 48
Birth Date: Oct 1851
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1900: Mount Vernon Ward 1, Westchester, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Sister in Law (Sister)
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry H Boyce 58
Mary E Boyce 57
Helen F Boyce 15
Margeret Boyce 13
Rose M Harrington 48
Raymond Harrington 17
===============================================
Mark H (sic) Harrington in the 1910 United States Federal Census :
Name: Mark H Harrington
[Mark Walrod Harrington]
Age in 1910: 61
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Rose H Harrington
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Mark H Harrington 61
Rose Martha Smith 55
Mark Raymond Harrington 27
Alma Harrington 26
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Mark Wilrod (sic) Harrington in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI):
Name: Mark Wilrod Harrington
Volume: 73
Page Number: 101
Reference: Harrington fam. In America. By Eug. W. Harrington. Buffalo, 1907. (127p.): 115 History of Woodstock, Ct. Gen. Of Woodstock fams. By Clarence Winthrop Bowen. Norwood, Ms. 1930-43. (8v.) V.1 is the hist. And the other 7 v. are gens. Each v. paged and indexed separately.):6: 855
Bio
Mark Walrod Harrington
The Technic No 8, page 16
Mark Walrod Harrington was born in 1848 at Sycamore, Illinois, his father being of old New England stock, and his mother belonging to the New York Walradt family, originally from Holland. He was educated at Evanston and at Ann Arbor, graduating as A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1868. Soon after graduation he entered the Museum of the University as Assistant Curator. In 1870 he was made instructor in French and Mathematics, besides attending to his duties in the Museum. In 1871 he went to Alaska as Astronomical Aid in the U. S. Coast Survey reconnaissance, conducted by W. H. Dall. He returned to the University of Michigan in 1872, and was made instructor in Geology, Zoology and Botany. The next year he was appointed Assistant Professor of the same subjects. In 1876 he was granted leave of absence for two years and went to Leipzig to study.
In 1877 he was appointed Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Cadet School of the Chinese Foreign Office. In 1879 he was made Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at Ann Arbor, succeeding Watson. In 1891 he was made Chief of the Weather Bureau, after Congress had resolved to place it under a scientific head. Professor Harrington has travelled extensively and his studies have taken a wide range, embracing Botany, Astronomy, Mathematics, Geo graphy and Meteorology. He is an honorary member of many learned bodies, and was President of the World's Congress of Meteorologists at Chicago in 1893.
Memorial
Mark Walrod Harrington
The Michigan Alumnus 343
Mark Walrod Harrington, '68, A. M. '71, LL. D. '94, who was at different periods Assistant Curator of the University Museum; Instructor in Mathematics; Assistant Professor of Geology, Zoology, and Botany; Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at the University of Michigan for the years, 1868-1893; Chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau, 1890-1895; and President of the University of Washington, 1895-1897, died in the New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park, N. J., on October 9, 1926, at the age of seventy-nine years.
During the years from 1868 to 1893 he in terrupted his work at the University of Michigan several different times. Two years, 1870-71, were spent in Alaska as acting astronomical aid in the United States Coast Survey's reconnaissance; later, 1876, he studied at the University of Leipzig for one year with another year in Peking as Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Cadet School of the Chinese Foreign Office.
Professor Harring ton was an honorary member of the German Meteor ological Society and the Sociedad Cientiflca of Mexico, and a fellow of the Linnaean Society, and of the Royal Meteorological Society. He founded the "American Meteorological Journal" in 1884, and edited the first seven volumes. He was also the author of numerous scientific papers and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University in 1894. Mr. Harrington had been in the hospital where he died since 1907, where he was placed after being found wandering about the streets of Trenton seven years after his strange dis appearance from home.
SOURCE- http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/mark-walrod-harrington/memorial
================================
JAMES HARRINGTON
CHARLOTTE WALROD, 1st wife
(MRS.) SUSAN WYMAN, 2nd wife.
FAMILY
-Diana Vermon, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1833.
-Joseph, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1836.
-Susan Elizabeth, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1838.
-George L., b. New South Berlin, N.Y., 1840. He resided Sycamore, Ill., in 1828. (sic)
-Nelson K., b. Sycamore, Ill, after 1843.
-James Franklin, b. Sycamore, Ill., July 17, 1846; d. at Jewel, Kans. Mar. 14, 1885; m. in Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 2, 1872, Henrietta Durant of St. Charles, Ill.He was born on the old homestead 4 miles north from Sycamore, Ill., the house still standing in 1928. He served about one year in the Civil War and then went to Kansas, where in Jewell County, he homesteaded a farm in 1871. In 1872, he returned to Sycamore, Ill., and was married and took his bride back to Kansas. He was City Marshall of Jewell, Kan., in 1885, and while attempting to arrest a horse thief, Jacob Loy, he was shot and survived only 12 hours. He had moved from his homestead into the county seat in 1883.
-Mark Walrod, b. Sycamore, Ill., Aug. 18, 1848; m. Rosa M. Smith. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1868, and lectured on Astonomy in Cherlin College, Ohio, and at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, La.; for a year he was connected with the Chinese foreign office in Peking, China, and spent one year in Alaska. The he was professor of Astonomy at University of Michigan, then head of the Weather Bureau at Washington, D.C., then President of Washington State University.
-William Shaw, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1848; he died in Seattle, Wash., 1922; m. Elizabeth, he was a Methodist Preacher.
-Mary Sylvia, b. Sycamore, Ill., before 1850. She was youngest child, and she and her brother spent school year 1864-65 at Ann Arbor, in the University of Michigan.
MARK WALROD HARRINGTON
ROSE M. SMITH, his wife.
FAMILY
-Mark Raymond of N.Y. City, b. at Ann Arbor, Mich., July 6, 1882; resided N.Y.C.; m. Edna L. Parker. He was associated wit hthe Museum of American Indians at Broadway and 155th Sts., N.Y.C. In 1930 he was advanced from field worker to Curator of South West Museum of the University of California. He had then been with the South West Museum for about a year and a half.
His wife, Edna L. Parker, was a direct descendant of the famous Iroquois Indian prophet, Handsome Lake, and Gen. Eli S. Parker, full blooded Seneca Indian of Gen. Grant's staff. [She was a great niece of Eli S. Parker-KG]
SOURCE- http://myplace.frontier.com/~chucknan3/m.htm#fam3
============================================
James Harrington was the son of Lot Harrington and Sylvia Sage. James' paternal grandfather was Thomas and Freelove Herrington. The maternal grandparent of James were Daniel Sage (1756-1852) and Sybil Jewitt.
Just after James' birth, his mother, Sylvia Sage Harrington died. James was brought up by his Aunt and Uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw.
James' first wife was Charlotte Walrod. They were married on 22 January 1831, in Allegany County, New York, and moved to Sycamore, Illinois, in June of 1843, where she died in 1871. James then married Mrs. Susan Wyman the following year.
At age 17, he was teaching school and studying medicine during the rest intervals. He then moved to Eagle, New York in 1829, where he practiced medicine until 1831. After their marriage, they moved back to Chenango County, New York, where he practiced medicine until 1843, when he moved to De Kalb County, Illinois, and settled on a homestead four miles from Sycamore, where he and Charlotte had five children.
In 1846 James was a member of the Illinois Legislature and for 9 years was a member of the DeKalb County Board of Supervisors and served the entire period as chairman of the board. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1864 he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan where his two children, Mark Walrod, and Mary attended college. In 1865 he returned to Sycamore, Illinois, and bought property.
The children of James and Charlotte Walrod Harrington were:
1. Diana Vernon Harrington
2. William Shaw Harrington married Elizabeth Clark. Their daughter, Susan Harrington married Dr. Philp B. Cousland. Their son was Dr. Philip Alexander Clyde Cousland
3. Joseph Harrington
4. George L. Harrington
5. Susan Elizabeth Harrington (Ephaim Blake Shurtleff)
6. Mark Walrod Harrington
7. Nelson Rounds Harrington
8. James Franklin Harrington
9. Mary S. Harrington.
James had a half brother by the name of James Harrington. After the death of James' mother, Lot Harrington married Sarah Patterson. Lot and Sarah Patterson had one child, also named James Harrington, who was born in 1811 and died in 1897. James Harrington is buried in the Zion Cemetery, Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan.
Dr. James Harrington's son, Mark Walrod Harrington became president of the University of Washington. Mark Walrod Harrington's son was Mark Raymond Harrington. Mark Raymond Harrington was a published archeologist.
SOURCE- Find A Grave Memorial# 34450313
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MARRIAGE
Name: Mark W Harrington[Mark Walrod Harrington]
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Rose M Smith
Marriage Date: 30 Jul 1874
Marriage County: De Kalb co., IL
======================================
Mark W Harrington in the U.S. Passport Applications,
Name: Mark W Harrington
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1848
Birth Place: Sycamore, Illinois
Age: 42
Passport Issue Date: 23 Jul 1891
Passport Includes a Photo: No
Residence: Washington, District of Columbia
==========================================
Mark W Harrington in the 1900 United States Federal Census:
Name: Mark W Harrington [Mark Walrod Harrington]
Age: 31
Birth Date: Aug 1848
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: Election District 9, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Patient (Institutional) Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Rose M Harrington in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Rose M Harrington
[Rose Martha Smith]
Age: 48
Birth Date: Oct 1851
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1900: Mount Vernon Ward 1, Westchester, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Sister in Law (Sister)
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry H Boyce 58
Mary E Boyce 57
Helen F Boyce 15
Margeret Boyce 13
Rose M Harrington 48
Raymond Harrington 17
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Mark H (sic) Harrington in the 1910 United States Federal Census :
Name: Mark H Harrington
[Mark Walrod Harrington]
Age in 1910: 61
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Rose H Harrington
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Mark H Harrington 61
Rose Martha Smith 55
Mark Raymond Harrington 27
Alma Harrington 26
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Mark Wilrod (sic) Harrington in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI):
Name: Mark Wilrod Harrington
Volume: 73
Page Number: 101
Reference: Harrington fam. In America. By Eug. W. Harrington. Buffalo, 1907. (127p.): 115 History of Woodstock, Ct. Gen. Of Woodstock fams. By Clarence Winthrop Bowen. Norwood, Ms. 1930-43. (8v.) V.1 is the hist. And the other 7 v. are gens. Each v. paged and indexed separately.):6: 855
Mark Walrod Harrington
The Technic No 8, page 16
Mark Walrod Harrington was born in 1848 at Sycamore, Illinois, his father being of old New England stock, and his mother belonging to the New York Walradt family, originally from Holland. He was educated at Evanston and at Ann Arbor, graduating as A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1868. Soon after graduation he entered the Museum of the University as Assistant Curator. In 1870 he was made instructor in French and Mathematics, besides attending to his duties in the Museum. In 1871 he went to Alaska as Astronomical Aid in the U. S. Coast Survey reconnaissance, conducted by W. H. Dall. He returned to the University of Michigan in 1872, and was made instructor in Geology, Zoology and Botany. The next year he was appointed Assistant Professor of the same subjects. In 1876 he was granted leave of absence for two years and went to Leipzig to study.
In 1877 he was appointed Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Cadet School of the Chinese Foreign Office. In 1879 he was made Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at Ann Arbor, succeeding Watson. In 1891 he was made Chief of the Weather Bureau, after Congress had resolved to place it under a scientific head. Professor Harrington has travelled extensively and his studies have taken a wide range, embracing Botany, Astronomy, Mathematics, Geo graphy and Meteorology. He is an honorary member of many learned bodies, and was President of the World's Congress of Meteorologists at Chicago in 1893.
Memorial
Mark Walrod Harrington
The Michigan Alumnus 343
Mark Walrod Harrington, '68, A. M. '71, LL. D. '94, who was at different periods Assistant Curator of the University Museum; Instructor in Mathematics; Assistant Professor of Geology, Zoology, and Botany; Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory at the University of Michigan for the years, 1868-1893; Chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau, 1890-1895; and President of the University of Washington, 1895-1897, died in the New Jersey State Hospital at Greystone Park, N. J., on October 9, 1926, at the age of seventy-nine years.
During the years from 1868 to 1893 he in terrupted his work at the University of Michigan several different times. Two years, 1870-71, were spent in Alaska as acting astronomical aid in the United States Coast Survey's reconnaissance; later, 1876, he studied at the University of Leipzig for one year with another year in Peking as Professor of Astronomy and Mathematics in the Cadet School of the Chinese Foreign Office.
Professor Harring ton was an honorary member of the German Meteor ological Society and the Sociedad Cientiflca of Mexico, and a fellow of the Linnaean Society, and of the Royal Meteorological Society. He founded the "American Meteorological Journal" in 1884, and edited the first seven volumes. He was also the author of numerous scientific papers and received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University in 1894. Mr. Harrington had been in the hospital where he died since 1907, where he was placed after being found wandering about the streets of Trenton seven years after his strange dis appearance from home.
SOURCE- http://um2017.org/faculty-history/faculty/mark-walrod-harrington/memorial
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JAMES HARRINGTON
CHARLOTTE WALROD, 1st wife
(MRS.) SUSAN WYMAN, 2nd wife.
FAMILY
-Diana Vermon, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1833.
-Joseph, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1836.
-Susan Elizabeth, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1838.
-George L., b. New South Berlin, N.Y., 1840. He resided Sycamore, Ill., in 1828. (sic)
-Nelson K., b. Sycamore, Ill, after 1843.
-James Franklin, b. Sycamore, Ill., July 17, 1846; d. at Jewel, Kans. Mar. 14, 1885; m. in Sycamore, Ill., Oct. 2, 1872, Henrietta Durant of St. Charles, Ill.He was born on the old homestead 4 miles north from Sycamore, Ill., the house still standing in 1928. He served about one year in the Civil War and then went to Kansas, where in Jewell County, he homesteaded a farm in 1871. In 1872, he returned to Sycamore, Ill., and was married and took his bride back to Kansas. He was City Marshall of Jewell, Kan., in 1885, and while attempting to arrest a horse thief, Jacob Loy, he was shot and survived only 12 hours. He had moved from his homestead into the county seat in 1883.
-Mark Walrod, b. Sycamore, Ill., Aug. 18, 1848; m. Rosa M. Smith. He graduated from University of Michigan in 1868, and lectured on Astonomy in Cherlin College, Ohio, and at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge, La.; for a year he was connected with the Chinese foreign office in Peking, China, and spent one year in Alaska. The he was professor of Astonomy at University of Michigan, then head of the Weather Bureau at Washington, D.C., then President of Washington State University.
-William Shaw, b. New South Berlin, N.Y., after 1848; he died in Seattle, Wash., 1922; m. Elizabeth, he was a Methodist Preacher.
-Mary Sylvia, b. Sycamore, Ill., before 1850. She was youngest child, and she and her brother spent school year 1864-65 at Ann Arbor, in the University of Michigan.
MARK WALROD HARRINGTON
ROSE M. SMITH, his wife.
FAMILY
-Mark Raymond of N.Y. City, b. at Ann Arbor, Mich., July 6, 1882; resided N.Y.C.; m. Edna L. Parker. He was associated wit hthe Museum of American Indians at Broadway and 155th Sts., N.Y.C. In 1930 he was advanced from field worker to Curator of South West Museum of the University of California. He had then been with the South West Museum for about a year and a half.
His wife, Edna L. Parker, was a direct descendant of the famous Iroquois Indian prophet, Handsome Lake, and Gen. Eli S. Parker, full blooded Seneca Indian of Gen. Grant's staff. [She was a great niece of Eli S. Parker-KG]
SOURCE- http://myplace.frontier.com/~chucknan3/m.htm#fam3
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James Harrington was the son of Lot Harrington and Sylvia Sage. James' paternal grandfather was Thomas and Freelove Herrington. The maternal grandparent of James were Daniel Sage (1756-1852) and Sybil Jewitt.
Just after James' birth, his mother, Sylvia Sage Harrington died. James was brought up by his Aunt and Uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William Shaw.
James' first wife was Charlotte Walrod. They were married on 22 January 1831, in Allegany County, New York, and moved to Sycamore, Illinois, in June of 1843, where she died in 1871. James then married Mrs. Susan Wyman the following year.
At age 17, he was teaching school and studying medicine during the rest intervals. He then moved to Eagle, New York in 1829, where he practiced medicine until 1831. After their marriage, they moved back to Chenango County, New York, where he practiced medicine until 1843, when he moved to De Kalb County, Illinois, and settled on a homestead four miles from Sycamore, where he and Charlotte had five children.
In 1846 James was a member of the Illinois Legislature and for 9 years was a member of the DeKalb County Board of Supervisors and served the entire period as chairman of the board. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
In 1864 he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan where his two children, Mark Walrod, and Mary attended college. In 1865 he returned to Sycamore, Illinois, and bought property.
The children of James and Charlotte Walrod Harrington were:
1. Diana Vernon Harrington
2. William Shaw Harrington married Elizabeth Clark. Their daughter, Susan Harrington married Dr. Philp B. Cousland. Their son was Dr. Philip Alexander Clyde Cousland
3. Joseph Harrington
4. George L. Harrington
5. Susan Elizabeth Harrington (Ephaim Blake Shurtleff)
6. Mark Walrod Harrington
7. Nelson Rounds Harrington
8. James Franklin Harrington
9. Mary S. Harrington.
James had a half brother by the name of James Harrington. After the death of James' mother, Lot Harrington married Sarah Patterson. Lot and Sarah Patterson had one child, also named James Harrington, who was born in 1811 and died in 1897. James Harrington is buried in the Zion Cemetery, Blissfield, Lenawee County, Michigan.
Dr. James Harrington's son, Mark Walrod Harrington became president of the University of Washington. Mark Walrod Harrington's son was Mark Raymond Harrington. Mark Raymond Harrington was a published archeologist.
SOURCE- Find A Grave Memorial# 34450313
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MARRIAGE
Name: Mark W Harrington[Mark Walrod Harrington]
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Rose M Smith
Marriage Date: 30 Jul 1874
Marriage County: De Kalb co., IL
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Mark W Harrington in the U.S. Passport Applications,
Name: Mark W Harrington
Birth Date: 18 Aug 1848
Birth Place: Sycamore, Illinois
Age: 42
Passport Issue Date: 23 Jul 1891
Passport Includes a Photo: No
Residence: Washington, District of Columbia
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Mark W Harrington in the 1900 United States Federal Census:
Name: Mark W Harrington [Mark Walrod Harrington]
Age: 31
Birth Date: Aug 1848
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1900: Election District 9, Baltimore City (Independent City), Maryland
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Patient (Institutional) Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
Marital Status: Divorced
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Rose M Harrington in the 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Rose M Harrington
[Rose Martha Smith]
Age: 48
Birth Date: Oct 1851
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1900: Mount Vernon Ward 1, Westchester, New York
Race: White
Gender: Female
Relation to Head of House: Sister in Law (Sister)
Marital Status: Married
Marriage Year: 1878
Years Married: 22
Father's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother's Birthplace: Vermont
Mother: number of living children: 2
Mother: How many children: 2
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry H Boyce 58
Mary E Boyce 57
Helen F Boyce 15
Margeret Boyce 13
Rose M Harrington 48
Raymond Harrington 17
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Mark H (sic) Harrington in the 1910 United States Federal Census :
Name: Mark H Harrington
[Mark Walrod Harrington]
Age in 1910: 61
Birth Year: abt 1849
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1910: Manhattan Ward 12, New York, New York
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Rose H Harrington
Father's Birthplace: Virginia
Household Members:
Name Age
Mark H Harrington 61
Rose Martha Smith 55
Mark Raymond Harrington 27
Alma Harrington 26
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Mark Wilrod (sic) Harrington in the American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI):
Name: Mark Wilrod Harrington
Volume: 73
Page Number: 101
Reference: Harrington fam. In America. By Eug. W. Harrington. Buffalo, 1907. (127p.): 115 History of Woodstock, Ct. Gen. Of Woodstock fams. By Clarence Winthrop Bowen. Norwood, Ms. 1930-43. (8v.) V.1 is the hist. And the other 7 v. are gens. Each v. paged and indexed separately.):6: 855
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