When James Harrison Tharp was born on 15 April 1860, in Missouri, United States, his father, Stephen Henry Tharp, was 52 and his mother, Susannah L Linville, was 35. He married Mary Elizabeth Black on 18 September 1884, in Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in Brooklyn, Schuyler, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Sterling, Logan, Colorado, United States in 1910. He died on 4 March 1951, in Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Holdrege, Phelps, Nebraska, United States.
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Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Historical Boundaries: 1873: Weld, Colorado Territory, United State 1876: Weld, Colorado, United States 1887: Logan, Colorado, United States
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
English: variant of Thorpe .
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