When Joseph Leonard Harrod was born on 1 October 1888, in Alton, Oregon, Missouri, United States, his father, George Washington Harrod, was 40 and his mother, Martha Ann Jarutha Greer, was 22. He married Pearl Mae Whicker on 1 June 1912, in Winona Township, Shannon, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Falling Spring Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Johnson Township, Oregon, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 15 April 1973, in Ontario, Malheur, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Vale, Malheur, Oregon, United States.
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English: variant of Harold . Compare Herod .
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