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Name: William Foss Harney ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18}
Sex: M
Birth: 18 AUG 1881 in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, USA ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 14 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25}
Death: 24 MAY 1970 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA ^{1 9 12 14 17 22 24 25}
Burial: Hillside, Cook, Illinois, USA. ^{1 9 14 22 26}
Baptism: 25 JAN 1882 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Residence:
1. 1 MAR 1885 in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, USA. ²
1. 1900 in Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas, USA. ⁷
1. 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. ⁵
1. BET 1917 AND 1918 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. ⁸
1. 1920 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. ¹¹
1. 1930 in Addison, DuPage, Illinois, USA. ³
1. 1942 in Bensenville, Cook, Illinois, USA. ⁶
1. SEP 1948 in Formosa, Van Buren, Arkansas, USA.
Person Id: I18365
Tree Id: 619260

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Parents

Father:

Henry Clay Horney: Birth: 1 JAN 1844 in Hancock County, Illinois, USA. Death: 20 NOV 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Mother:

Matilda Caroline Foss: Birth: 8 SEP 1859 in Lærdalsøyri, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. Death: 5 MAY 1939 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA

Family
Marriage:

Married: Alice Imogene Hammond on 7 MAR 1905 at Chicago Cook, Illinois, USA.^{5 25}
Alice Imogene Hammond: Birth: 29 NOV 1889 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA. Death: 30 MAY 1985 in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA

Children:

Ruth Agnes Harney: Birth: 7 SEP 1907 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Death: 7 AUG 1944 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
William Foss Harney: Birth: 13 MAR 1910 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA. Death: 18 OCT 1982 in Hammond, Lake, Indiana, USA

Sources

1.	Title: U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
2.	Title: Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;
3.	Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: Addison, DuPage, Illinois; Roll: 511; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 0011; Image: 44.0; FHL microfilm: 2340246 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;
4.	Title: Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;
5.	Title: 1910 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 27, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T624_270; Page: 24A; Enumeration District: 1186; FHL microfilm: 1374283 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;
6.	Title: U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 Page: The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration), for The State of Illinois; State Headquarters: Illinois; Microfilm Series: M2097; Microfilm Roll: 113 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
7.	Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Eureka, Greenwood, Kansas; Roll: 481; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0048; FHL microfilm: 1240481 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;
8.	Title: U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Page: Registration State: Illinois; Registration County: Cook; Roll: 1503988; Draft Board: 78 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;
9.	Title: Web: Illinois, Find A Grave Index, 1809-2012 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;
10.	Title: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
11.	Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Page: Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 27, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_340; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 1682; Image: 1011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;
12.	Title: Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;
13.	Title: Picture, Harney, William F. Sr
14.	Title: Memoriam, Harney, William Foss
15.	Title: Interview, Alice Imogene Hammond Page: Copy in my possession.
16.	Title: Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899-2011 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
17.	Title: U.S., Railroad Retirement Pension Index, 1934-1987 Page: The National Archives at Atlanta; Morrow, Georgia; Records of the Railroad Retirement Board, 1934 - 1987; Record Group Number: 184 Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2017;
18.	Title: U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Records, 1826-1940 Page: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Archives; Elk Grove Village, Illinois; Congregational Records Author: Ancestry.com Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2015;
19.	Title: Family Bible, William F. Harney & Alice I. Harney
20.	Title: Birthday Party, William Foss Harney Sr Publication: Name: John & Alice Luther;
21.	Title: Census, 1910 Cook,IL Page: Roll 270, Book 1, page 158 Publication: Name: April 30, 1910;
22.	Title: Death Certificate, William Harney
23.	Title: Pension Application, Henry C. Harney
24.	Title: Book, Leaves of Memories. William F. Harney Sr Author: Charles W. Anderson Funeral Home, Chicago, IL.
25.	Title: Note pages, Harney, Betty Ann Author: Betty Ann Harney
26.	Title: Interview, with myself James William Harney

Notes

Note: Grandpa is buried in Oakridge Cemetery; Section 25; Lot 155. I was a Pall Bearer.
Grandpa left Eureka Kansas and came to Chicago in 1901 where he worked for the Milwaukee Railroad as a conductor. He sent most of his pay to his parents who lost all their money during the depression of 1894. In 1903 his parents joined him in Chicago. Grandpa lived in a boarding house run by Fannie Hammond. Fannie was the mother of Alice Imogene Hammond who became grandpa's wife. Fannie kept telling young Alice to stay away from those railroad men but she didn't, thank goodness or we wouldn't be here.
James W. Harney Sr. as told by Alice Imogene Harney (Hammond).
Grandpa was a Mason, he belonged to the Bensenville, IL Lodge 1159. A FM
Grandpa was a quiet man who did not let his feelings show. The only thing he ever told me about himself was that as a young boy in Kansas he had a pet squirrel that he carried around in his coat. Grandpa loved sports, it was common for him to watch one ball game on TV while listening to another on the radio. He liked to eat peanuts drink beer and smoke a cigar while enjoying the ball games. Once when we went to visit, grandpa was not at home, grandma was worried because he had gone to the store and had been gone longer than usual, it was a cold winter day so I put on my coat and started out toward the store looking for him. I found him standing in a store front resting. He was wearing an overcoat that must have weighed 40 pounds and was carrying a heavy shopping bag. Grandpa was a proud man and would not allow me to wait for him to rest, his legs caused him pain when walking. He gave me his shopping bag to carry home and sent me on my way. He arrived home a short while later sat down in front of the TV and emptied his shopping bag. One can of peanuts, one six pack of beer and a box of cigars, he was set for the weekend. If grandma started to complain to loudly about the games he would reach up and turn down his hearing aid, which was in the frames of his glasses, he would then grin from ear-to-ear. Grandpa loved apple pie with a slice of cheese on top.
William and Alice were separated for about eight years, Alice said she was pushed into marriage when she was very young by her mother. According to Betty Ann Jones, the separation either began or was over when William F. Harney Jr. was about 8 years old in 1918.
When William retired he and Alice moved from Bensenville, IL to Tucson, AZ. After a while they moved to a small chicken ranch in Arkansas then back to Chicago. Info from Nancy Andre Harney. *** Could the chicken ranch have been in or near Formosa, Arkansas? The town of Formosa, Arkansas appears on one of the notebook pages mentioned below.***
On 17 Aug 1969 John and Alice Luther held a birthday party for grandpa, it was his 88th year. At the party my brothers and I met our half-brother and sister for the first time. Ralph Phillip Harney and Nancy Andre Vogel (Harney). It was a very good day for all of us. When Ralph arrived he said"I understand I have some brothers here". The ice was broken and we had a very nice visit. Grandma Harney was very happy to see us all together.
After grandpa died grandma gave be some pages from a small notebook that belonged to grandpa, William Foss Harney Sr.
Page 1. Graves New Section Mt. Olive.
Mothers Block 19-139
Phoebe " 19-138
Delbert " 19-340
Ruth " 19-647
Dads " 6-2055
Old Section
Grandma Foss Sec. E 57D
corner S-E 57D
Page 2. Route 50 to 49 out Cicero Ave. to Phoebe's
Social Security No. Dorothy 338-09-7850
Walter 319-14-7970
Edens Bus
Itaska
Bensenville
Page 3. Alice 1889 Nov 29
Bill 1881 Aug 18
Sam 1883 July 28
Phil 1886 April 6
Dorothy 1888 July 20
Mary 1891 June 26
Phoebe 1894 Oct 26
Delbert 1902 March 2
Dad 1844 Jan 1
Mother 1859 Sept. 8
Julia 1910 April
Emily April 2
Alfred 1891 Feb. 11
Walter 1885 July 27
Ruth 1907 Sept. 7
Billie 1910 March 13
Benny 1917 Sept. 15
Gertrude 1919 March 19
Matilda 1922 May 15
Page 3.
Bowling Joe's
Capitol 7-9695
3951 Fullerton Ave.
Social Security Board Field Office
225 N. Crawford
Van Buren 7217
Page 4. Died
Emily March 13, 1925
Sam Dec. 12, 1945
Dad Nov. 20, 1907
Mother May 5, 1939
Ruth Aug. 7, 1944
Del. Feb. 20, 1941
Benny Nov. 20, 1918
Ma Holtz April 20, 1947
Fred June 29, 1939
Page 5. Nurses Phoebe
Mrs. Drake
Mrs. Sante
Brian Phillip Schultz May 5, 1950
Howard Huggins 3rd Feb. 9, 1951
From a Page from another notebook found with William Foss Harney Sr.'s papers.
Front Matilda Foss Harney
Bergen Norway
Sept. 8, 1959 "Must be an error in the year"
Died May 5, 1939
79 years 7 months 27 days
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63 yrs. 10 mths. 20 days
Quincy 1907
Quincy, ILL
Henry Clay Harney
AFM
Brother Bill's Lodge
Masons Bensenville, ILL.
1159
Alice & Wm.
Eastern Star
Lodge 988
Bensenville
Formosa, Arkansas ***
Back of same page.
Bill 1881 Aug 18
Sam 1883 July 28
Phil 1886 April 6
Dorothy 1888 July 20
Mary 1891 June 26
Phoebe 1894 Oct 26
Delbert 1902 March 2
Dad 1844 Jan 1
Mother 1859 Sept. 8
Julia 1910 April
Emily April 2
Addie 1891 Feb 11
Walter 1885 July 27
Ruth 1907 Sept 7
Billie 1910 March 13
Benny 1917 Sept 15
Gertrude 1919 March 19
Matilda 1922 May 15
Dottie J. 1931 June 16
Rayme 1943 Oct 12
In 1985, before grandma died, she gave me grandpa Harney's Waltham pocket watch.

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