Carey, Charles Henry.  "History of Oregon." Vol. 3. Chicago-Portland: Pioneer
Historical Pub. Co., 1922.  p. 376.

HENRY ZOPHAR THARP, M. D.

Dr. Henry Zophar Tharp, practicing physician of Astoria, is a native son of
Oregon, born in Polk county in 1881. His parents were Joseph and Alice (Wood)
Tharp. The father came to Oregon in 1845 from Illinois, where his people had
lived for generations and he followed farming and cattle raising, becoming a
highly successful and respected citizen of the community in which he resided.

Dr. Henry Zophar Tharp is indebted to the common schools of Polk county for his
early education and in due time he entered the Oregon Agricultural College.
Deciding on a professional career, Dr. Tharp entered the medical department of
the University of Oregon and graduated in 1914, after which he practiced at
Toledo, Oregon, for a short time. He then removed to Rainier, where he accepted
the position of physician and surgeon of the Hammond Lumber Company, one of the
giant lumber companies of the coast and there remained until the outbreak of the
World war, when he resigned his position and volunteered his services in the
medical corps. He was commissioned first lieutenant and ordered to Fort Riley,
Kansas, for duty, where he took a special course for medical officers. From Fort
Riley he was ordered to Camp Lewis, Washington. He served until February, 1919,
and received his discharge as captain in the Medical Reserve Corps, United
States army. He then went to Astoria and he resumed his practice which he has
continued, having an extensive and lucrative patronage. He has specialized in
urology, being one of the few physicians of Astoria who have taken up a special
line in the profession. Dr. Tharp is of an athletic turn and during his college
days he was a member of the football, baseball, and basketball teams of his
college. While attending the Oregon Agricultural College he was basketball coach
and he was professor of physical training at the State Normal School at
Monmouth, Oregon.

In 1913 Dr. Tharp was married to Miss Agnes J. Windover, a native of Wisconsin,
and to them one child has been born, Cleo Jean.

Dr. Tharp is very popular, both in and out of his profession and in the club and
fraternal circles of Astoria he takes an active part, being a member of the
Masons, of the Chamber of Commerce and of the Kiwanis Club. In the line of his
profession he holds membership in the Clatsop County Medical Society, the Oregon
State Medical Society, and the American Medical Association.



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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2006 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.