HENRY ZOPHAR THARP

Henry Zophar Tharp
Submitted by: Lynn Mack

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 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 was

basket-ball 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.

History of Oregon, Biographical, Vol. III, The Pioneer Historical

Publishing Company, 1922, Page 376

County Coordinator: Gayle Triller
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