James Guthrie Harbord (1866-1947) — also known as
James G. Harbord — of Manhattan, Riley
County, Kan.; Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y. Born near Bloomington, McLean
County, Ill., March 21,
1866. Son of George W. Harbord and Effie Critton (Gault) Harbord
(c.1840-1923); married, January
21, 1899, to Emma Yeatman Ovenshine (daughter of Gen. Samuel
Ovenshine (1843-1932)); married, December
31, 1938, to Anne (Lee) Brown (daughter of Fitzhugh
Lee). Republican. Major in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; general in the U.S. Army during World War I;
president (1923-30), and chairman (1930-47), Radio Corporation of
America; director, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad;
director, Bankers Trust Co.;
director, National Broadcasting
Co.; director, Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Inc. (RKO); director, New York
Life Insurance
Co.; candidate for Republican nomination for Vice President, 1924,
1932;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1932;
delegate
to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Member,
Freemasons; Knights
Templar; Union
League. Died in Rye, Westchester
County, N.Y., August
20, 1947. Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
