HISTORY OF THE FAMILY

OF

JEROME LATHROP and

ANN ELIZA WARREN LATHROP

my father and mother

Prepared by George Martin tathrop, their fifth son,

and now their only living child,

Nebraska City, Nebraska, 1959,

kiduding a brief sketch of the familiesof my paternaland maternalgrand’

parents,and including a sketchof my father’s family by his first marriage.

The following information I receivedfrom Earl H. Lathrop, of The United StatesNational Bank, Port-

land, 8, Oregon:

There is a volume of the “Lathrop-Loihrop” genealogical ard memorial records,works of Rev. E. B.

Huntington and his wife, Julia M. Huntington. The Huntington Volume is completefrom 1216A. D. to 1874.

The last number in the volume is 3090 lathrop descendantsfrom Rev. John Lathrc~p,and 759 descendants

from Mark, the brother of John, who adoptedthe spelling asLothrop. The numberingbeginsfrom 1634,

A. D., when Rev, John lathrop cameto America, followed shortly by his Brother Mark.

I have not yet beenable to locate where the Huntington volume is.

l receivedthe following information from James A. Lathrop, 678 Catalina St., Laguna Beach,Calif.

Jamesis a grandsonof my Uncle Ira Randall Lathrop:

Ira Randall Lathrop, born 1824, died 1910. Married Avis Alvina Foster,who wasborn May 14, 1830,

at Ware, Mass. Died April 9, 1879, Berlin, Wis. They had five children, ViZ: Marvin Lathrop, born 1851;

Annie Lathrop, born 1853, married Sam Brown, Sheriff of Brown County, Kansas; Frank Herbert Lofhrop,

(father of JamesA. Lothrop), born 1856, died 1911,married Mary Louise Jenkins, born 1859, died 1940;

Edgar Lathrop; Charles F. Lathrop. Marvin and CharlesLathrop arementionedin my historyof theJerome

Lafhrop family.

George Martin Lothrop

1959

PREFACE TO THE HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF JEROME LATHROP AND ANN ELIZA WARREN LATHROP

LATHROP LINE Of DESCENDENTS BACK TO 1584.

REV. JOHN LATH ROP,Pioneer

SAMUEL,Cameto Americawith his fatherin 1634.

ISRAEL

BENJAMIN

CYPRIAN

ABIAL

ABIEL,Father ofJerome Lathrop

Born

December20, 1584

Born in England

October, 1659

July31, 1699

June 2, 1722

May 16, 1760

August 18, 1792

Married

HannahHewes

ElizabethScudder

RebeccaBliss

Martha Adgate

Mary Stark

Lucy Randall

Ordelia Beckley

Died

1653

March 28, ‘1733

February11, 1774

October 4, 1786

December28, 1847

April 3, 1867

CHILDREN OF CYPRIAN AND MARY LATHROP

RHODA

MARY

JAMES

CHARLES

AMY or ALMY

ABIAL

ADGATE

JERUSHA

ANNE

Bon

November 9, 1747

June11, 1750

July 11, 1752

March11, 1755

July 6, 1757

May 16, 1760

August29, 1764

June 25, 1767

March 26, 1769

Married

Allen Wightman

NeverMarried

Mary Stark

Lucy StarkLucy Williams

Dyer Hull

Lucy Randall

Anne HouseMartha Moss

Cot. JosiahJohnson

William Whiting

Died

1835

June 16,1812

September11, 1849

December28, 1847

April, 1840

June28, 1825

October 25, ‘1822

LUCY

ABIEL

WEALTHY

SYLVESTER R.

AVERY

URIAH

HORACE

CHILDREN OF ABIAL

Born

July 19, 1790

August 18,1792

June27,1794

December 12, 1796

November 19, 1798

October20, 1800

March 19,1804

AND LUCY LATHROP

Married

William SmithWilliam WalbridgeOrdelia Beckley

Erastus Bailey

Mary Beckley

April 3, 1867

January 16,1872

August 30, 1860

It is of interest that our ancestor,Rev, John Lathrop, was ~n pnson when the Mayflower sailed. He

wasa dissenterof whom the Church of Englanddid not approve. His wife died leaving severalchildren

with no one to care for them,so eventually he was released.He settled ~n Scituate Mass and preached

there, so we need not be ashamedof him,

I c v~d F r~.~‘g .~, re ~f de or on ~norrrat or ron o e Mr J Ff S n nor of S~offor

f the f t a I o e o I t o a d A i J a War I th o v s T

~c�. rr r g ea eo grandfah~ ai ~y a cci j “~c gra dfatF v a Cy~ or at irop o

we ore cousmsseveralgenera~ons removed.

Georg’~Mar I hrop

1959

February 29,1700

Died

Seated, left to right: Audobon Warren Lathrop, Jerome Lathrop, Ann Etiza Lathrop, Jay Willson Lathrop.

Standing, left to right: Carl William Lathrop, George Martin Lathrop, Edith Agnes Latbrop, Mark Nathaniel Lathrop OrinJerome Lathrop.

Following is a Sketch from my memoryof the family of my paternalGrandfather, ABIEL LATHROP,

and his wife ORDELIA (Beckley) LATHROP.

They had these children:

Ira Randall Lathrop

Caroline Lathrop

Eliza Lathrop

Jerome Lathrap, and

Harriet Lathrop.

I think there were one or two other children in that family. I do not know their names,and they never

married.

RANDALL LATHROP lived at Hancock,Wisconsinfor many years, and hedied there. His children were

Marvin Lathrop, Hancock, Wis., and CharlesLathrop,Algona, Iowa, Charleswas Register of Deeds there

for many years. After that, Abstracterof Titles, His wife still lives there. Charles Lothrop had one son,

Frank Lathrop, whose addressis 2333 SE Market, Portland 15, Oregon. Charles Lathrop also had one

daughter, married, I do not know her name or address,Marvin Lathrop hadoneson, Harry Lathrop.Last

I knew of him he lived in California.

CAROLINE LATHROP lived most of her life nearTustin and Santa Ana, California. Her husbandwas

Edmond Downs. They were early settlers of California. Caroline Lathrop Downs and Edmond Downs had

thefollowing children:

Cynthia Downs,

Edwin Downs, single,

Henry Downs, No information,

Henrietta Downs,

George Downs, No information

Jeff Downs, No information

EIva Downs,

Albert Downs,

Cynthia Downs, married Hiram K. Snow. They had threechildren. C. Otis Snow (whose wife is

Florence),and their address is Oxnard, California. Otis andFlorencehavetwo children, Janeand Helen,

both married. Janelives nearSan Francisco,and Helen at Oxnard.

Hiram Snow and GeibSnow.

After the deathof Cynthia Downs Snow,her husband,Hiram K. Snow marriedCynthia’s youngestsis-

ter, Elva Downs. They had two children. Elvita andStilson H. Snow, Elvita Married Albert Petit, and their

address is Oxnard, California. They had three children, Clayton, Caroline and Alva, Stilson H. Snow is

married and lives in los Angeles.Elva Downs Snow (Mrs. H. K. Snow) is now in her 94th year, and lives

at Oxnard, California.

Henrietta Downs married Peter T. Adams. They lived at SantaAna, California. They had three chil-

dren, FrancesAdams, Henry Adams and Cood Adams. Frances(better known as Frankie) married Hugh

Plumb, who ~s County Assessorat Santa Ana, Calif.) Address, Santa Ana, They have twa sons, Peter

and Hugh, Jr. Henry Adams, and wife Kathryn lived at Anaheim,. Calif. Caod Adams (now deceased).

(His wife Bess)~addressTuitin, California.

ELIZA LATHROP Married Thomas S. Stevens. They lived on a farm near Plymouth, Iowa, and died

there. They had five children, viz~ ..

ErnestStevens(his wife Jennie)lived at Epping, North Dakota,

Frank Stevenslived in Minneapolis, Minn.

Clara Stevens, was married, and died in California,

Ella Stevens,was married, and died in North Dakota.

Jay Lathrop Stevens(his wife Anna). He lived on the home farm at Plymouth, Iowa for

many years. He held most Township offices, was on the County board, Secretary and Manager of the

local Creamery for a number of years, waspresident of Iowa State Board of Creameries four years, was

Mayor of Plymouth one term, was on Church boards for many years, and Sunday School Superintendent.

Was president of the Farmers Mutual Insurance Corn pany. They had five children, onedied in infancy:

Nellie McConnell, lives at Plymouth. She has one daughter, Royce.

Ethel Armstrong, lives in Minneapolis, and has one boy.

Ralph Stevenslives at Montezuma, Iowa. He has four children.

Loyd Stevens(wife Amy) live at Mason City, Iowa, and is Secretary of Farmers Mutual Insurance As-

sociation. They have one girl and three boys.

HARRIET BARBER—Married William Barber, La Porte, Ind. He was a wagon maker, I have no infor.

mation positive about her, except I know they had one son, William Barber, who lived at LaPorte, Ind.,

the last I knew of him, I know shealso had one daughter, but do not know her name.Shemay have had

other children, After my mother died Harriet Barber kept house for my father for one year, then she

went back to La Porte, lnd., where shelived until shedied,

Following is a sketch from my memory of the family of my Grandfather (On my mother’s side)—

NATHANIEL WARREN, and his wife Eliza A. (Willson) Warren.

They lived at Newark, Wisconsin, about ten miles out of Beloit, Wis. I visited the homeof my grand-

parentsabout 1938, They are buried in a well kept Cemetery about 80 rods from the old home. There

were four children in this family:

Mary Warren Corbin,

Ann Eliza Warren Lathrop (my mother),

AubodonWarren,

J.M. Warren(died single),

G. Willsan Warren,a soldier, died inClarksville, Tenn., December30, 1864, aged19 years

3 months.

MARY WARREN CORBIN lived at Fountain, Colorado.She had two children—EdithandStanleyCorb~n.

ANN EI1ZA WARREN IATHROP ~my mother), was born ~nPalmyra,Stateof New York, Dec 24,

1842 Shemoved with her parentsto Milwaukee W scons~n,ard from there to Newark, Rock County

Wisconsui (about 10 miles out of Beloit) where sI-c es~dedwitI- her parentsun’nl her narriogeto Jerome

Lathrop. She waswel educatedFo~he t n~e, havmanttpr -1ec. .~v A~deriy as ee~ot W ld befo ~

he -i-a ooe she ta gh ciool On school 1 ci- she augl- as n o ~c or, houso about o r

m es Northwe t of NebaskaCity SI-c i-oct have beer a e ott t~e g rI for d a i-y as

bus ies~n NebraskaCity nary of ny c stoner I-a i-ne v hw wne s e vas yaurg spoke o w a a

good o king g~r shewas

AUDOBON WARREN had two chldren Estl-er and Pool I-c last knew EstI-er was Iiv~nga os An

geles Her married namewas EstherCrosser krow noth’ng of Paul Wa re

e been old th Geieral Wa ei f Re o y V a i s or d s a e at vii a

do e Na ha ~el War S f ny y gas wait o be a D 4 P yo ght tr cc y u lneage

th ough t e Warrenfoff y

a p e oc 0 he h~sto c I-c JEROME IA HROP am~lythe follow~ng~scopied from a book n-y

father JeromeIothrop I-ad TI-c an of the book s Portr an B~oqa heal Ihur (i-~’~ ~

Counties,Nebraska”,publishedin 1889, by Chapman Brothers,Chicago,My father,JeromeLathrop,fur-

nishedthe materialfor this biography.

“JEROME LATHROP, The farming community of Belmont Precinctacknowledgesin this gentleman

oneof its mostesteemedmembersandprosperousagriculturists He is comfortably located on Section 13,

Township8, Range13 wherehe has 160 acresof land, and to which he camein the spring of 1860. The

offspring of a good family, he was born in LeRoy, GeneseeCo., N. Y., June20, 1826,and is the son of

Abiel and Ordelia(Beckley) Lathrop, theformer a native of Vermont, and a millwright and miller by

trade,

The father of our sublect put up a large numberof mills in the Empire State, including buildings

at LeRoy, Warsawand CattoraugusFalls, He changedhis residencein 1836 to La PorteCounty,md,, and

also at the sametime changedhis occupation,taking up farming, The countrywaswild and new at that

time, and he experiencedall the hardshipsand difficulties of the earlypioneer,After the lapseof twelve

monthshis health becomeseriously impaired,andhe wasunfitted for activelabor, although he lived sev-

eral years, and until the advancedageof seventy-six,dying in 1874. The mother passedaway at the

old homesteadin 1888. Of their children, six in number,five arenow living,

The subject of this sketch completed his education in the schoolsof Kingsbury, La Porte Co., lnd.,

where he also became intimately acquainted with the employments incident to farm life; with thesehe

has also been sinceoccupied, He came to this county in the fall of 1859, and settled on his present farm

the following year. The first winter westof the Mississippi he spentin the embryotown of Osceola, Clarke

Co., Iowa, when the settlementsof whitemen werefew and far between,The country aroundwas wild

andnew in Iowa aswell asNebraska,

Upon coming to this county our subject sheltered himself and his family in asmall brick house,around

which was broken about forty acresof land. Indians were numerous and often called at their door up-

on various pretexts, but otherwisethan begging for somethingto eat or somearticle of clothing which

they fancied, gave them very little trouble or apprehension, Mr. Lathrop and his wife endeavored to

treat them kindly and they were susceptible to this,

Our subject,while a residentof Indiana, had ben married, April 2, 1850, to Miss Mary Angeline

Pratt, who was born in ChautauquaCounty, N. Y., in 1825. She was the daughterof Lyman and Sallie

Pratt, who were nativesof New York, and are now dead,

Of the union of Mr and Mrs. Lathroptherewere born six children, two only of whom are living—

Ella J, and Ida M. The former married John W. Gilmore, a farmer of Thomas County, Kan, and has

three daughters._~et~~~,Carrie and Elizabeth Ida is the wife of Frank Farber of Beatrice Neb and

the mothe of two daughtes and a son~FaniyMamie andJero iii Mrc %A0

y A~~geu~e Ia hrop aepart-

ed th s I fo her o~nea Belnort Precinct on -~ 5 h a A ause 1864

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borr i 842 Ne a Stae a ci s the daughtii t aid 8 z / (W a Wa er

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prietor. Mrs. Lathrop, in her own right, is the owner of 160 acresin ThomasCounty, Kan,, and a fine

timber claim also belongsto the estate,”

JeromeIathrop was born June 20, 1826, at LeRoy, GeneseeCounty, New York. His father moved

to Kingsbury,Indiana,when he was 10 yearsold, engagedin farming. His fatherdied and is buried there.

April 2, 1850, JeromeIathrop married Mary Angeline Pratt, who was born in ChautauquaCounty N Y

in 1825. They had six children. Four of them died in infancy The two who lived were Ella JaneIathrop

and Ida May Iathrop. Mary Angeline Pratt Iathrop died August 5, 1864, and is buried on the lath op

lo, WyuKa Cemetery, NebraskaCity.

EiA JANE IATHROP daughterof JeromeandMary Angeline (Pratt) Iathrop, was born at K’ngsbury

Indian Jan 11, 852. Sic attendedthe Wu ic Consevatory in Peoria II She mar ied John W Gil

more Jan 9 ,872 at NebraskaCity Nebr. A few years after their marrIage they moved to Colby, Kan-

sas,and a few years later bought a cattle ranch nea Coloy I-Fey a~vedthere until Joh died

‘1916 He ‘s buried n Beulah Cemetery, Coloy Kansas

Ella Jane Lathrop Gilmore then lived around with her child”en until herdeath,Sept. 8, 1938, at the

homeof her daughter,ElizabethFullen, in OklahomaCity, 0kb. She is buried besideher husbandin Beu-

lah Cemetery,Colby, Kansas,

The following children were born to JohnW. and Ella JaneGilmore:

Nettie, Born Sept. 12, 1872. Married Russel James,Colby. Kansas,Dec Ii, 1905, and lived at Lu.

cerne,Wyoming. They have one son, Allen James.

Carrie, born March 31, 1885. She married Walter Goellert Sept 2, 1908 They lived in Filer, Idaho.

They have one son, John Robert, and one daughter,Frances.

Elizabeth, born May 25, 1 887. She married Earl G. FulIen at Lindsborg, Kansas, and lived there 4

years.Earl died Elizabeth lives in OklahomaCity, 812 NE 20 They hadthreechildren,

Whitley G. Fullen, with ConnecticutMutual life Ins Ca, Oklahoma City, Lois Fuller, now murried to

ClarenceOtis Hunt, Jr Jan 13, 1959, and lives in OklahomaCity Betty Fullen lives in New York City.

Graduatedfrom NorthwesternUniversity, Chicago, and has beer “Top Researcher”for Time life and

FortuneMagazines

IDA MAY LATHROP, daughterof JeromeandMary Angeline (Pratt) Iathrop born at Kingsbury, In-

diana, June 11 1857 Married FranK M Farber Feb 19 187/ Frank M. Farber was borr Dec 23 1842

He fought on the Southernside in the Civil Wa Wasa e time time Sherff of Otoc Co nty Nebraska He

died ir 1919 Ida May Farber dcci August 12 94 Bore ir I rbo’ ‘h’ te io er “10 id

do Fra ccc Farber born Dec 14 1878 at Deoow ad So Do SI-c a g t cl-oo • Nob aska ad

Washingtor State 1 918 he te ed th~ rcove iaX Sc vi e Was i g a D C ate Fe a

a sfe edtoDivsor Teauy is Chi ago So etied ror 5ev rre ser ice r 950 n ov~d

to Or a do Florida whe ii shed ii Ju se 0 1951. e reve ma r e

Mar or Elea or e Med a

Wi a r no ‘ •1 V e s te I

JeromeFarbar, bors Aori 4 188 B~a cc Neb !%a ic c e W t

‘-Ia r ii a~ th s un a wa b rr re hi d W stan F rbcir. A ord ‘narriag y s to Dodie Pc y

n 1915 They had n h’Id s ii or e rb t Ho a eb 25 19

Marjorie Farbor, born Sept. 28, 1891, at Beatrice,Nebraska.Married Lyle Ra Rea Smith April 14,

1918, at Chicago, Ill, He passedaway August 16, 1946, at Orlando, FIa. They had no children. Marjorie,

Mrs. 1. R. Smith, is now living in Orlando, Florida.

Millard EugeneFarbar,born May 7, 1895, at Beatrice,Nebr., died Sept. —, 1895.

On September12, 1865, Jeromelathrop married Ann Eliza Warren.She was born in New York

State, Dec. 24, 1842,

They had eight children, as follows:

Mary Lothrop died aged 2 years.

Audobon Warren lathrop

JayWillson Lathrop

Edith Agnes lafhrop

Orin JeromeLathrop

Mark Nathaniel Lathrop

George Martin lathrop

Carl William Lathrop.

JEROME LATHROP was a successfulfarmerand a respectedcitizen. He and my mother, Ann Eliza

Lathrop, raised all of the abovechildren on their farm, the NorthwestSection 13, Township 8, Range13,

OtoeCounty, threemiles West of NebraskaCity. They were very religious people,membersof the Bap-

tist Church for many years,then in later life they were membersof the Free MethodistChurch.My mother

had a HomeopathicDoctor Book, and a supply of Homeopathicmedicines which she always kept on

hand. I do not recall we ever called in anotherDoctor for we children.My father raisedmostof our liv-

ing, andeveryfall he filled the cellar with apples,potatoes,squash,pumpkins,smokedand saltpork, and

my mother,cannedhundredsof quartsof fruits, pickles, etc. We never wanted for good things to eat

and wear.We boys wore boots and every ChristmasEve, we lined up our boots in the kitchen and on

Christmasmorning when we got up we found that SantaClaushad been theresometime in the night—

without any of us knowing it—and filled our boots with candy,nutsand toys.

The old home was two story brick, with five roomson first floor andsevenroomsupstairs My father

and mother both lived in the old home until their death.

My mother, ANN EL.IZA LATHROP died at the country home June 7, 1901. My father, JEROME

LATHROP died at their country home March 7, 1907, They are buried on the family lot in Wyuka Ceme-

tery, NebraskaCity, Nebraska.

AUBODON WARREN LATHROP, born at NebraskaCity, Nebr., Dec. 7, 1867. Married Rosa Redfernat

NebraskaCity, Nebr,, Oct. 3, 1892. After their marriagethey moved to Colby, Kan., wherethey farmed

a short time, but dry weather forced them to return to Otoe Cot. nty, Nebraska,wherehe formed for sev-

eral years,then moved to Oxford, Nebr, where he farmed a few years then moved to Ansley, Nebr,,

where he boui.ht a farm and lived as long as he wasableto farm, His wife Rosa died at Ansley, Nebr.,

January29, 1927.

Aubodon Warren lathrop died at litchfleld, Nebr, Nov~25, 1943.They areboth buried in the Ceme-

tery at Ansley, Nebraska,

They hadthe following children:

Jetothe~bo d~dt~o by Kansas,July 28, 1893. He servedas private in World War I, cit CampHan-

cock, Georgia.He nevermarried.

EIma, born at NebraskaCity, Nebr., Febr. 24, 1896. Married Edward W. Larson, Sept. 24, 1919, atWesterville, Nebr. They are now living at Leaburg,Oregon,and havethe following children:

Warren Andrew Larson, born April 16, 1923. Married Norma Ray Hart, Warren Andrew and NormaRay havethe following children: Cora Marie Larson,born May 26, 1950; Arlene Ray Larson, born May 15,1953.

Voyle Julet Larson, born June 9, 1926, Married Barbara Maxine Petty,July 23, 1948. They havetwochildren, LeonardWayne Larson, born May 26, 1950, andWalter Lee Larsen,born May 22, 1955,

Viola June Larson, born June9, 1926, Married Emil SuchanekJune 6, 1945. They live at 45 AnnCourt, Springfield, Oregon, and havethree children asfollows: Gerry Lee Suchariek,born March 19, 1947,Jimmy Emil Suchanek,born July 1, 1948, and DavidWilliam Suchanek,born July 25, 1951,

Mabel Caroline Larsen,born March 6, 1930. Married Howard RossMattoon October 17, 1948. Theylive at Ieaburg,Oregon, and have the following children: Harold Edw. Mattoon, born March 19, 1949,Marilyn Elaine Mattoon, born Feb. 1, 1951, and Marjorie Ann Mattoon, born Jan.14, 1955.

Martin Edward Larsen, born Feb. 21, 1932. Never married.Lives at Leaburg,Oregon.

JAY WILLSON LATHROP, born Dec. 24, 1869. He attendedCollege at Peru,Nebr., and Shenandoah,

Iowa, Married Emma ErnestineRedfield at NebraskaCity, Nebr., March 11, 1892. Rev. 0. H. Moulton

officiating. After their marriage they moved to Colby, Kansasby covered wagon, where he farmed for

2 years, but on accountof dry weather andcrop failure he was forced to return to NebraskaCity, where

he farmed for many years. He bought the Brady farm in January,1903, for $11,000.00,which he owned

and farmedfor 17 years,and sold it far $48,000.00. While he lived on the Brady farm he helpedorgan-

ize the FarmersElevator,at Paul,Nebr., andwas a director in the organization. It was operatedvery

successfully while he was director, Then he moved to Long Beach, Calif., where he lived until his death

February24, 1930, He is buried in the lnglewood,California, Cemetery.

Jay’s middle name—”Willson” is a family nameon our mother’s side. Jay’s maternal Grandmother’s

name was “Willson”. Marcius Willson, a brother, of Jay’s maternal grandmotherwas the author of the

old Harper’s Fourth Reader, Our mother told us if we ever met any onewho spelled their name“Willson”

with two Ls we would very likely be related.

The following children were born to Jay and Emma Lathrop:

Vernci Hazel Lathrop, born Oct. 11, 1893, at Colby, Kansas.

Reita Glyn Lathrop,born Oct. 17, 1896,on the Ellis farm nearPaul, Nebraska.

Ted LeRoy Lathrop, born March 22, 1901,on the Ellis farm, near Paul, Nebr.

Ruth May Lathrop, born May 7, 1908, on the Brady Place, nearNebraskaCity. Shedied Nov.

1957, and is buried in ForrestLawn Cemetery,Glendale,Calif.

Verna Hazel Lathrop married Ernest 8. Fricke, Dec. 25, 1916, cit NebraskaCity, Nebr. They areboth

teachingschool,Their childrenareasfollows:

Hazel May Fricke, born Feb. 19, 1918, at Cortland,Nebr. She married Dr. F, 8. King, and is now liv-

ing in Missoula, Mont, They havethreechildren: Dick, Nancy and Jerry,

RolandEdward Fricke, born Jan,11, 1920, single. Lives at 2838 Watson Road,St. Louis 9, Mo,

AUG~Eloise GenevieveFricke, born ~ 17, 1921. Married RobertWilson. Address864 So, 44th St., Lincoln,

Nebr. They have three children—Scott, Lynn and Mike.

Clifford Lynn Fricke, barn Dcc, 9, 1923, Married Marge ~IA! / .~/, Address 1517 Wiltshire Place,

BuckroeBeach,Virginia.

Ca.robyn Joy e FrI-eke hotn Au~2 6, 9•35 J~c~rried StuartNelson.Address921 NorthboroughLane,

Lincoln 5, Nebr, Date of their Marriage Dec. 27, 1953.They havetwo children—RickeyandJanaSue,

Rieta Glyn lathrop Married Richard Malcolm Cowell June 18, 1913. They separatedin January,

1931. He died December31, 1942,Their children are:

Fay La Verne Cowell, born Oct. 12, 1918. Married JosephF. Zeida August 11, 1941. No children,

AddressRt. 1, Box 183,Gresham,Oregon. (Near Portland).

Richard Glen Cowell, born Sept. 14, 1914, Died Oct. 13, 1954. He marriedMay JonesMay 29, 1936,

They had two children—Virginia Dayle, born Jan. 21, 1940, and Richard Gene, born March 9, 1943.

The two children live with their Grandmother,Mrs. Mae Jones,at Bowman,California, P. 0. Box 1021.

Reita Lathrop Cowell married Thomas Martin Sept. 12, 1935, They live at PagosaSprings, Colorado,

Star Route,

Ted LeRoy Lathrop, married Margaret Norris, Sept. ~, 1923. He died at Blair, Nebr,, May 3,

1949. His wife still lives at Blair, They had the following children:

Betty JeanLathrop, barn Apr. 30, 1923—died in July 1932.

Robert Jay, born Jan.7, 1925. Single. Address841 RobleAve., Apt. 3, Menlo Park,Calif.

MargaretAnn lathrop, born March 29, 1931, Married Henry F. Antczak, Sept. 3, 1951. They have

two children, Linda Ann, born Aug. 29, 1953,and Donna Marie, born March 27, 1957. Their addressis

3 PelhamAve., Nixon, New Jersey.

Ted Norris Lathrop, born Dec. 29, 1934,Married Crystal Stroud, July 13, 1953, They havetwo chil-

dren—Ted Russell Lathrop, born March 19, 1955, andJamesEarl Lathrop, born July 19, 1958.They live in

Omaha,

JamesWillson Lathrop, born January 9, 1937. Single. Lives with his motherMargaretLathrop,2230

Lincoln St., Blair, Nebr.

Jay Willson Lathrop’s youngest daughter—RuthMay Lathrop married Morton 8. High, Dec. 6, 1929,

They had the following children: Ruth Marjorie High, born July 9, 1931. Shemarried Terrell Nixon, and

they haveone girl, Nita Jean,born Oct. ‘11, 1957. They live at 848 Laveta Terrace, Los Angeles, 26,

Calif.

Ellen GenevieveHigh, born Nov. 18, 1 932. Married RaymondSnyder,They live at 8654 Downs Ave.,

Arlington, Calif. They haveone child, Robert Carl, born Jan. 28, 1952.

Kenneth,born Aug. _~, 1955, and Charles Raymond,born April 23, 1957.

Edith Marie High, born Sept. 14, 1934, Married David Nixon in fall of ,,,~, No children. Live

in Altadena,Calif. 2851 CasitasAve.

Emma Redfield Lathrop died at NebraskaCity, Nebr., Oct. ‘14, 1917, and ls buried in Wyuka Ceme-

tery, at NebraskaCity, Nebr,

JayWilison LathropmarriedNellie Redfield Sargent,a sister of Emma, at Long Beach, Calif., in the

spring of 1919.She died in the summerof 1922, and is buried In the Cemeteryat Inglewoad, CalIf.

Jay Willson lothrop then married Henrietta Benard in the fall of 1922, at long Beach,Calif,, and

then shedied in August 1930,and is burled in the Cemeteryat Inglewood, Calif.

EDiTH A.GNES LATHROP, born at NebraskaCity, July 13, 1871. Married William G.ren n...Ma.rch 6,1890 ~ th hothe 61 he~j~b~n and Mrs. JeromeLathrop, 3 miles West of NebraskaCity, on the

Dunbarroad,

William G. Wrenn was born July 9, 1863. He passedaway June 9, ‘1950, at KansasCity, Mo., aged

86 years,11 months.They had no children.

Immediately after their marriagethey moved to the PreacherHawke farm, 10 miles Northwestof

NebraskaCity. Then Mr. Wrenn bought a farm at Fullerton, Nebr,, but soon sold that farm and

bought ci farm near Aurora, Nebraska, Later they moved to the Nicholson farm 10 miles Southwestof

NebraskaCity, then moved to the Van Wyck farm, where he farmed 700 acres, a stock farm. He was

a very successfulstock man and accumulateda considerablesum of money there. They then moved to

KansasCity, Mo., where he engagedin the building and real estatebusiness. Mr. Wrenn built quite a

number of Apartment Buildings, including the “Lathrop”, the “Wrenn”, and finally the 70 apartmentHo-

tel—the“Wrennmoor” at 35th and Troost, in KansasCity.

After the deathof William G. Wrenn, Edith Agnesmanagedtheir real estateholdingsin KansasCity

for a few years,then she returned to NebraskaCity where she lived in the Gerber Apartmentat 112 N.

9th St. for a few years.She then enteredthe Methodist Home for the Aged, 1135 College Ave., Topeka,

Kansas,where she lived until her death,

Edith Agnes Lathrop attendedcollege at Ann Arbor, Mich., and at Tabor, Iowa, majoring in music,

She gavemusic lessons,going from placeto placeon a pony, riding side saddle,Edith Agnes alwayskept

up with her music, She sangin the Choirs of the various churchesshe attended,and often playedthe or-

gan.She sang in the AthaneumKansasCity quite a numberof years.

Edith Agnes Lathrop Wrenn passedaway April 5, 1956, at the Methodist Home in Topeka, Kansas,

and she is buried beside her husband in Wyuka Cemetery,NebraskaCity, Nebr.

ORIN JEROME LATHROP, was born at NebraskaCity, Nebr.,May 2, 1873.He attendedDistrict No. 30

School, Otoe County, also Western Normal College,Shenandoah,Iowa, and Peru State Teachers College,

Peru,Nebr. He taught country schoolstwo years in OtoeCounty, Nebr. Married Nannie Buchanan Oct. 18,

1900. His occupation was farming. At Nebraska City he raised pure bred Herefords; sponsored several

Stock Shows,and Corn Shows;won a number of prizesfor best seedcorn; bought160 acreappleorchard

at Brownville, Nebr,, which he operatedsuccessfullya number of years;sold the fruit farm and moved to

Bayard, Nebr.; was elected to severalCity offices at Bayard. Was always a member of the Methodist

Church, and sang in the choir for many years. His wife Nannie Buchanan,wasborn Feb. 28, 1875, She

died Sept. 23, 1927, and is buried at Bayard,Nebr.

They had the following children:

RalphOrin Lathrop, born at NebraskaCity, Nebr,, July 23, 1901; Married Lola Ballinger Sept. ‘11,

1923, at Bayard,Nebr, Ralph died March 15, 1925, at Bayard,Nebr., and is buried there.

PaulWrenn Lothrop, born at NebraskaCity, Nebr.,March 30, 1909.Never married.

Lola Lois lathrop, born Aug. 9, 1907, at NebraskaCity, Nebr. Married Earl CharlesWhite, May 19,

1932, AddressWheatland,Wyo. They have the following children:

CharlesJeromeWhite, died in infancy.

Lois Helen White, born June 16, 1935

Jack Charles White, born April 27, 1937

Dorothy Jean White, born Oct. 24, 1939

WandaJoy White, born Oct. 24, 1943

El•i.en Be hcmanLathro horn d~~tNehr~I-k.~o~ biebr ~ April 26, 1911.July 16, 1939, he married

Kathryn Mary Chestnut, of Pampa, Texas. Elton works for The PampaDaily News, Pampa,Texas,He

has been with them many years. His address is 407 N. Puriviance, Pampa, Texas. They have the following

children:

Jack Elton Lathrop, born Feb. 5, 1940

Lola May Lathrop, born June 30, 1941

Ann Allen Lathrop, born Sept. 2, 1946.

On January29, 1930, Orin Jerome Lathrop married Mrs. Anna Pettyof Aurora, Nebraska.She own-

ed the Aurora Laundry, which they operatedtogether for a number of years at Aurora, Orin took an

active part in Church andcivic affairs, teachinga large men’s Sunday School Class in the Methodist

Church in Aurora, He passedaway May 15, 1901,and is buried in the Aurora Cemetery.

MARK NATHANIEL LATHROP, born at NebraskaCity, Nebraska,Oct. 14, 1874, Died at St. Mary’s

Hospital, Emporia, Kansas,July 21, 1951, just onemonth and one day after his 50th wedding anniver-

sary. He was the only oneof the Lathrop boysto celebratetheir 50thWeddingAnniversary.

On June 20th, 1901, he married Winifred Putney.She was born Dec. 24, 1874, at Evanston,Ill,, in

the secondstory of an old red depot. Her father wasa telegraphoperator.

Mark is buried in Wyuka Cemetery, Nebraska City, Nebr., on the same lot with Edith Agnes Wrenn

and her husband William G. Wrenn,

After Mark and Winifred were married they lived three years on the Nicholson farm, 10 miles South-

west of Nebraska City, and then moved to the Jerome Lathrop farm three miles West of Nebraska City.

Then they bought a farm at Mound Valley, Kansas, where they lived three years, then bought a farm at

Lawson, Mo., and lived there three years. Mark then traded for a 320 acre farm Northeast of Burlington,

Kansas. He also owned a 40 acre farm 1 mile from Burlington, Kansas,which he later sold and bought a

three acre improved place ‘I mile farther out, which was his home at the time of his death.

Mark was a member of the Methodist Church for 60 years; a member of the Burlington, Kansas, Ma-

sonic Lodge No. 66. Received his 25 year button. Served as Master of the Lodge. Also served as Worthy

Patron of the Burlington, Kansas Eastern Star, He was active in civic affairs. Was director in the Farmers

Elevator at Burlington, Kansas.

He attended the Buchanan school,District No, 30, at NebraskaCity, the State TeachersCollege at Peru,

Nebraska, and the Lincoln Normal school, Lincoln, Nebraska,

They had threechildren. Gerald died at birth, and is buried on the JeromeLathrop lot in Wyuka

Cemetery, Nebraska City, Loyt Leland Lathrop and Dorl Glen lathrop.

Loyf Leland Lathrop, born at Mound Valley, Kansas,Oct. 20, 1910. He married Jennie Pauline

Steiner,Sept. 10, 1933,at Topeka,Kansas.Jenniewasborn at Fayette,Ark., July21, 1910.They havetwo

children: Kenneth, born Oct. 26, 1945, at Boston,Mass., and Winifred Blanche, born Aug. 30, 1947, at

Mountain View, New Jersey.Their presentaddressand home is now 1100 MonroeSt., SE, Albuquerque,

N.M.

Loyt bland bathrop graduatedfrom Burlington,Kansas, High School; graduatedfrom KansasState

College of Agriculture and Applied Sciencesin 1934,with a B, S. degreein Electrical Engineering.In 1937

he was employedby the New York Power and Light Ca., Albany, N. Y., where he spent four years with

that Company. In 1942 he was acceptedinto the U. S. Naval Reserve as LieutenantJunior Grade.Was

sentto E.rooklyn PobytechniqueInstitutefor a coursein Ultra High FrequencyTechniques,then to Harvard

University for a coursein pre.radar,then to Naval Training School (Radar) M. I. T., Boiton,...Mi.ss.. U.pon

completionof th R~ado he etainedas instructor and retainedthat job until releasefrom the

U. S. N. R. In Nov. 1945, At the time of his releasehe held the rankof LieutenantCommander,He filled

many responsible and valuable duties while in the U. S. N. R., and was a very valuable man to the

U. S. N. R. He is now employed by the Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, N M., on highly technical and

secret projects.

Loyt, his wife Jennie and two children are all active membersof the Albuquerque Methodist Church,

Dorl Glen Lathrop, born at Lawson, Mo., Reb. 6, 1912. Graduated from the Burlington, Kansas, High

School in 1929, He played in the Burlington, Kansas Band. While in school he had the KansasCity Star

& Times route, ln January, 1934, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy as ApprenticeSeaman.At the end of his

first enlistment he had advancedto Signalman Second Class. The glamour of the sea was in his veins

and he reenlisted. He was assignedto the USS Omaha, saw his first action while evacuating the Amer-

ican EmbassyOfficials from Spain. Was advancedto Chief Signalmanshortly beforeWorld War lb. He was

on convoy duty In the Atlantic, and on one of his trips to the East coast he met Eva Ray Adams. They

were married April 11, 1944, in The Little Church Around the Corner, New York City. He participated in

the landing on Sicily and the heavybombardmentof Italy. Was transferredto the USS Sangamon,which

wasdamagedby theJapsjust before landing on the Phillippine Islands.Near the end of the War he was

assignedto shore duty at San Diego. Then he servedtours duty in the Pacific, the Naval Air Station at

Memphis, Tenn., and then Guam, where his wife joined him. He was then assignedas Commanding

Officer of the U. S. Naval and Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Abilene, Texas.Having completed

twenty-two years of service he requested retirement, and in August, 1 956, after a pleasure tour of Europe

with his wife he retired with the Rank of Lieutenant Commander, and now they are nicely located in

their own home at 5478 Mary Lane Drive, San Diego, Calif. But feeling too young to be retired with

nothing to occupy his time he is attending San DiegoState College, majoring in Accounting,

GEORGE MARTIN LATHROP, born at Nebraska City, Nebraska, Nov. 29, 1879, Attended country

school Dist, 30. Graduated from Nebraska City High School in 1900. Farmed his father’s home place two

years after his mother passedaway. Graduated from Gem City Business College, Quincy, Ill, in 1905.

Was elected Register of Deedsof Otoe County, Nebraska, Nov. 1905. Took office Jan. 6, 1906, and held

that office until Jan. 9, 1915. In 1915 worked For the Milwaukee Furniture Company, San Francisco. Also

worked in a Kansas City Abstract office in the late fall of 1915, Bought a Hardware Store in Clarinda,

Iowa, in the winter of 1915-16. Operatedit a few months then sold it. In April, 1916, he went to work

for the Union Trust Co., Clarinda, Iowa, as Abstracter, and studied law under Orville C. Greene, At-

torney. Worked for the Union Trust Companyuntil June1919.

George Martin Lathrop married Carrie Ethelwyn Jacobsat Chickasha, Oklahoma, May 19, 1906,

She was born March 3, 1883, at Minneapolis,Minn., the daughterof G. B. andMary Jacobs,Carrie grad-

uatedfrom Grundy Center, Iowa, High School in 1901. Also graduatedfrom Gem City BusinessCollege,

Quincy, Ill., in 1906. Georgeand Carrie first met at Gem City Business College. Carrie E. Lathrop died

Dec. 11, 1918, atClarinda,Iowa, and is buried in Wyuka Cemetery,NebraskaCity, Nebraska.

July 1, 1919, George went to work in the Law Office of Wm. H. Pitzer, NebraskaCity, Nebraska,

as Abstracter and Clerk in the NebraskaCity BuIld ing & loan Association,and in 1923, he organized

the First TrustCompanyof NebraskaCity, Nebraska, and managedit as Secretaryand later as President,

for twenty-five years. He and his wife, Hallie, hadbought up all of the stock of the Trust Companyand

dissolvedthe CorporationJan.1, 1948. ln Jan.1948, he and his wIfe organizedthe First Loan Company

of NebraskaCity, Nebraska, a partnership,which they still own andoperatein much the sameway as

the Trust Company.

On June 1, 1922, GeorgeMartin Lathrop married Hallie M. Bruce, at NebraskaCity, Nebraska,S.h~.

wa harn at Elysian~ I-n Dcc 1557 rfa ther wasa Baptist Ministerthere. Her fatherand moth-

er both passedaway while shewas very young, andshe lived with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs, D.

W. Shinn until she was married. Hallie attended the Nebraska City and Plattsmouth public schools, als:,

graduated from the Lessman BusinessCollege of Nebraska City, Nebraska, in 1906.

Hallie and I took a little five year old girl to raise,and shewent by the name of Lois JayneLathrop

throughthe Gradeand High Schoolat NebraskaCity, Nebraska,and Gulf Park College, Long Beach, Mis-

sissippi, also theWeaverAir School, KansasCity, Mo. On August 20, 1955, she married Harold Dear

Prather,of Thurman, Iowa. He is now instructor of Mechanical Drawing and Physical Education, and

coach in the Tabor, Iowa, High School. They haveone son, Todd Martin Prather, born June 4, 1957,

Harold Dean Pratherservedin the Korean War in the CommunicationsDivision,

Georgeand Hallie built their brick home at 219 N. 11th St., NebraskaCity, Nebraska,in 1942, They

are bath active membersof the First PresbyterianChurch in NebraskaCity, Georgehavingbeenan active

member for yearshasserved in the office of Deacon,Elder and Clerk of Session. Also Treasurerof the

Church 10 years. He served two years on the Library Board of NebraskaCity, wasa memberand Secre-

tary of the CemeteryBoard of NebraskaCity 10 years. He organizedthe CommonwealthSavings& Loan

Association of Nebraska City, of which he was Secretaryfor 15 years. Liquidated the Association in

1 943, paying all members 105 cents on the dollar. Georgewastwice Presidentof NebraskaTitle Asso-

ciation. Was Commissionerto the General Assemblyof the PresbyterianChurch in the USA at Buffalo,

New York, in ‘1948. He is now (1959) the only surviving member of the Jerome Lathrop family, and lives

at 219 North 11th St., NebraskaCity, Nebraska,

CARL WILLIAM LATHROP, born at Nebraska City, Nebraska, Sept. 8, 1882. Married Gertrude Henry,

March 4, 1903, at NebraskaCity, Nebraska.After the wedding they moved to the Ellis farm one mile

North of Paul, Nebraska, where they lived a few years, then moved to the Schusterfarm near Julian. A

few years later he drew a claim near Presho, So. Dakota, and moved there in 1910, where he built im-

provements on the claim. He sold the farm at Presho and moved to Murdo, So. Dakota, where he bought

a farm, which he continued to own to thetime of his death. At Murdo, So. Dakota, he manageda Lumber

Yard for a number of years, then moved to Rapid City, So. Dakota, where he lived a numberof years,

then moved backto Murdo where he wascustodianof schools For a number of years. In 1936 he moved

to NebraskaCity and worked for the First Trust Companya few years,and then went to work in the

Burlington Shopsat Havelock,Nebraska,where he worked for several years. Before Carl was married

he was Brakemanon the Burlington Passengertrain out of Lincoln, Nebraska. He also worked for the

MilwaukeeRy. at Murdo, So. Dakota. His wife, Gertrude Henry Lathrop, born April 23, 1882, at Nebras-

ka City, Nebr. Died March 14, 1940, at NebraskaCity, Nebraska,and is buried in Wyuka Cemetery,Ne-

braskaCity.

Carl William Lathrop died at NebraskaCity, Nebraska,January26, 1958, and is buried in Wyuka

Cemetery,NebraskaCity, Nebraska,beside his first wife GertrudeHenry Lathrop,

Their children are:

Mrs. Harry (Merle Ellen) Greensbate,born at Nebraska City, Nebraska,Oct. 25, 1904. She married

CharlesSalmon . They hadtwo sans,Robert and Donald Salman,Merle and Charles Salmon

weredivorced.Merle’s secondhusbandwas EddieGun,Sioux FaIls, So. Dakota,They hadno children.Mer-

le’s third husbandis Harry Greensbate.They haveno children, Their addressis 409 South Williams, Sioux

Falls, So. Dakota. Merle is an accomplishedmusician,and plays the Hammond Organ for conventions,

Churchesand parties.

Harold Herbert bathrop, born Sept. 5, 1906, at NebraskaCity, Nebraska,He marriedMargaretJudd

at M.urdo, So. Dakota, They adopteda boy, RobertLathrop. They have their own home at Murdo, So. Do-kota, whe~eLH~aIS H61bf.~rLdfh~a~perates his own barber shop. Harold and his wife are both active

in the Murdo Methodist Church,and Margaretis very active in other M.urdo Women’sorganizatIons.

Wesley Edwin Lathrop, born Feb. 28, 1911, at Presho, So. Dakota. Graduated from Murdo High

School.Married Betty Boyd at Nebraska City , They have two daughters,BarbaraAnn

and Ruth Ellen. Their address in 4227 Mayberry,Omaha5, Nebraska, Wesley is, and has been sales-

man for the Fuller BrushCompany for a number of years. He and his wife Betty and daughtersare all

active membersof the Methodist Church in Omaha. Besidescaring for her home and daughters Betty is

bookkeeperat the SafewayStore, 44th and CenterSt., Omaha.

Wayne LeRoy Lafhrop, born at Murdo, So. Dakota, Jan.22, ‘1922. Graduatedfrom NebraskaCity

High Schoolwith classof 1940. He and Clara Raderweremarried at Springfield, Ohio,July 1, 1942.They

havetwo sons,Carl Wayne Lathrop, born Nov. 30, 1952, and David Lathrop, born March 10, 1954.

During World War lb Wayne LeRoy Lathrop wasstationed in England in the Air Craft Sheet Metal

Work—was in France 3 weeksand in Germany5 months.He is now maintenanceForemanin the Nitrogen

division of Allied Chemicals,at La Platte, Nebraska,He with his family live at 2103 Central Ave., Ne-

braska City, Nebr. Wayne played in the NebraskaCity High School Band, and has beena memberand

played with NebraskaCity Municipal Band for a numberof years,also servingasone of the officers. He

is also an active memberof the NebraskaCity Methodist Church.

A son, Carl Henry Lathrop, was born at Murdo, So. Dakota, June 3, 1916, He graduatedfrom the

Murdo High School, and attended Brookings State College, So. Dakota, Was coach in High School at

Frankfort, S. 0. He lost his life in World War II. He was wounded in the foot in the Quadacanalregion,

was being tranferred to an Army Hospital for treatment and died in an airplane crash July 29, 1943.

He was buried with full Military honors at Fort Mead National Cemetery, Sturges, So. Dakota, July 20,

1949.

On January 2, 1947, Carl William Lathropmarried WennonahMeyer Foster, at Laverne, Minn.,

Shedied February 16, 1950,at Murdo, So. Oak., and is buried at Murdo, S.D. She was County Treasurer

of Tripp County, South Dakota for a number of years. Wennonah was born at Alton, lnd., Jan, 20, 1888,

The foregoing history of the Jerome Lathrop family is necessarilyvery brief on accountof the number

of persons involved, and there may be errors and omissions, I suggestthat each family keep this history

and make corrections, and carry it on down as much as you can, and especiallyto your own branch of

the Jerome Lathrop family.

NebraskaCity, Nebraska,

George Martin Lathrop, Author.

1959.