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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.