Ancestors

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Birth in Lower Canada 1.2 Relocation to Vermont, War of 1812 1.3 Relocation to Indiana 1.4 Settlement in Indiana 1.5 Parents' Major Land Purchase 1.6 Father's Death, Turmoil 1.7 Marriage, Children 1.8 Resettlement in Ripley County 1.9 Death of Wife, Remarriage 1.10 Mother's Death, Resettlement in Decatur County 1.11 Wife's Death 1.12 Move to Iowa, Death 2 Errors & Uncertainties 3 Sources

Biography

Birth in Lower Canada

Augustus Lathrop was born 10 Feb 1801 in what was then Sutton, Bedford County, Lower Canada, in today's Quebec.^[1] He was the son of Erastus Lathrop and Delia Ingalls. His parents were married in Fairfax, Franklin County, Vermont on 24 Feb 1800.^[2] After they wed, they moved to Sutton, about forty miles northeast of Fairfax, and there, a little less than a year after marrying, Augustus was born to them, their first of ten children. While in Sutton, his parents had these additional children: Ezra in 1803,^[3] Maria in about 1805,^[4] Harvey in about 1807,^[5] Nelson in 1809,^[6] and Miranda in 1811.^[7]

Relocation to Vermont, War of 1812

Augustus's time in Sutton was abbreviated by the War of 1812, when his family "refused to take the oath of allegiance to the Bristish Crown."^[8] “While [his sister Miranda] was a babe in arms” and definitely by 13 October 1812, on which day in Vermont his brother, Erastus, was born,^[9] Augustus's family moved back to where his parents had married, Franklin County, Vermont.^[10] There, in Vermont, in 1815, his sister, Electa, was born,^[11] and, during the War of 1812, Augustus's father served, ostensibly fighting in the Battle of Plattsburgh,^[12] which Winston Churchill describes, in his History of the English Speaking People, as “the most decisive engagement of the war.”^[13] Here's how the battle might have appeared to Augustus, viewed from Vermont:

Relocation to Indiana

After the War of 1812, Augustus's parents, like many Americans, sought improved and cheaper lands, and thereby a better life, in the new territories to the west of the Appalachian Mountains.^[2] "On his sixteenth birthday [10 Feb 1817] [Augustus and his family] started with an ox team and sleigh for Ohio, which was then the 'Far West.'"^[14] "As soon as they reached St. Albans [Vermont], Augustus joined a company of emigrants, whom he had not seen before, and went on in advance, leaving the rest of the family to overtake him later on."^[15] Augustus met up with his family at the headwaters of the Ohio River, i.e., around Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where they sold their teams of oxen and made their way down the river on a raft,^[16] ultimately stopping in Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Indiana, in May 1817, three months after leaving:

At the head of navigation of the Ohio [Augustus] was met by the father [Erastus] and family, and after tedious delays, and the sale of teams, they embarked upon a raft of pine lumber, the only mode of transportation at that time, for Cincinnati, which was then but a small town. On arrival it was found that there was not an empty house in the place, but when it was learned that one could be obtained in Lawrenceburg, a village twenty miles below, the family pushed on, and after an unusually tedious journey of three months duration, were greatly relieved to find comfortable quarters in that town.^[15]

Accounting for the twists and turns, the family travelled well over 1000 miles.^[17] Based on maps in and around the time of their travels, they likely followed this route, with the red line representing the part by land and the blue by water:

Settlement in Indiana

Augustus and his family remained in Dearborn County, Indiana, presumably in Lawrenceburg, for about a year, but then moved about twenty miles to the southwest, settling along Laughery Creek, just over the southwestern border of Dearborn County, in what was then Switzerland County, and, later, Ripley County.^[18] Based on the evidence,^[12] this snip from an 1818 map^[19] shows about where Augustus and his parents and siblings lived in the years right after Lawrenceburg:

As of 1820, his family resided in Ross Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, within that circle above.^[20] The family consisted of twelve by now, including two new children, one being Russell^[21] and the other an unknown daughter.

Hard work and denial of luxuries in a new country was essential to success, and Augustus being a good mechanic, and industrious, soon obtained work at good wages. His father was a minister, and in addition to hard work, was in the habit of riding several miles on Sunday morning and preaching, and it was not an uncommon occurrence for Augustus to assist his father on Sunday night, after the toils of the week, in the preparation of his sermon.^[15]

Parents' Major Land Purchase

In 1821, Augustus's father "sold his farm and entered land in Decatur county, a part of which is now embraced in the city of Greensburg."^[22] "They selected one hundred and sixty acres of land adjoining the site of the county seat [i.e., Greensburg], and also another one hundred and sixty acres north of the present site of Greensburg."^[23] Actually, they purchased 400 acres, not 320,^[12] but all of the land was, indeed, in the vicinity of Greensburg, as shown on this clip created by the profile manager, based on an 1876 map:^[24]

Here’s a close-up from the same map showing the 160 acres closest to Greensburg, including “Lathrop Street”:

So, four years after finishing their epic, thousand-mile journey from Vermont, the birth family of Augustus had put down markers in three successive locations in southeastern Indiana, as shown on this profile-manager edited clip from an 1858 map:^[25]

Father's Death, Turmoil

But then tragedy struck. "Returning home to remove his family to his new purchase, [Augustus's father, Erastus,] was prostrated by an attack of typhoid fever and died, at the age of forty-five years."^[26] The death put the family in turmoil. “The hardships of the family then began.”^[3] Augustus “was but nineteen years of age, and the care of the family, consisting of ten children, of which he was the oldest, was left in his hands.”^[15] And in the hands of his brother, Ezra, who appears to have done much to right the family's ship:

Ezra Lathrop threaded his way through the wilderness to the lands purchased by his father [i.e., in Decatur County, in the vicinity of the future Greensburg]. This region was then a dense forest. A rude habitation was improvised for his mother and children and ten acres of ground, cleared during the winter. Greensburg then contained but three cabins. Forest trees and spice covered its public square. This was in the year 1822.^[3]

"After a few years of hard work [the family] succeeded in securing for them[selves] a comfortable home. A second farm was obtained in southern Indiana, where Greensburg now stands."^[15]

Marriage, Children

In about 1825, Augustus married Susan Ellis, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, "daughter of Stephen Ellis, one of the pioneers of Indiana." They had a son, William, 12 Jun 1828.^[27][15]

He declined to accept sixty acres of land, which was the amount his father was to give to each of the married children, believing that there were better opportunities in some other business, and during the first year after marrying, he raised a crop on shares on the farm of his father-in-law. Succeeding well in raising his first crop, and producing enough bread stuffs to last two or three years, he immediately set about to construct a machine for carding wool, which, previously to that time, was done by hand. Locating on an eighty acre lot of government land, he commenced at the very rudiments, and soon had his machinery going by horse power.^[15]

In 1830, he was living with his wife, Susan, and two children in Switzerland County.^[28] As for his siblings, Augustus's brother, Ezra, married in Decatur County in 1824 and lived there in 1830 with his wife and two young children, and, interestingly, a young man, age 20-29 (possibly Augustus's brother, Erastus), and a boy, age 10-14 (possibly Augustus brother, Russell).^[3] Also living in Decatur County in 1830 were Augustus's mother,^[29] his brother, Nelson (who had married in Decatur County in 1828 and was living in 1830 with his wife, a child and a girl age 15-19, that being, possibly, Augustus's sister, Electa),^[6] and Augustus's paternal uncle, Ezra Lathrop.^[30] Augustus's eldest sister, Maria had married and by 1830 was living with her husband, a young woman aged 20-29, and four children, in Greene County, Ohio, about ninety miles, as the crow flies, northeast of Decatur County.^[4] His brother, Harvey, had married in 1829 and was in 1830 living in Ripley County, Indiana (on Decatur County's south edge), with his young wife.^[5]

By hard work and economy he was enabled in the year 1835 to build larger, and buy a steam egine which was the first ever used in that country, and while he had never had any experience with steam, yet without the aid of an engineer, he set up and managed his first engine and though it was only intended to card wool, in a few years he was conducting a business of his own ingenuity and perserverence second to none in that part of the State, consisting of carding wool, fulling, cooling and pressing cloth, and in connection with this a saw mill and a flour grist mill.^[15]

Augustus and Susan had a son, Stephen, in about 1834.^[31] They had a son, Virgil, 16 Jul 1837.^[32]

Resettlement in Ripley County

By 1840, Augustus lived in Ripley County, Indiana, with his wife, Susan, and five of their children,^[33] Immediately next door lived the family of his uncle, Russell Lathrop.^[33] As for the whereabouts of Augustus's birth family in 1840, here is what is known. Augustus's brother, Harvey, also resided in Ripley County in 1840, with his wife and four children.^[5] His mother, Delia, remained in Decatur County with a young man (almost certainly his brother, Russell) and an unidentified, very elderly woman (possibly Augustus's maternal grandmother).^[29] His brother, Ezra, remained in Decatur County, too, living with his wife and five children.^[3] Also living in Decatur County were his sister, Miranda, who had married there in 1832, and who, in 1840, lived there with her husband and, among others, three of their children.^[7] Augustus's paternal uncle, Ezra Lathrop, also continued to reside in Decatur County in 1840, living there with his wife and a girl under age five.^[30] As for his brothers, Nelson and Erastus, they both resided in Dearborn County, Nelson with his wife and two daughters,^[6] and Erastus, who had married in Dearborn County in 1833, with his wife and a daughter.^[9] The only member of Augustus's birth family who wasn't residing in Indiana in 1840 was his sister, Maria, who lived immediately over the Ohio River from Dearborn County, Indiana, in Boone County, Kentucky, where she lived with her husband, Braxton Robinson, and children.^[4]

Death of Wife, Remarriage

"In the year 1844 his wife died, and the care of business and family following this sad loss doubtless combined to undermine his health, and from that time until the time of his death he had not been able to endure the labor which he had undergone previous to that time, though he continued in the mercantile business up to within the last twenty years of his life."^[15] Augustus nevertheless remarried, wedding Mary Ann Bain, 15 Dec 1845.^[34] "She was regarded with esteem and affection by the whole family."^[15]

By 1850, Augustus's uncle, Russell, had moved to Illinois,^[35] but Augustus, a merchant, continued to live in Ripley County, Indiana, now in Brown Township, with his second wife, Mary Ann, and his sons by his first marriage, Stephen and Virgil.^[36] Most of Augustus's birth family remained just to the north, in Decatur County, in 1850. His brother, Ezra, was in Greensburg with his family,^[3] as was Augustus's brother, Russell, who lived with his mother there.^[29] His brother, Harvey, likewise lived in Greensburg,^[5] as did his sister, Electa.^[11] Also within the bounds of Decatur County in 1850, was his sister, Miranda.^[7]

But, by 1850, a contingent of Augustus's birth family was living in Iowa. His brother, Nelson, had moved to Iowa in late 1840, and, in 1850, was living in Mount Pleasant, Henry County, Iowa, with his wife and four of their children.^[6] Augustus's sister, Maria, had moved to Mount Pleasant in August 1850 and lived there with her husband and six of their children.^[4] As for his brother, Erastus, he had moved to Iowa in 1850 and that year lived there, in Farmington, in Van Buren County, about 20 miles or so southwest of Mount Pleasant, i.e., they were all closeby.^[9]

Mother's Death, Resettlement in Decatur County

Augustus's mother, Delia, died in Greensburg in 1858.^[29] By 1860, Augustus and Mary Ann had moved a few miles north, closer to Greensburg, living on an $8000 parcel of real estate in Washington Township, Decatur County, where Augustus worked as a "mechanic."^[37] Also living in Washington township in 1860 were Augustus's sister, Miranda,^[7] and, living next door to one another, his brothers, Ezra^[3] and Harvey.^[5] His sister, Electa, remained in Indiana, too, but had moved to Indianapolis, where she lived in 1860 with her husband and three children.^[11] As for his sister, Maria, she remained in Mount Pleastant, Iowa, with her husband and four of their children, and living with her, and new to Iowa, was she and Augustus's brother, Russell.^[4] Also remaining in Mount Pleasant in 1860, with his wife and four of their children, was Augustus's brother, Nelson.^[6] The whereabouts in 1860 of his brother, Erastus, has not been established.

In 1870, Augustus and Mary, now retired, continued to reside in Washington Township, living on real estate valued at $10,000.^[38] Here's where his siblings were in 1870: Ezra likewise remained in Washington Township, where Augustus did;^[3] Maria remained in Henry County, Iowa;^[4] Harvey had moved to Iowa, where he lived in Eden, Benton County;^[5] Nelson had moved within Iowa, to Glenwood, in Mills County;^[6] Erastus had moved to Marion County, Illinois;^[9] and Electa had moved to Iowa, living in Ottumwa, in Wapello County.^[11] The location of his sister, Miranda, and brother, Russell, in 1870, isn't known.

Wife's Death

Augustus's second wife, Mary, died 29 Jan 1875, presumbly in Washington Township.^[39] She is buried in __________________________. Augustus remained in Washington Township in 1880, living in the household of his son, Erastus.^[40] By 1880, Augustus had also lost his sister Electa, who had died in Greensburg, Indiana, in 1872,^[11] and his brother, Harvey, who had died in Iowa in about 1875.^[5] As for his surviving siblings, here's where they were in 1880: Ezra likewise remained in Washington Township, but by now Russell was living with him;^[3] Maria remained in Iowa but had relocated to Village Township, in Van Buren County;^[4] Nelson remained in Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa;^[6] Miranda was living in Wapello County, Iowa, where her late sister had lived;^[7] and Erastus remained in Illinois, but now lived in Grand Tower, in Jackson County.^[9]

Move to Iowa, Death

By 1885, Augustus had removed to Marion, Linn County, Iowa, where his son, Virgil, lived.^[41] He died in Marion, at the home of his son, Virgil, on June 20, 1886 and was buried in Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion the following day.^[42] Here's more of what his obituary said about him:

Father Lathrop was converted at the early age of thirteen, and soon after joined the Baptist church of which he was a consistent member for more than three score years and ten. Although he had but few educational advantages he was gifted with an unusually strong intellect, and retentive memory, and he never failed to improve his mind to the greatest extent possible, and for that reason he has always been ranked among the most intelligent and influential citizens. Even during his later years he exhibited an unusual range of information on all subjects that interest the public. He has always been zealous in temperance work and all kinds of reform, an indefatigable religious worker, interested in all that pertains to the upholding of the kingdom of Christ, holding on to the true faith, yet sufficiently broad in his views to recognize good wherever it may be found. He sought to do good unto all men as he had opportunity, and his kind and generous disposition has impressed all with whom he has come in contact. When we consider that he had reached the ripe age of eighty-five years and that his last days were days of intense suffering, we can scarcely feel sad, for we know that his sufferings are ended and that he is now reigning with Christ in "The land of pure delight Where saints immortal reign."^[15]

Augustus was predeceased by his parents, his wife, and these of his siblings: Electa (who died in Greensburg in 1872), Harvey (who died in Iowa in about 1875), Ezra (who died in Greensburg in 1885), Erastus (who died in Iowa earlier in 1886). He was survived by these siblings: Maria (who died in Iowa about 1889), Nelson (who died in Iowa in 1888), Miranda (who died in Iowa in 1890) and Russell (who died in Iowa in 1888). "The children of the deceased are [as of his death in 1886] as follows: W.E. Lathrop, Greensburg, Ind., now deceased; S.E. Lathrop, Ottawa, Kansas; Mrs. Garry Treat and V.A. Lathrop of Marion [Iowa]."^[15] "The funeral was held at the house of V.A. Lathrop."^[15]

Errors & Uncertainties

Although his obituary indicates he married "Susan Ellis" about 1825, there's no record of that. But there is a record of an "Augustus Lathrop" marrying a "Lucia Hillis" in Jefferson County, Indiana, 16 Jan 1825.^[43] There's enough phonetic similarity between "Hillis" and "Ellis" that one may wonder if whomever wrote our Augustus's obituary might have gotten the name of Augustus's first wife wrong. It is notable, perhaps, that after his first wife died, our Augustus remarried in Jefferson County, too.

Sources

1. ↑ Sources: (____) 1886 Obituary of Augustus Lathrup: "Augustus Lathrop was born in Sutton, Canada, Feb. 10, 1801." (____) 1840 Census (born 1801-1810), (____) 1850 Census (Canada 8/19/1800-8/18/1801), (____) 1960 Census (Lower Canada 7/4/1800-7/3/1801), (____) 1870 Census (Canada 6/3/1800-6/2/1801), (____) 1880 Census (Canada 6/13/1800-6/12/1801), and 1885 Iowa State Census (Canada 1800-1801).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} See Erastus Lathrop and Delia Ingalls
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} See Brother Ezra's Profile.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6} See Sister Maria's Profile.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6} See Brother Harvey's Profile.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6} See Brother Nelson's Profile.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} See Sister Miranda's Profile.
8. ↑ Harding, Lewis A. 1915. History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Vol. 2. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen. Page 724. Available online here, without restriction, courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org). It’s also said at that page of this biographical sketch that the property of Erastus and Delia in Sutton “was confiscated by the crown” during the War of 1812, but evidence of that, or even that the Lathrops owned land in Sutton, has not been found.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4} See Brother Erastus's Profile
10. ↑ Sources: (1) 1886 Obituary of Augustus Lathrup: "Augustus Lathrop: "When the war of 1812 broke out he moved with his parents to Vermont." (2) 1901 Wapello County IA History (citation) (page 270: “Miranda Lathrop … was born in Canada in 1811, just across the Vermont line. While she was a babe in arms her father moved to Vermont, and served as a soldier in the War of 1812."). (3) Sister Miranda's Profile (born in Lower Canada in 1811). But against all that evidence there's an account about the life of their son, Ezra, saying he was "seven years old when his family returned to Franklin county, Vermont," which would put the year about 1810. See Lewis Publishing Co. 1900. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Decatur County Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. Page 296. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4} See Sister Electa's Profile
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} See Father's Profile.
13. ↑ Fitz-Enz, David G. 2009. The Final Invasion: Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's Most Decisive Battle. U of Nebraska Press. Pages 42 (“Colonel Luther Dixon took his men to New York to reinforce the garrison at Plattsburgh.”), 123 (describing a contemporaneous account of a “Captain Dixon” engaged in the battle). See also Wikipedia contributors, “Battle of Plattsburgh", Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, (accessed March 26, 2020) (describing battle generally).
14. ↑ See 1886 Obituary of Augustus Lathrup. See also (1) Obituary of Ezra Lathrup published in the Greensburg (Indiana) New Era on 9 Dec 1885, and transcribed by Keith Lathrop thus: Ezra "removed with his father, Rev. Erastus Lathrop, to [Indiana] in 1817, a journey of 500 miles;" and (2) Lewis Publishing Co. 1900. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Decatur County Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. Page 296 ("In 1817 [Ezra] came with [Erastus and Delia] to Dearborn county, Indiana”). Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive.
15. ↑ ^{15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12} 1886 Obituary of Augustus Lathrup.
16. ↑ The obituary of his brother, Ezra, confirms the trip "was made in sleighs, descending the rivers on rafts, steamboats being then unknown." See Brother Ezra's Profile.
17. ↑ The Obituary of Ezra Lathrup published in the Greensburg (Indiana) New Era on 9 Dec 1885, and transcribed by Keith Lathrop says Ezra "removed with his father, Rev. Erastus Lathrop, to [Indiana] in 1817, a journey of 500 miles." That’s distance as a crow flies. The Profile Manager (Christopher Smart) actually roughly estimated the distance of the probable route, and it’s well in excess of 1000 miles.
18. ↑ The Obituary of Ezra Lathrop says, "The first year was spent in Dearborn county, but the family finally settled in Ripley county on the hills of Laughery creek. Block houses, to which the inhabitants fled for protection from the Indians, were still standing." See Son Ezra's Profile. So, according to his obituary, the family remained in Dearborn County for a year. However, another resource says they remained there until 1821. See Lewis Publishing Co. 1900. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Decatur County Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. Page 296 ("[Ezra's father, Erastus] came from Vermont to Indiana in 1817, settled in Dearborn county, remaining there until 1821..."). Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive.
19. ↑ Tanner, Henry Schenck. 1819. Ohio and Indiana Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner. Available online without restriction at the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov) under Digital ID [1]. See also Strong, Ezra Baldwin and Fillmore, Millard. 1836. States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois and Michigan Territory. New York: Ezra Strong. Available online without restriction at the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov) under Digital ID [2].
20. ↑ 1820 Census shows “Erastus Lathrop” and a woman (both age 26-44, birth range 1775-1794), that woman being certainly Delia, living in a household with one male (age 19-25, extrapolated, birth range 1794-1801, i.e., Augustus), one male (age 16-18, birth range 1801-1804, i.e., Ezra), two males and one female (all age 11-15, birth range 1804-1809, i.e., Maria, Harvey and Nelson), and two males and three females (all under age 10, birth range 1810-1820, i.e., Miranda, Erastus, Electa, Russell and the one unknown daughter).] See 1820 US Census, Population Schedules for Ross Township, Switzerland County, Indiana. National Archives Microcopy 33, Roll 14, Page 175. Available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking the page number above. Birth ranges calculated online[3] using enumerated ages and enumeration date.
21. ↑ See Brother Russell's Profile
22. ↑ Lewis Publishing Co. 1900. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Decatur County Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. Page 296. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive.
23. ↑ Harding, Lewis A. 1915. History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Vol. 2. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen. Page 725. Available online here, without restriction, courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org).
24. ↑ Warner, A. 1867. Map of Rush & Decatur counties, Indiana. Philadelphia : C.O. Titus. Available online without restriction at the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov) under Digital ID http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4093r.la000167, Permanent Link https://lccn.loc.gov/2013593162. The profile manager thanks www.randymajors.com for allowing him to determine where to plot the parcels, using the deeds.
25. ↑ Johnson, A. "J. Johnson's map of Indiana showing the rail roads and townships compiled from the latest & best authorities" (New York, Chicago, 1858), available without restriction at the Library of Congress (www.loc.gov), Control No. 98688472, Digital ID http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4091p.rr002110, Permanent Link https://www.loc.gov/item/98688472.
26. ↑ Lewis Publishing Co. 1900. A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Decatur County Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co. Page 296. Available online without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive. Accord Harding, Lewis A. 1915. History of Decatur County, Indiana: Its People, Industries and Institutions. Vol. 2. Indianapolis: B.F. Bowen. Page 725. Available online here, without restriction, courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org). ("Erastus, having returned home to bring back the family, died of typhoid fever.").
27. ↑ See Son William's Profile.
28. ↑ 1830 Census for Switzerland County, Indiana shows “Augustus Lathroff” (age 20-29, birth range 1801-1810) living with these unnamed persons: a similarly-aged woman (his wife) and a boy and girl (both <5, birth range 1826-1830). See 1830 US Census, Population Schedules for Switzerland County, Indiana. National Archives Microcopy 19, Roll 32, Page 53. Available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking on the page above. Note: The profile manager calculated the birth ranges above, online, using the ages and date enumerated in the census.
29. ↑ ^{29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3} See Mother's Profile.
30. ↑ ^{30.0 30.1} See Uncle Ezra Lathrop's Profile
31. ↑ See 1850 Census, discussed elsewhere in this profile, confirming that, as of 1850, “Stephen" was Indiana-born sometime between 8/19/1833-8/18/1834, as calculated by the profile manager.
32. ↑ See Son Virgil's Profile.
33. ↑ ^{33.0 33.1} 1840 Census for Ripley County, Indiana shows “Augustus Lathrop,” and these unnamed persons: a woman, both age 30-39 (birth range 1801-1810) in a household with one male and one female age 10-14 (birth range 1825-1830), one female age 5-9 (birth range 1830-1835) and two males under 5 (birth range 1836-1840). Immediately next door is his paternal uncle, “Russel Lathrop,” and an unnamed woman, both age 40-49 (birth range 1790-1800) in a household with these additional unnamed persons: two males age 20-29 (birth range 1810-1820), one male and one female age 15-19 (birth range 1820-1825), one female and two males age 10-14 (birth range 1825-1830), and two females under 5 (birth range 1836-1840). See 1840 US Census, Population Schedules for Ripley County, Indiana. National Archives Microcopy 704, Roll 92, Page 168. Available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking on the page above. Note: The profile manager calculated the birth ranges above, online, using the ages and date enumerated in the census.
34. ↑ Sources. (1) Marriage Record. Indiana Marriages Through 1850. Indiana State Library (www.digital.statelib.lib.in.us). Available online without restriction here. Accessed 17 Jun 2020. (2) Obituary of Augustus Lathrup published in the Saturday Review of the Marion (Iowa) Pilot on July 10, 1886, and transcribed by Keith Lathrop ("He was married the second time, to Mary Ann Bain Dec. 14, 1845.")
35. ↑ See Uncle Russell Lathrop's Profile.
36. ↑ 1850 Census for Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana shows “Augustus Lathrop” (49, “merchant,” CAN-born 8/19/1800-8/18/1801) living with (as shown on the following census page) his wife, “Mary Ann” (45, VA-born 8/19/1804-8/18/1805), on a $800 parcel of real property with their sons, “Stephen (16, “laborer,” IN-born 8/19/1833-8/18/1834) and “Virgil” (13, IN-born 8/19/1836-8/18/1837). See 1850 US Census, Population Schedules for Brown Township, Ripley County, Indiana, enumerated 18 Aug 1850. National Archives Microcopy 432, Roll 169, Pages 294B-295A. Available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking on the pages above. Note: The profile manager calculated the birth ranges above, online, using the ages and date enumerated in the census.
37. ↑ 1860 Census for Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana shows “Augustus Lathrop” (59, “mechanic,” Lower Canada-born 7/4/1800-7/3/1801) living with his wife, “Mary A” (55, “housewife,” VA-born 7/4/1804-7/3/1805), on a $8000 parcel of real property with a “domestic” named “Mary A. Leach” (35, IN-born). See 1860 US Census, Population Schedules for Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana, enumerated 3 Jul 1860. National Archives Microcopy 653, Roll 253, Page 697. Available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking on the pages above. Note: The profile manager calculated the birth ranges above, online, using the ages and date enumerated in the census.
38. ↑ 1870 Census for Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana shows “Augustus Lathrop” (69, “retired,” Canada-born 6/3/1800-6/2/1801 to foreign-born parents) living with his wife, “Mary” (64, “housekeeper,” VA-born 6/3/1805-6/2/1806), on $10000 of real property, and owning $8000 of personal property; also listed are a woman named “J. Lorsing” (68, VA-born) and a “domestic” named “Mary Laycock” (42, IN-born). See 1870 US Census, Population Schedules for Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana, enumerated 2 Jun 1870. National Archives Microcopy 593, Roll 308, Page 179A. Available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking on the page above. Note: The profile manager calculated the birth ranges above, online, using the ages and date enumerated in the census.
39. ↑ ___________
40. ↑ 1880 Census for Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana shows “Augustus Lathrop” (79, widowed, “retired grocery keeper,” CAN-born 6/13/1800-6/12/1801 to CAN-born parents) living with the family of his son, “Erastus” (51, “grocery keeper,” IN-born 6/13/1828-6/12/1829 to CAN-born father and KY-born mother), and his wife, “Arabella T” (49, “housekeeper,” IN-born 6/13/1830-6/12/1831 to PA-born father and IN-born mother), and his daughter, “Fanny B” (18, IA-born 6/13/1861-6/12/1862). See 1880 US Census, Population Schedules for Washington Township, Decatur County, Indiana, enumerated 12 Jun 1880. Enumeration District 63. National Archives Microcopy 593, Roll 308, Page 179A. Available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive (archive.org) by clicking on the pages above. Note: The profile manager calculated the birth ranges above, online, using the ages and date enumerated in the census.
41. ↑ 1885 Iowa State Census shows "Augustus Lathrop" (84, CAN-born 1800-1801 to foreign-born parents) living, apparently alone, in Marion. See 1885 Iowa State Census for Marion, Linn County. Page 209. Source: Microfilm, State Historical Society of Iowa. Online source: Ancestry.com. Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925[4]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.Ancestry.com. Note: Copyright protection doesn’t extend to copies of images within the public domain.[5]
42. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com : accessed 20 February 2020), memorial page for August Lathrop (1801–20 Jun 1886), Find A Grave Memorial no. 138993815, citing Oak Shade Cemetery, Marion, Linn County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Friends of Oak Shade Cemetery (contributor 48601715). The contributor found this obituary in the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette Monday June 21, 1886: "Marion Locals. ... Augustus Lathrop, aged 85 years, one of the old residents in Marion township, and father of V.A. Lathrop, died at the residence of his son on Sunday morning. His funeral will take place this afternoon." (Profile Manager: Because June 21, 1886 was a Monday, Augustus died, per this obituary, on June 20, 1886.) For other persons with Wikitree profiles who have been identified as being buried in Oak Shade Cemetery, click here.
43. ↑ Marriage Record. Indiana Marriages Through 1850. Indiana State Library (www.digital.statelib.lib.in.us). Available online without restriction here. Accessed 17 Jun 2020.

• General Citations
• Obituary of Augustus Lathrup. Published in the Saturday Review of the Marion (Iowa) Pilot, July 10, 1886, transcribed by Keith Lathrop. Available online with subscription here.
• 1901 Wapello County IA History. Evans, Samuel B. 1901.History of Wapello County, Iowa, and Representative Citizens. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Co. Pages 269-270. Available without restriction courtesy of the Internet Archive starting here.