Calvin E. Thorp (1829 - 1902)

Born 27 May 1829 in Springfield, Otsego, New York, United States

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Died 1902 at about age 72 in Cohocton, Steuben, New York, United States

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Biography

• Fact: Residence (1850) Wayland, Steuben, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1855) Avoca, Steuben, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1860) Cohocton, Steuben, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1865) District 01, Cohocton, Steuben, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1875) Cohocton, Steuben, New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1880) Cohocton, Steuben, New York, United States
• Fact: Event Type (1892) Cohocton, E.D. 03
• Fact: Residence (1892) Cohocton, E.D. 03, Steuben, New York
• Fact: Residence (1900) Cohocton Township (part) Cohocton vill., Steuben, New York, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Calvin E Thorp in Landmarks of Steuben County: Calvin E. Thorp was born in Otsego county, N. Y. , May 27, 1829, and is a son of Nelson Thorp, who took up a tract of land and settled on Potter Hill, in the town of Cohocton, Steuben county, in 1837. Nelson Thorp was a stirring man of considerable influence, and engaged extensively in lumbering, and later in farming. A Whig in politics, he took an active interest in local affairs, and held several important town offices. His wife was Lucy Snyder, and their children were Calvin E., James N. and George, Mary and Charles, deceased.

Calvin E. Thorp was educated in the district schools of Cohocton, and at the age of twenty-one went out to work by the month. In 1852 he engaged in lumbering on his father's land, having a saw mill, which he successfully carried on for several years prior to leaving home. About 1865 he settled where he now resides, and since then he has been a heavy dealer in live stock, wool, carriages, agricultural implements, etc. He is one of the leading citizens of the town of Cohocton, and has always taken a lively interest in public affairs, and especially in politics. A staunch and unswerving Republican, he has held several town offices, and was first elected supervisor in 1879, and served in all three terms. He was a charter member of the Cohocton Lodge of Odd Fellows and has been a member of Liberty Lodge, No. 510, F. & A. M., about forty years. Mr. Thorp was married, first in 1853, to Miss Luna M. Carrington, who died April 3, 1873, leaving five children; Oscar D., of Buffalo; Charles M., a farmer of Cohocton; Walter E., of Hartland, Mich. ; Jennie M. (Mrs. Frank M. Larrowe), of Cohocton; and George A., a general dealer in Cohocton. He married, second, Jennie S. Myers, of Cohocton, in 1874.

• Fact: Burial Cohocton, Steuben, New York, United States of America

Sources

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 July 2018, 01:06), entry for Calvin E. Thorp(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L26B-ZF9); contributed by various users.