Stephen Eugene Lathrop, son of, Ichabod and Catharine (Humphries) Lathrop.
Stephen Eugene Lathrop married Elizabeth Wilson on October 2, 1884. They had no children.
Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa-L
The early life of Stephen Eugene Lathrop, one of Hardin county's progressive citizens, was spent in such a manner as to develop a strong, independent and sturdy manhood and a frugal and thrifty mentality which is very largely responsible for his subsequent success in life. Prosperity seems to have attended every worthy effort he has made, with the result that before the evening of life advances upon him he finds himself and family very comfortably situated, and the future, whatever it may have in store for him and his, inspires no shadow of fear in his breast.
Mr. Lathrop was born near Muncie, in Daleware county, Indiana, May 14, 1852. He is the son of Ichabod and Catharine (Humphrey) Lathrop, who imigrated to Iowa in pioneer times and entered the first land in Etna township, in section 34, the same section in which town of Abbott was later built. The place consists of one hundred and eighty acres and is still held by the family, having never been in any other hands since the government deeded it to the elder Lathrop. Here he became well established through hard work and good management, becoming one of the substantial and well-known men of his times, and he continued to live on the homestead until his death, on August 13, 1896, on his eighty-second birthday. His widow made her home with the son, Stephen E. of this review, until her death, in July, 1897. Ichabod Lathrop was born in Genessee count, New York, on August 13, 1814. His father, Isaac Lathrop, was born in New York. In 1818 the family moved to Jefferson county, Indiana, and on to Illinois in 1822, being pioneers of those states; then, in February, 1823, the mother died, leaving ten children, of whom Ichabod was the youngest. He returned to Jefferson county, Indiana, and lived with his brother, Lyman G. Lathrop, until 1833. Later he went to Tippecanoe county, that state, and in 1836 married Catherine Humphreys. In 1839 they moved to Muncie and from there, in 1853, they moved to Iowa, bringing their earthly belongings overland in an old fashioned covered wagon.
When Stephen E. Lathrop was one year old his parents brought him to Etna township, Hardin county, Iowa, near where the village of Abbott now stands, thus making him one of the first settlers of this locality, and here he grew up on his father's farm, which he worked on when he became of proper age, and here he has been content to spend his life. He enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, having passed through the local common schools and Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he finished the normal course, also the business and commercial course. Thus well equipped for his life work, he taught twenty-one terms in the home school where he was reared, the only common school he ever attended and the only one he ever taught in Hardin county, the Hazel Green school at Abbott. He also taught ten terms in Grundy county before teaching his home school. He became known as one of the leading educators in this section of the state and gave eminent satisfaction both to pupils and patrons. He began farming while teaching and continued agricultural pursuits successfully until 1907. He then spent a year with Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Clover, traveling in Idaho and California. Returning to Hardin county, he bought a home in Iowa Falls and has remained here ever since.
Mr. Lathrop was married on October 2, 1884, to Elizabeth Wilson, of Traer, Iowa. She was born at Plainfield, Will county, Illinois, the daughter of Andrew and Mary Wilson, natives of Ayreshire, Scotland, from which country they emigrated to America in 1842 and located in Illinois, moving to Traer, Iowa. In 1865. They were highly respected and energetic, and Mrs. Lathrop is a lady of many praiseworthy characteristics.
Besides his interest, in the old home, Mr. Lathrop is the owner of two hundred and fifty acres of valuable and well improved land adjoining Abbott. He and his wife have no children. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, he having been affiliated with the same since early in life. Fraternally, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen.
Mr. Lathrop is a genial and companionable gentlemen, well liked wherever he is known. He has kept well abreast of the times on all current subjects and is familiar with the world's best literature. He enjoys the distinction of being the oldest settler in Etna township now living, and there are very few who have lived in Hardin county as long as he has, although his is now merely at the threshold of old, being still hale and active and apparently a man of middle age.
His sister, Elizabeth H. Lathrop, now makes her home with him. She taught school from 1864 to 1881, and also attended schood during that period and secured a first class certificate. For the past twenty-two years she has been blind, but bears her misfortune most bravely and with rarer fortitude than is commonly seen. She was a very successful teacher and is a woman of high intellectual attainments. A brother, Warren D. Lathrop, lives at Cherokee, Iowa; he is married, as is also Martin Lathrop, who is the owner and operator of a good farm near Trenton, Missouri; H.B. Lathrop lives at Marshaltown, Iowa.
Stephen and Elizabeth Lathrop had no children.
Family Information contributed by family member:
Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
Stephen Eugene Lathrop married Elizabeth Wilson on October 2, 1884. They had no children.
Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa-L
The early life of Stephen Eugene Lathrop, one of Hardin county's progressive citizens, was spent in such a manner as to develop a strong, independent and sturdy manhood and a frugal and thrifty mentality which is very largely responsible for his subsequent success in life. Prosperity seems to have attended every worthy effort he has made, with the result that before the evening of life advances upon him he finds himself and family very comfortably situated, and the future, whatever it may have in store for him and his, inspires no shadow of fear in his breast.
Mr. Lathrop was born near Muncie, in Daleware county, Indiana, May 14, 1852. He is the son of Ichabod and Catharine (Humphrey) Lathrop, who imigrated to Iowa in pioneer times and entered the first land in Etna township, in section 34, the same section in which town of Abbott was later built. The place consists of one hundred and eighty acres and is still held by the family, having never been in any other hands since the government deeded it to the elder Lathrop. Here he became well established through hard work and good management, becoming one of the substantial and well-known men of his times, and he continued to live on the homestead until his death, on August 13, 1896, on his eighty-second birthday. His widow made her home with the son, Stephen E. of this review, until her death, in July, 1897. Ichabod Lathrop was born in Genessee count, New York, on August 13, 1814. His father, Isaac Lathrop, was born in New York. In 1818 the family moved to Jefferson county, Indiana, and on to Illinois in 1822, being pioneers of those states; then, in February, 1823, the mother died, leaving ten children, of whom Ichabod was the youngest. He returned to Jefferson county, Indiana, and lived with his brother, Lyman G. Lathrop, until 1833. Later he went to Tippecanoe county, that state, and in 1836 married Catherine Humphreys. In 1839 they moved to Muncie and from there, in 1853, they moved to Iowa, bringing their earthly belongings overland in an old fashioned covered wagon.
When Stephen E. Lathrop was one year old his parents brought him to Etna township, Hardin county, Iowa, near where the village of Abbott now stands, thus making him one of the first settlers of this locality, and here he grew up on his father's farm, which he worked on when he became of proper age, and here he has been content to spend his life. He enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, having passed through the local common schools and Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he finished the normal course, also the business and commercial course. Thus well equipped for his life work, he taught twenty-one terms in the home school where he was reared, the only common school he ever attended and the only one he ever taught in Hardin county, the Hazel Green school at Abbott. He also taught ten terms in Grundy county before teaching his home school. He became known as one of the leading educators in this section of the state and gave eminent satisfaction both to pupils and patrons. He began farming while teaching and continued agricultural pursuits successfully until 1907. He then spent a year with Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Clover, traveling in Idaho and California. Returning to Hardin county, he bought a home in Iowa Falls and has remained here ever since.
Mr. Lathrop was married on October 2, 1884, to Elizabeth Wilson, of Traer, Iowa. She was born at Plainfield, Will county, Illinois, the daughter of Andrew and Mary Wilson, natives of Ayreshire, Scotland, from which country they emigrated to America in 1842 and located in Illinois, moving to Traer, Iowa. In 1865. They were highly respected and energetic, and Mrs. Lathrop is a lady of many praiseworthy characteristics.
Besides his interest, in the old home, Mr. Lathrop is the owner of two hundred and fifty acres of valuable and well improved land adjoining Abbott. He and his wife have no children. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, he having been affiliated with the same since early in life. Fraternally, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen.
Mr. Lathrop is a genial and companionable gentlemen, well liked wherever he is known. He has kept well abreast of the times on all current subjects and is familiar with the world's best literature. He enjoys the distinction of being the oldest settler in Etna township now living, and there are very few who have lived in Hardin county as long as he has, although his is now merely at the threshold of old, being still hale and active and apparently a man of middle age.
His sister, Elizabeth H. Lathrop, now makes her home with him. She taught school from 1864 to 1881, and also attended schood during that period and secured a first class certificate. For the past twenty-two years she has been blind, but bears her misfortune most bravely and with rarer fortitude than is commonly seen. She was a very successful teacher and is a woman of high intellectual attainments. A brother, Warren D. Lathrop, lives at Cherokee, Iowa; he is married, as is also Martin Lathrop, who is the owner and operator of a good farm near Trenton, Missouri; H.B. Lathrop lives at Marshaltown, Iowa.
Stephen and Elizabeth Lathrop had no children.
Family Information contributed by family member:
Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
Stephen Eugene Lathrop, son of, Ichabod and Catharine (Humphries) Lathrop.
Stephen Eugene Lathrop married Elizabeth Wilson on October 2, 1884. They had no children.
Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa-L
The early life of Stephen Eugene Lathrop, one of Hardin county's progressive citizens, was spent in such a manner as to develop a strong, independent and sturdy manhood and a frugal and thrifty mentality which is very largely responsible for his subsequent success in life. Prosperity seems to have attended every worthy effort he has made, with the result that before the evening of life advances upon him he finds himself and family very comfortably situated, and the future, whatever it may have in store for him and his, inspires no shadow of fear in his breast.
Mr. Lathrop was born near Muncie, in Daleware county, Indiana, May 14, 1852. He is the son of Ichabod and Catharine (Humphrey) Lathrop, who imigrated to Iowa in pioneer times and entered the first land in Etna township, in section 34, the same section in which town of Abbott was later built. The place consists of one hundred and eighty acres and is still held by the family, having never been in any other hands since the government deeded it to the elder Lathrop. Here he became well established through hard work and good management, becoming one of the substantial and well-known men of his times, and he continued to live on the homestead until his death, on August 13, 1896, on his eighty-second birthday. His widow made her home with the son, Stephen E. of this review, until her death, in July, 1897. Ichabod Lathrop was born in Genessee count, New York, on August 13, 1814. His father, Isaac Lathrop, was born in New York. In 1818 the family moved to Jefferson county, Indiana, and on to Illinois in 1822, being pioneers of those states; then, in February, 1823, the mother died, leaving ten children, of whom Ichabod was the youngest. He returned to Jefferson county, Indiana, and lived with his brother, Lyman G. Lathrop, until 1833. Later he went to Tippecanoe county, that state, and in 1836 married Catherine Humphreys. In 1839 they moved to Muncie and from there, in 1853, they moved to Iowa, bringing their earthly belongings overland in an old fashioned covered wagon.
When Stephen E. Lathrop was one year old his parents brought him to Etna township, Hardin county, Iowa, near where the village of Abbott now stands, thus making him one of the first settlers of this locality, and here he grew up on his father's farm, which he worked on when he became of proper age, and here he has been content to spend his life. He enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, having passed through the local common schools and Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he finished the normal course, also the business and commercial course. Thus well equipped for his life work, he taught twenty-one terms in the home school where he was reared, the only common school he ever attended and the only one he ever taught in Hardin county, the Hazel Green school at Abbott. He also taught ten terms in Grundy county before teaching his home school. He became known as one of the leading educators in this section of the state and gave eminent satisfaction both to pupils and patrons. He began farming while teaching and continued agricultural pursuits successfully until 1907. He then spent a year with Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Clover, traveling in Idaho and California. Returning to Hardin county, he bought a home in Iowa Falls and has remained here ever since.
Mr. Lathrop was married on October 2, 1884, to Elizabeth Wilson, of Traer, Iowa. She was born at Plainfield, Will county, Illinois, the daughter of Andrew and Mary Wilson, natives of Ayreshire, Scotland, from which country they emigrated to America in 1842 and located in Illinois, moving to Traer, Iowa. In 1865. They were highly respected and energetic, and Mrs. Lathrop is a lady of many praiseworthy characteristics.
Besides his interest, in the old home, Mr. Lathrop is the owner of two hundred and fifty acres of valuable and well improved land adjoining Abbott. He and his wife have no children. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, he having been affiliated with the same since early in life. Fraternally, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen.
Mr. Lathrop is a genial and companionable gentlemen, well liked wherever he is known. He has kept well abreast of the times on all current subjects and is familiar with the world's best literature. He enjoys the distinction of being the oldest settler in Etna township now living, and there are very few who have lived in Hardin county as long as he has, although his is now merely at the threshold of old, being still hale and active and apparently a man of middle age.
His sister, Elizabeth H. Lathrop, now makes her home with him. She taught school from 1864 to 1881, and also attended schood during that period and secured a first class certificate. For the past twenty-two years she has been blind, but bears her misfortune most bravely and with rarer fortitude than is commonly seen. She was a very successful teacher and is a woman of high intellectual attainments. A brother, Warren D. Lathrop, lives at Cherokee, Iowa; he is married, as is also Martin Lathrop, who is the owner and operator of a good farm near Trenton, Missouri; H.B. Lathrop lives at Marshaltown, Iowa.
Stephen and Elizabeth Lathrop had no children.
Family Information contributed by family member:
Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
Stephen Eugene Lathrop married Elizabeth Wilson on October 2, 1884. They had no children.
Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa-L
The early life of Stephen Eugene Lathrop, one of Hardin county's progressive citizens, was spent in such a manner as to develop a strong, independent and sturdy manhood and a frugal and thrifty mentality which is very largely responsible for his subsequent success in life. Prosperity seems to have attended every worthy effort he has made, with the result that before the evening of life advances upon him he finds himself and family very comfortably situated, and the future, whatever it may have in store for him and his, inspires no shadow of fear in his breast.
Mr. Lathrop was born near Muncie, in Daleware county, Indiana, May 14, 1852. He is the son of Ichabod and Catharine (Humphrey) Lathrop, who imigrated to Iowa in pioneer times and entered the first land in Etna township, in section 34, the same section in which town of Abbott was later built. The place consists of one hundred and eighty acres and is still held by the family, having never been in any other hands since the government deeded it to the elder Lathrop. Here he became well established through hard work and good management, becoming one of the substantial and well-known men of his times, and he continued to live on the homestead until his death, on August 13, 1896, on his eighty-second birthday. His widow made her home with the son, Stephen E. of this review, until her death, in July, 1897. Ichabod Lathrop was born in Genessee count, New York, on August 13, 1814. His father, Isaac Lathrop, was born in New York. In 1818 the family moved to Jefferson county, Indiana, and on to Illinois in 1822, being pioneers of those states; then, in February, 1823, the mother died, leaving ten children, of whom Ichabod was the youngest. He returned to Jefferson county, Indiana, and lived with his brother, Lyman G. Lathrop, until 1833. Later he went to Tippecanoe county, that state, and in 1836 married Catherine Humphreys. In 1839 they moved to Muncie and from there, in 1853, they moved to Iowa, bringing their earthly belongings overland in an old fashioned covered wagon.
When Stephen E. Lathrop was one year old his parents brought him to Etna township, Hardin county, Iowa, near where the village of Abbott now stands, thus making him one of the first settlers of this locality, and here he grew up on his father's farm, which he worked on when he became of proper age, and here he has been content to spend his life. He enjoyed the advantages of a liberal education, having passed through the local common schools and Cornell College at Mt. Vernon, Iowa, where he finished the normal course, also the business and commercial course. Thus well equipped for his life work, he taught twenty-one terms in the home school where he was reared, the only common school he ever attended and the only one he ever taught in Hardin county, the Hazel Green school at Abbott. He also taught ten terms in Grundy county before teaching his home school. He became known as one of the leading educators in this section of the state and gave eminent satisfaction both to pupils and patrons. He began farming while teaching and continued agricultural pursuits successfully until 1907. He then spent a year with Mr. and Mrs. W.F. Clover, traveling in Idaho and California. Returning to Hardin county, he bought a home in Iowa Falls and has remained here ever since.
Mr. Lathrop was married on October 2, 1884, to Elizabeth Wilson, of Traer, Iowa. She was born at Plainfield, Will county, Illinois, the daughter of Andrew and Mary Wilson, natives of Ayreshire, Scotland, from which country they emigrated to America in 1842 and located in Illinois, moving to Traer, Iowa. In 1865. They were highly respected and energetic, and Mrs. Lathrop is a lady of many praiseworthy characteristics.
Besides his interest, in the old home, Mr. Lathrop is the owner of two hundred and fifty acres of valuable and well improved land adjoining Abbott. He and his wife have no children. They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, he having been affiliated with the same since early in life. Fraternally, he belongs to the Modern Woodmen.
Mr. Lathrop is a genial and companionable gentlemen, well liked wherever he is known. He has kept well abreast of the times on all current subjects and is familiar with the world's best literature. He enjoys the distinction of being the oldest settler in Etna township now living, and there are very few who have lived in Hardin county as long as he has, although his is now merely at the threshold of old, being still hale and active and apparently a man of middle age.
His sister, Elizabeth H. Lathrop, now makes her home with him. She taught school from 1864 to 1881, and also attended schood during that period and secured a first class certificate. For the past twenty-two years she has been blind, but bears her misfortune most bravely and with rarer fortitude than is commonly seen. She was a very successful teacher and is a woman of high intellectual attainments. A brother, Warren D. Lathrop, lives at Cherokee, Iowa; he is married, as is also Martin Lathrop, who is the owner and operator of a good farm near Trenton, Missouri; H.B. Lathrop lives at Marshaltown, Iowa.
Stephen and Elizabeth Lathrop had no children.
Family Information contributed by family member:
Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
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