Lassen-Shasta County CA Archives Biographies.....Roop, Isaac Newton 1822 - 1869
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

HON. ISAAC NEWTON ROOP.—Governor Roop's grandfather was a German, and his
grandmother a native of England. His father, Joseph Roop, married Miss Susan
Engle, and reared a family of nine sons and two daughters. The subject of this
sketch was the fifth son, and was born in Carroll county, Maryland, March 13,
1822. In 1838 the family moved to Ashland county, Ohio. December 24, 1840, Isaac
married Miss Nancy Gardner, born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, December 22,
1822, and settled on a farm adjoining that of his father, and also manufactured
and dealt in lumber. Three children were born to them: Susan Engle, November 13,
1841; John V., November 27, 1843; I. J., November 30, 1845. June 20, 1850, Mrs.
Roop died, and in September Mr. Roop started for California, leaving John in
charge of his grandfather Roop, and I. J. and Susan with their grandfather
Gardner. Mr. Roop clerked in a store at Oak Bottom until June, 1851, and then
went to Shasta and kept public house. In October he went to Bear river, and
lived there until March, 1852, when he was appointed postmaster as Shasta. June
14, 1853, he was burned out, and lost about $10,000, all he had. He then went
over the mountains, and located a land claim in Honey Lake valley. His after
history—how he made his settlement, engaged in the formation of a government for
Nevada and became the governor, was admitted to practice law, and participated
in all the public movements in this section—is fully detailed in the preceding
pages. He practiced law in Susanville until the time of his death, February 14,
1869. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and was buried with honors, a
large concourse of citizens attending his funeral. His two sons served in the
Union army during the war. I. J. Roop died from the effects of a wound received
at the battle of South Mountain. John V. settled in Iowa after the war, and in
1877 removed to Blue Springs, Nebraska. Susan came to California in 1862, and
lived with her father. She married A. T. Arnold, December 27, 1864, and still
resides in Susanville.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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