Merced-Santa Clara County CA Archives Biographies.....Thorpe, Roy P. 1882 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

ROY P. THORPE

   A man who is closely identified with the business life of Merced, Cal., is
Roy P. Thorpe, the well-known fire insurance broker, who since 1914 has been
county sealer of weights and measures in Merced County. He was born on his
father's farm in Ross County, near Washington Court House, Ohio, on January 15,
1882, a son of Daniel and Hannah (Robinson) Thorpe. When our subject was six
years old, the family removed to Kansas, where the father engaged in farming; he
passed away when Roy was a lad of nine years.

   Roy P. Thorpe received a grammar and high school education in the schools of
Kansas, taking his high school course at Garden City. He came to California in
1902 and spent two years at Stanford University; then he was engaged in the
automobile business in Palo Alto until 1908, when he sold out and removed to
Merced, where he entered the employ of the Cooperative Land & Trust Company,
remaining with them until 1910. That year, in partnership with Walter Casad, he
established a real estate and insurance business, the partnership continuing
until 1912, when he became a partner of G. A. Howell. Since 1913 Mr. Thorpe has
successfully operated the business alone. Mr. Thorpe also owns and operates a
ranch adjacent to Merced.

   The marriage of Mr. Thorpe united him with Miss Isabel Bird, a native
daughter of California, daughter of Isaac Bird, now living retired in Palo Alto.
Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe have one son, Harold. Fraternally, Mr. Thorpe is a Mason and
an Elk, being a past exalted ruler of the Lodge in Merced. In politics he
adheres to the principles of the Republican party.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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