Biographical Sketch of Nancy J. (Baile) Roop, Johnson County, Missouri, Warrensburg >From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell, Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918. ********************************************************************** Mrs. Nancy J. (Baile Roop, the esteemed and respected widow of the late Ezra Roop, an honored pioneer of Johnson county, is one of Johnson county's noblest women. She came to this county with her husband in 1857 from Preble county, Ohio. They remained nearly two years, when on account of the unhealthful climate here at that time they returned to their old home in Ohio and did not come again to Missouri until 1866, when they located three miles south of Warresnburg. Ezra Roop and Nancy J. Baile were married October 8, 1857, and to them were born the following children: Edgar W., Warrensburg township; Alonzo B., Jeffer- son township; Vernon C., Warrensburg township; John A., Miami, Florida; Mrs. Alice A. Mohler, Warrensburg, Missouri; Mrs. Ada V. Bozarth, Centerview township; and Nathan, who was born in 1878 and died in 1909. John A. Roop is the owner of a large orange plantation in Florida. The father died July 10, 1910. Both he and his son Nathan, are buried in the Warrensburg Brethren Church, South, cemetery. Mrs. Roop still owns the old home place of 240 acres of land, located three miles south of Warrensburg. The first three interments made in the cemetery where Ezra Roop and his son were laid to rest were made for Eugene J. Roop, Arthur A. Roop, and Minnie B. Roop. They had died ten years previous to the establishment of this cemetery but were brought to the new burial ground from the family cemetery. Dr. A. W. Reese was the first pastor of the Warrensburg Brethren church, south. Jesse D. Mohler, the pres- ent minister, is a graduate of McPherson College, McPherson, Kansas. This church was organized August 3, 1880, and the church building was erected in 1881. The charter members of the Brethren church, South, of Warrensburg, were N. J. Roop, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Adams, Sarah Adams, Dr. A. W. and Mrs. Susie Reese, J. E. Lightner, William & Lizzie Mohler, Sarah A. Baile, Minnie Christopher, Alice Hall, Marietta Gibson, Ann Ginn, Elizabeth and Anna Bowman. Abraham Weaver became a member soon after the organization of the church, his membership in the Mineral Creek Brethren church being transferred to this church. Mrs. Lightner also, soon after the organization, became a member of the church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: <> Penny Harrell ====================================================================