THORP, Francis T - Lafayette Co, MO Biography ***** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and 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 presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the files submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ***** file submitted by: Kathy Gaines Source: History of Lafayette County, MO Publication Info: St Louis, Missouri Historical Company, 1881 page 501 Clay Township Francis T Thorp P.O. Greenton, Missouri. Was bord in Bedford county, Virginia, Sep- tember 7, 1806, where he was reared and educated. He moved to this county in 1838, and settled in Clay township, where he has ever since resided, engaged in farming. He was married February 2, 1832, to Miss Zerinnda G. Price, of Bedford county, Virginia. She died August 8, 1854, leaving three living children: Mrs. Susan E Beazley, Mrs. Sophia R. Kincaid, and James A.B. He has a spendid farm of 200 acres in the Greenton valley, which is well improved. His father was asoldier of the war of 1812.