THORPE, Wm S - 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 Wm S Thorpe P.O. Greenton, Missouri, was born in Bedford county, Virginia, Sepember 14, 1814, and was there raised and educated. In 1856, he moved to this county, and settled in Clay township, where he has ever since resided, and pursued the avocation of a farmer. On the 19th of Decemeber, 1839, he married Miss Mary C. Johnson, of Murray county, Tennessee, by whom he has two living children, Mrs. T.E. Ingram and E. Theodore. He has been a member of the Methodist Church South, for over forty years. He is also a Mason.