Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Thorp, John J. September 26, 1848 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Thorp, John J., Litchfield, proprietor of the Cedarville Hotel, was born in 
Rural Grove, Montgomery county, September 26, 1848, and settled in Danube in 
1859.  He is a son of Prof. Joshua Thorp, who spent most of his life in 
teaching.  He was for some time principal of the academy at Onondaga Valley, 
N.Y., and also of the High School at Watertown.  He was a very successful 
teacher and lecturer, and was in the war of the Rebellion.  He was a son of 
Ebenezer Deacon Thorp, one of the pioneer settlers of Root, Montgomery 
county.  John J. Thorp married Ella Young, of German Flats, and they have four 
children living:  Benjamin F., Raymond J., Mabel J.,and Ethel Thorp.  
Professor Joshua Thorp married Miss Catherine Shull the daughter of Jacob 
Shull of Danube, Herkimer county, New York.  She was the mother of John J. and 
Louisa A. Thorp.


Additional Comments:
source --
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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