BIO: C. A. THORP, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 883 & 884.
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  C. A. THORP, justice of the peace and general farmer, resides on his valuable 
farm of 180 acres, which is situated in Greenwood township.  He was born on this 
farm June 29, 1843, and is a son of William T. and Christianna (Bear) Thorp, and 
was an only child.
  William T. Thorp was a farmer and school teacher and was appointed school 
examiner for teachers.  He erected all the buildings now standing on the above 
mentioned farm and spent many useful and pleasant years here.  His death 
occurred when he was seventy-three years of age.
  C. A. Thorp attended school in Greenwood township or Bell township as it was 
then called, after which he spent many years following farming during the summer 
seasons and engaging in lumbering in the winter time.  He is cultivating eighty 
acres of his farm and has fine pasturage for his stock.
  In 1864 Mr. Thorp was married to Miss Hannah Johnson, a daughter of James 
Johnson, and they have had the following children:  Ida, who married Harry 
Mitchell, a son of David Mitchell; William T., who married Vinnie Kirk; John, 
who married Eva Rank; James, who is deceased; Walter, who married Katherine 
Cooper; Rentz, who married Mary Kerr; Lulu, who is the wife of J. B. Gemberling, 
of Philadelphia; Charles, who married Julia Bell, daughter of Frampton Bell; 
Hoyt, who married Vaughn Thompson; and Frances, who is talented in music of 
which she is a teacher.  In politics Mr. Thorp is a Democrat, as was his father, 
and he is serving in his third term as a justice of the peace.  He has been an 
active member of the Grange for 35 years, and is a representative citizen of 
Greenwood Township.