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This is my genealogy blog tracing families from the Southern Illinois counties of Wayne, Jefferson, Hamilton, White, Clay, Richland and Lawrence. Come see if we're related and share some information. Search using "revised" for updates to older blog entries. Use the Ahnentafel page to navigate through family lines. Use Research Logs & Other Posts to see other topics.
Account of the Battle Monument at Bloody Brook
Rev. John Lathrop was born at Etton, Yorkshire, England 20 December 1581, Later he came to the colonies and died 8 November 1653 in Barnstable, Massachusetts. John had nine children. The following list six of them. John was one of 22 children of Thomas Lowthroppe, who was born at Cherry Burton, England 19 Jun 1536 and died in October 1606.
Much of the following was furnished to me by Dr. Frederic Lathrop, a pediatrician of Plainfield, NJ and other parts were compiled by my late grandmother, Emma Reed Clark, who was the wife of George Burt Clark who is listed herein.
Lines of descent to famous people, numbers indicate generation1. Rev. John Lathrop
1 - Edsel Ford takes over Ford Motor Company
6 - Theodore Roosevelt dies
9 - John Dewitt Robertson died in Wayne Co., Illinois
15 - Boston Molasses Disaster
16 - 18th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified regarding prohibition
18 - Henry Erkman discharged from the army at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio
18 - Peace conference convenes in Paris
25 - League of Nations created in Paris
nd - Joseph Erkman discharged from army at Camp Funston, Ft. Riley, Kansas