Lucian Bonaparte Lathrop
  • Born: July 18, 1800, Royalton, Vermont
  • Died: May 17, 1873, Sylvania, Ohio
  • Buried: Ford Cemetery, Berkey, Ohio
Father: John Lathrop 
   born: August 30,1761, Bethel Vermont;
   married: October 25, 1787 Bethel Vermont;
   died: July 23,1830 Pike Twp. Alleghany County New York

Mother: Azubah Putnam
   born: February 26,1767;
   married: October 25, 1787 Bethel Vermont; 
   died: October 18,1855 Sylvania, Lucas County Ohio
   buried: Ford Cemetery, Berkey, Ohio

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Spouse 1: Pamelia Cleveland  born: January 21, 1802; died: August 4, 1844 Richfield Twp, Lucas County Ohio buried: Ford Cemetery, Berkey, Ohio
Married:  October 10, 1822 Vermont
    Father: Squire Cleveland
    Mother: Pamelia (Green) Cleveland

Children:

  1. Mary Anne (Lathrop) Wilson  born: January 3, 1824, Pike Twp, Allegany County New York; married: February 18,1841 Lucas County, Ohio William W. Wilson; died: December 15, 1900
  2. George Lathrop  born: April 14, 1825, Pike Twp. Allegany Co. New York; died: April 14, 1825 Pike Twp. Allegany Co. New York
  3. Lorenzo Lathrop  born: May 12, 1827, Pike Twp. Allegany Co. New York; married: May 30, 1848 Sarah Ann Wood; died: April 19,1910
  4. Luther C. Lathrop born: October 18, 1829 Pike Twp, Allegany Co. New York; married: 1853, Almeda Henrickson; died:March 20,1900
  5. Miles Lathrop  born: October 7, 1831, Pike Twp. Allegany Co. New York; married: January 14, 1854 Julia Warren (father: Haskell Warren; mother: Olive Warren); died:October 30, 1900 Charleston, Coles County Illinois; resided: 1889 Charleston, Illinois and operated Maple Hotel
  6. James Jerome Lathrop born: June 30, 1836, Richfield Twp. Lucas County Ohio; married: Jane (Edmon) Lathrop-widow of brother Wilson Lathrop; died: January 10, 1910
  7. Helen (Lathrop) Roberts born: February 15, 1839 Richfield Twp. Lucas County Ohio; married: Chester Roberts; died: February 12, 1913
  8. Wilson C. Lathrop  born: April 18, 1842 Richfield Twp. Lucas County, Ohio (adopted by Pliny Lathrop-Lucian B. Lathrop's brother); married: 1863-1864 Jane Edmon; died:August 7, 1864 in Civil War buried: Ford Cemetery, Berkey, Ohio
Spouse 2: Larissa O. Titus born: 1800; died: June 3, 1872 Sylvania, Ohio buried: Ford Cemetery, Berkey, Ohio
Married:  March 11, 1846

Biography:
 

"Lucian B. Lathrop... moved from there [Vermont] to Pike, Allegany Co. NY. He was engaged in hotel keeping and acted as deputy sheriff for 12 years. He came to Ohio in 1834, purchasing land from the government in Richfield township, Lucas Co. Ohio. He established a home in the wilderness with neighbors no nearer than four miles. In 1848 he moved to the villiage of Sylvania.... Lucian B. erected the first frame barn in Richfield Twp. in 1837. He was trustee and treasurer of the township and the first postmaster at Berkey, Ohio where for fifteen years there was a weekly mail. In 1841 he was a delegate to the Democratic State Convention. In 1852 he was elected a representative to the Ohio State Legislature.... He was ordained a minister of the Universalist Church and preached for ten years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge and was Worshipful Master in 1856 taking office on October 23. In 1848 he was one of the promoters of the Toledo and Indiana plank road, one of the most noted roads in history and said to be the first plank road in Ohio..."
George Lathrop (Moorman)

Notes:
Sources:
History of the Lathrop Family by Irma Lathrop Moorman 1940
Friends of the Sylvania, Ohio Lathrop House
Census 1800 VT Windsor County Bethel Roll 52 Book 1 Page 469; www.genealogy.com (assumed)
Census 1810 VT Windsor County Bethel Roll 65 Book 1 Page 338; www.genealogy.com (assumed)
Census 1830 NY Allegany County Pike Twp Roll 84 Book 1 Page 143A; www.genealogy.com
Census 1840 OH Lucas County Richfield Twp Roll 410 Book 1 Page 272A; www.genealogy.com
Census 1850 OH Lucas County Sylvania Roll 706 Book 1 Page 107B Dwelling 1546 Line 7; www.genealogy.com
Census 1870 OH Lucas County Sylvania Roll 1236 Book 1 Page 118A Dwelling Line; www.genealogy.com