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Subject: Bio of W. D. Lathrop
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 06:32:13 EDT

NORTHWESTERN
IOWA

ITS HISTORY AND TRADITION
VOLUME II


1804-1926

W. D. LATHROP

Warren D. Lathrop, an honored veteran of the Civil war, has been a resident
of Cherokee county for fifty-seven years and is rounding out a well spent life
in the ease and comfort purchased by laborious effort directed into
constructive channels. He was born November 7, 1844, in Delaware county, Iowa, his
parents were Ichabod D. and Catherine (Humphreys) Lathrop, the latter a native of
Ohio. The father was born in the state of New York and came to Iowa in
pioneer times. He settled on a farm in Hardin county and there spent the remainder
of his life, transforming his land into a rich and productive tract on which
he made many improvements. He had a family of nine children, seven of whom are
deceased.

Mr. Lathrop attended the rural schools near his father's farm and aided him
in the cultivation of the soil until 1862, when he responded to the call to
arms, becoming a member of the Company A, Thirty-second Regiment of Iowa
Infantry. He was with the Western Army and spent three years in the service of the
Union. He participated in many notable battles and was wounded in the left leg.
He was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, and returned to Hardin county, where
he engaged in farming for about three years. In 1868 he came to Cherokee
county and entered a homestead in Afton township. He proved up on the land,
which he brought to a high state of development, and in his work was guided by a
progressive spirit, keeping in close touch with the latest developments along
agricultural lines. Eventually he sold the farm and since his retirement has
lived in Cherokee with leisure to devote to those affairs in which he is most
interested.

In 1868 Mr. Lathrop married Miss Rosa Armour, who passed away in 1912 and was
laid to rest in the Oak Hill cemetery at Cherokee. Four children were born
to them but two are deceased. Those who survive are Frank E.; and Erma D., the
wife of Russell A. Jones. Mr. Lathrop is a republican in his political views
and has held several county and township offices, discharging every duty with
fidelity and thoroughness. He is a member of Custer Post, No. 25, of the
Grand Army of the Republic and derives much pleasure from his association with
the "Boys in Blue." He is also connected with the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows and the Knights of Pythias. His life has been long, upright and useful,
crowned with successful achievement, and the years have brought him an ever
widening circle of steadfast friends.



Debbie Clough Gerischer
Iowa Gen Web, Assistant CC, Scott County
http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/
IAGENWEB: Special History Project:
http://iagenweb.org/history/index.htm
Gerischer Family Web Site:
http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/

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