Mary F. (or A.) Thorp

Abt 1854 - Bef 1904  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Mary F. (or A.) Thorp  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1854	Oregon
  Gender	Female
  Death	Bef 1904  [1]
  Person ID	I9247	Roots
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	Fielden Mortimer Thorp,   b. 13 Apr 1822, Howard Co, Missouri d. 11 Feb 1893, Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret Bounds,   b. 30 Jan 1822, Campbell Co, Tennessee d. 30 Apr 1888, Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1842	Holt Co, Missouri   [1]
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza headstone Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, Oregon
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza "A Saved History" A saved history: Oregon's oldest house owned by black pioneers makes the National Register of Historic Places Historic home built by Hannah and Eliza Gorman, mother and daughter, who had crossed the Great Plains to Oregon via the Oregon Trail as slaves of Fielden and Eizabeth Bounds Thorp. Their home survived and was purchased in 2004 by Patricia Benner and her husband Tony Howell. They had the home registered with the National Register of Historic Places. Many many thanks to Patricia Benner for sharing this beautiful story with me to add to the website as part of our family history. (note: Elizabeth Bounds was the niece of this site's owner's gg-grandfather James Lovelady
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza prepared and furnished by Patricia Benner Hannah and Eliza Gorman: 1850 Federal Census when Living with John Thorp in Polk County
  		Gorman, Eliza obit Corvallis, Oregon furnished by Patricia Benner
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza home furnished by Patricia Brenner "Homeowner Patricia Brenner strolls along the outside of the Gorman Corvallis Gazette-Times "A Saved history: Oregon's oldest house owned by black pioneers makes the National Register of Historic Places" Caption: "House, which historians say is the oldest known existing residence in Oregon directly tied to early black pioneers" webiite: http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/a-saved-history-oregon-s-oldest-house-owned-by-black/article_60180ca1-4927-5569-beae-6816ef85da0c.html Furnished by Patricia Brenner
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza timeline includes 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census
  Family ID	F3040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S301] Karl Kiser (KSquared77).