Leonard Luther Thorp

1845 - 1926  (80 years)

• Name	Leonard Luther Thorp  [1]
  Birth	16 Oct 1845	Independence,Polk Co, Oregon   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Oct 1926	Yakima Co, Washington
  Notes	son of Fielden Thorp & Margaret Bounds See Margaret Bounds (of John Bird Bounds), 2nd cousins.
  Person ID	I9208	Roots
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  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

  
  

  Family	Philena Walker Henson,   b. 28 May 1852, Missouri d. 2 Oct 1929, Yakima Co, Washington (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	2 May 1869	Moxee, Yakima Co, Washington   [1]
  Children	1. Martha Helen Thorp,   b. 22 May 1870   d. 10 Oct 1900, Yakima Co, Washington (Age 30 years)   2. Eva Anna Thorp,   b. 25 Feb 1872, Washington d. Aft 1891 (Age > 20 years)   3. Dale Owen Thorp,   b. 15 Jul 1874, Selah, Yakima Co, Washington d. 23 Aug 1904 (Age 30 years)   4. Herbert Spencer Thorp,   b. 22 Aug 1877   d. 20 Nov 1884 (Age 7 years)   5. Margaret A Thorp,   b. 23 Jan 1880, Selah, Yakima Co, Washington d. Aft 1902 (Age > 23 years)
  Family ID	F3610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 2 Oct 1926 - Yakima Co, Washington  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S301] Karl Kiser (KSquared77).