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Christopher Columbus Thorpe 1838–1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 April 1838

Birth Location: Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 23 April 1911

Death Location: Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA

Father: Isaiah jr

Mother: Mary Lamar

Spouse(s): Mary Murray

Children(s): Rachel Thorpe

Christopher Columbus Thorpe was born in 1838 in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA, the child of Isaiah F Thorpe Tharp Jr And Mary Nancy Tharp Lamar. Christopher Columbus Thorpe married Mary Jane Myrtle Murray, and had children including Rachel Catherine Thorpe. Christopher Columbus Thorpe passed away in 1911 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA.

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Biography

  • Christopher Columbus Thorpe was born in 1838 in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA, the child of Isaiah F Thorpe Tharp Jr And Mary Nancy Tharp Lamar.
  • Christopher Columbus Thorpe married Mary Jane Myrtle Murray, and had children including Rachel Catherine Thorpe.
  • Christopher Columbus Thorpe passed away in 1911 in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Isaiah jr
1797–1874
Birth Location: York, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Ij
Mary Lamar
1800–1850
Birth Location: Tennessee, USA
ML

Spouses(s)

Mary Murray
1840–1926
Birth Location: , Sumner, TN
MM

Children(s)

Rachel Thorpe
1874–1940
Birth Location: Lockhart, Pike, Co, Indiana, USA
RT

Christopher Thorpe's Ancestors

Self
Christopher Thorpe
1838–1911
Birth Place: Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA
Parents
Isaiah F Thorpe\Tharp jr
1797–1874
York, Gloucester County, Virginia, USA
Mary (Nancy Tharp) Lamar
1800–1850
Tennessee, USA
Grandparents
Thomas Tharp
1762–1841
Spotsylvania, Stafford, Virginia, United States
Margaret (Thorpe) Brahan
1770–1840
Fauquier, Stafford County, Virginia, Colonial America
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Christopher Thorpe's Descendants

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Christopher (Columbus) Thorpe (27 April 1838–23 April 1911) m. Mary (Jane Myrtle) Murray (12 Sept 1840–26 dec 1926)
  1. 1. Rachel (Catherine) Thorpe 1874–1940 m. Samuel (Worley) Beardsley 1857–1923
    1. 1. Guy (Benjamin) Beardsley 1902–1988 m. Emily (Margaret) Gabbert 1903–1995
      1. 1. Samuel (Lee) Beardsley 1922–1971 m. Iris (Lovelle) Beardsley 1923–2005
      2. 2. Mildred (Louise) Beardsley 1926–
      3. 3. Benjamin (Homer) Beardsley 1925–
      4. 4. Charles Beardsley 1927–2011

Christopher Thorpe's Timeline

2 Records

1838
27 April 1838
Birth of Christopher Columbus Thorpe in Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA
Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA
1911
23 April 1911
Age 73
Death of Christopher Columbus Thorpe in Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 April 1838
    Event Place: Evansville, Vanderburgh, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 April 1911
    Event Place: Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
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