Hugh Julia Lathrop 22 Nov 1899. Julia (daughter of Byron P. Lathrop and Isabella Ann Byron Langson) 26 Apr 1873 Painesville, Lake Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Shortly after his mother died when he was about 17, Byron went off to Cincinnati College to study medicine. After receiving his M.D. in the spring of 1856, he went west to practice in Iowa and Illinois. Much of his practice was with the men and their families who worked in the lead mines of northwestern Illinois. Probably because of overwork during the Civil War, Byron was threatened with, or contracted, tuberculosis. In the fall of 1864 he gave up the active practice of medicine and returned with his family to Painesville Ohio. On his return, Byron's father deeded him part of his farm lands, and on his father's death in 1883 Byron inherited the main Lathrop farm. Dr. Byron Lathrop was more a poet than a practical farmer. He was a gentle man, widely read in literature and the classics, and possessed an extensive library. Some of his poetry was published. both he and his wife were staunch Republicans.

Byron Isabella Ann Byron Langson 8 Mar 1858Burlington, Des Moines Co., IA. Isabella (daughter of Benjamin Langson and Elizabeth White) 9 Jul 1839 Dublin, Ireland; 27 Jun 1933Painesville, Lake Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Lorain was named Lucus Lorin Lathrop, but changed his name to Lorain L. Lathrop at a young age. Lorain's father was a poor man, a hunter and trapper, with little use for learning. As a result, Lorain educated himself as best he could, sitting up nights with a tallow candle to read and write. His obituary in the Painesville, Ohio, "Telegraph" of Dec. 27, 1883, comments: "Mr. Lathrop was almost entirely uneducated and yet was a remarkably well-informed man, familiar with ancient history and the English classics, and always keeping track of contemporary affairs. He had great force of character, unwavering integrity and remarkably keen clear judgment, together with unusual physical strength and endurance. He was a good neighbor and citizen, never failing to inspire the respect and confidence of whomever came in contact with him. Mr. Lathrop was a staunch Whig and Republican."

About the year 1818, when he was 16, Lorain left home, setting out on his own for the West. He almost never spoke of his father again, though he had high regard for his mother. He made a two-year trek across New York State, down the Ohio river, westward to Indiana and Illinois, walking most of the way. finally in 1820 he settled in Painesville, Ohio, on the shore of Lake Erie. he acquired land, and became a prosperous farmer with two or three farms near the Grand River.

Having been deprived in his own youth, Lorain saw to it that all of his children were well schooled and educated.

Lorain Mary (Polly) Holbrook. Mary 1805; 1850Painesville, Lake Co., OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin Elizabeth White. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]