Lorain L. Lathrop
1801 - 1883 (82 years)-
Name Lorain L. Lathrop Born 1801 Burlington, VT 
Gender Male Died 20 Dec 1883 Painesville, Lake Co., OH Person ID I12375 Lathrop Last Modified 6 Dec 2013
Father Moses # 407 Lathrop, b. 1774, South Hadley, MA , d. MI Mother Mary Bacon, b. 27 Jan 1782, Brookfield, MA Family ID F1439 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary (Polly) Holbrook, b. 1805, d. 1850, Painesville, Lake Co., OH (Age 45 years) Children 1. Conrad Lathrop, b. 1830, Painesville, Lake Co., OH , d. 1860 (Age 30 years)2. Frances Lathrop, b. 1831, d. 1868 (Age 37 years) 3. Byron P. Lathrop, b. 6 Nov 1832, Painesville, Lake Co., OH , d. 12 Apr 1917, Painesville, Lake Co., OH (Age 84 years)4. Octavia Lathrop, b. 1835, d. 1864 (Age 29 years) 5. Gertrude Lathrop, b. 1839, d. 1857 (Age 18 years) Last Modified 6 Dec 2013 Family ID F3749 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - 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 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."