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William L. Lathrop, who became an outstanding American landscape painter, began to sketch and paint as a boy, using materials handy on his father's farm. In 1876, William finished his formal schooling, and the same year sold his first picture -- a painting of his neighbor's cows. With the money he earned he decided to try his luck in New York, but after a few weeks returned home unsuccessful. For the next few years, William was a country schoolmaster, worked on his father's farm, and continued to practice and develop his art, making a homemade etching press.
At the age of 21, William again went to New York and for the better part of a decade began illustrating for "Harper's" and "Century" magazines, When funds ran low, William would return to Painesville. In 1884, he built his own canoe and sailed it across Lake Erie to Buffalo, where he worked for a time as an illustrator on the "Buffalo Express." By the late 1880's, William had achieved considerable success with his etchings, selling enough to send himself to Europe for a year in 1888. Travelling and sketching through England and France, William saw a young woman through a train window at Oxford. He got off at the next stop, went back, and two months later married Annie Burt.
William returned with his bride to the United States to find that etching had become commercialized and his marked vanished, resulting in a turn to watercolor. Having a difficult time financially, William and Annie lived for a time at the farm of artist friend J. Alden Weir in Connecticut, and in Greenport, Long Island. Finally returning to Painesville, William tried for several years to farm (unsuccessfully) and paint.
1896 was the turning point of his career. That spring, Henry B. Snell, an artist friend, took six of William's small watercolors to the annual exhibition of the American Watercolor Society. One of his pictures won the W.T. Evans prize, the highest annual award for watercolor painting in the United States. All five other paints were sold at the show, and suddenly William's work was in demand. Two years later he moved with his family to New Hope, Bucks County, PA. By his character, talents and reputation, William attracted many students and began what was to become the famous New Hope art colony.
At the age of 68, William realized a life-long dream, building with his own hands a twenty-seven foot sailboat. Called "Widge," she was three years in the building and was powered by sail alone. William launched her in October 1930 in the canal at New Hope, and took her down Delaware Bay to the New Jersey coast that fall. From 1930 to 1938, he sailed and cruised, summer and fall, mostly by himself, sketching and painting. September 21, 1938, William, alone on his boat at Montauk Point, Long Island, was lost in the great hurricane of 1938, which hit the end of Long Island with its full fury. William was 79 years old.

William Annie Sarah Burt 14 Nov 1888Oxford, England. Annie (daughter of Joseph Burt and Emma Davis) 17 May 1865 Oxford, England; 28 Sep 1935New Hope, PA; Friends Meeting Graveyard-New Hope, PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Joseph spent his boyhood in Painesville, OH, and New Hope, PA. After graduating from New Hope High School at the age of 16, Joseph went West. Until 1929, he was in business in Butte, MT, and later in Duluth, MN with the Marshall-Wells Company. That same year Joseph joined management consulting firm Barrington Associates, Inc., of New York, as vice-president and senior consultant, In 1941, He was elected president, a position he held until his death in 1950.
Joseph joined the U.S. Army in World War I, serving in the AEF in France as a Captain in the Artillery. A big man, about six-foot-three, Joe has an exceptionally keen mind, a wonderful sense of humor, and a broad point of view. Though he never attended college, Jose was an unusually well-read man.

Joseph Catherine Williams Dec 1917Philadelphia, Delaware Co., PA. Catherine (daughter of Carroll R. Williams and Eleanor Palmer) 1890 Philadelphia, Delaware Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Julian graduated from Harvard College in 1916, where he was a member of the crew and football team. He continued his education at Cambridge University in England. Prior to the American entry into World War I, Julian joined the Friends Service Ambulance Corps, serving at the front in France. Upon U.S. entry into the war, Julian became a Lieutenant in the Artillery, and later with the Air Corps.
Following the war, Julian was a member of the Spinden Harvard Archaelogical Expedition to Yucatan, Mexico. In 1924, Julian helped found the Solesbury School, a boys' preparatory school in New Hope, :A. He was a member of the faculty and head of the History Department until his death. A gentleman and a scholar in every sense of the word, Julian was held in the highest regard by his many students.

Julian Anne Goodell 13 Aug 1930Lansdale, Montgomery Co., PA. Anne (daughter of Edward Goodell) 26 Jan 1902 Germantown, Philadelphia Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth Rolf William Bauhan 4 Feb 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ellen Stephen Bartow Strang 1924. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert was adopted, and was killed in action during World War II.

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