Asahel Albert Lathrop (December 27, 1810January 23, 1891) was one of thousands of 19th-century American
Mormon pioneers
The Mormon pioneers were members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), also known as Latter-day Saints, who Human migration, migrated beginning in the mid-1840s until the late-1860s across the United States from the ...
who is best known today for his involvement on August 6, 1838, in Gallatin Election Day Battle in
Daviess County, Missouri
Daviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,430. Its county seat is Gallatin. The county was organized December 29, 1836, from Ray County and named for Major Joseph Hamilton ...
; a voting incident involving Asahel's brother-in-law-, Samuel Brown, the husband of Lydia Marie Lathrop, which led to a full-scale war. A group of armed men forced Asahel A. Lathrop from his home, and held his wife and children prisoner; they later died.
[Greene, John P (1839), Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons or Latter Day Saints, from the State of Missouri, under the "Exterminating Order", Cincinnati, Ohio: R. P. Brooks, retrieved December 31, 2006.]
Affidavit
March 17, 1840 Lathrop swore out an affidavit before notary public John H. Holton that he had moved to Caldwell ounty in the summer of 1838, thinking he was at peace with his neighbors. However that autumn, when he was at home while his family was sick, he was notified that residents of Caldwell county had joined with residents of Livingston county to evict the latter-day saints from Caldwell county. He was told to leave immediately or die. He left his wife and children shortly before the mob arrived. They forced his wife to neglect her sick children to cook for them, and a child died. The mob buried him. Lathrop spent ten to fifteen days seeking help to rescue his family and when he was able to return he found them all confined to bed by illness. Armed guards surrounded the house so they had received no care. They were so sick he had to transport his family to a friend's house on a bed. They all died a few days later.
Relations
Asahel Albert Lathrop is a direct descendant of
John Lothropp
Rev. John Lothropp (1584–1653) – or Lothrop, or Lathrop – was an English Anglican clergyman, who became a Congregationalist minister and emigrant to New England. He was among the first settlers of Barnstable, Massachusetts in 1639.
Lot ...
(also ''Lothrop'' or ''Lathrop''; 1584–1653) a clergyman, who was a Puritan who came to
New England
New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the ...
after imprisonment in
The Clink
The Clink was a prison in Southwark, England, which operated from the 12th century until 1780. The prison served the Liberty of the Clink, a local manor area owned by the Bishop of Winchester rather than by the reigning monarch. As the Libe ...
.
[The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records:
Stafford 1719-1850, Tolland 1715-1850]
Notable kin
* President of the United States
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as Commanding General of the United States Army, commanding general, Grant led the Uni ...
References
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1810 births
1891 deaths