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    George Tope was born 3 March 1761 in Frederick County, Ohio, near Harper's Ferry [note 1]. Melancthon's history gave his birthplace as Washington Co., Maryland, but that county wasn't established until 1776 from part of Frederick County. He died on 12 August 1845 in Carroll County, Ohio [note 2]. George was married twice, having 24 children, 12 by each wife.
     George first married Catherine Straddler. The date and location of the marriage is not known. When and where Catherine was born and died also is not know, except that her death was before 3 June 1804 when George married Maria Elizabeth Bower.
    George and Catherine had 12 children; three (3) of whom cannot be identified. [note 3]

1. Susan Tope married Thomas Patterson, of Jefferson county, 0hio. 
2. Elizabeth Tope married Jacob Everhart
3. John Tope had one child:
   James Tope married Eliza Ann Murray on 11 April 1848 in Morgan Co., Ohio  [note 4]. James and Eliza had six children:
   1. Lewis F. Tope
   2. Laura E. Tope
   3. John M. Tope
   4. Sylvester P. Tope [note 5]
   5. Lyman W. Tope 
   6. Edward R. Tope
4. George Tope
5. Lucretia Tope
6. Sarah Tope married James Mackey, 4 Feb 1840, [note 6]. 
7. Polly Tope, twin to Sally, died young. 
8. Stephen Tope
9. Jacob Tope

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Notes

1. Birth date is calculated from age and date of death on George's tombstone. [Return to text]
2. Death date on tombstone. [Return to text]
3. Melancthon TOPE, 1896, revised 1980 by Austin Dale Maddux, History of the Tope Family, pp. 28-38, "Names are listed [on Family Group Sheet added by A. D. Maddux, page 39] in order of birth as given on page 11. Melancthon did not always give the information in the same order, so it is difficult to know whom goes where." [Return to text]
4. IGI Page 54,467, File No. M514081, sheet 4134. [Return to text]
5. Sylvester P. Tope is listed in the 1880 United States Federal Census, Dakota Territory, Pennington county, Sheridan (7 and 8 June 1880) as a Quartz miner. [Return to text]
6. Carroll County, Ohio Marriage Records, Vol. I, 1833-1849, page 139. The Tope History gives her name as Sally.[Return to text]

Updated   20 June 2009
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