TOPE FAMILY PAGE

    George Tope was born 3 March 1761 in Frederick County, Ohio, near Harper's Ferry to John Tope [note 2].  The name of his mother is not known.  He died on 12 August 1845 in Carroll County, Ohio [note 3].  After the death of his first wife, he married Maria Elizabeth Bower, daughter of Conrad Bower and Marie Eva --- [note 4], on 3 June 1804 in Jefferson County, Ohio [note 5].  Elizabeth was born in 1785 in Virginia, and died 7 May 1855 [note 6.  Elizabeth had a prior marriage to Christopher Ridenour, who died between 1801 and 1803 [note 7].
    George and Elizabeth had 12 children 

1. Barbara (a.k.a. Barbary) Tope was born 16 March 1805 and died 9 February 1896 in Union Twp, Carroll Co., Ohio.  She was married first to Isaac Whiteman, and they had one child, Isaac Whiteman, born 1 June 1823 and died 5 June 1829.  Mr. Whiteman died suddenly and she later  Samuel McQueen.  Samuel McQueen was born 23 October 1792 and died 28 May 1875 [note 8].
   
   1. David McQueen married Nancy Buck on 6 October 1864 in Carroll Co., Ohio [note 9].
   2. John Minor McQueen married Mary A. Tripp, daughter of Joseph Tripp and Malinda McQueen, on 17 January 1850 in Carroll Co., Ohio.  Mary was born in 1831. [note 10]
   3. Angeline McQueen.
2. baby Tope was born16 March 1805 and died before 1896 [Twin to Barbara]
3. Catherine (a.k.a. Katie) Tope was born in 1807 in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio and died 20 January 1890 in Tuscarawas Co., Ohio [note 11]. She married Augustus Rigby on 5 March 1826 in Harrison Co., Ohio. Catherine and Augustus had six children:
1. George Rigby
2. James Rigby
3. Margaret Rigby
4. Elizabeth Rigby
5. Sarah Rigby
6. Maria Rigby
4. Lydia Tope.
5. Abram Tope
6. Malinda Tope.
7. William Tope married Nancy Shannon ( -1896)
8. Levi Tope.
9. Eli Tope.
10. Joseph Tope
11. Hiram Tope.
12. Mariah Tope was born 5 June 1823 in Carroll Co., Ohio, and died 8 Jun 1902 in Louisa, Linn Co., Iowa.  She married William Henry Moles (Mouls), son of Francis Moles and Rebecca Fresh,  on 16 August 1849 in Carroll co., Ohio [note 12].  William was born 1 November 1829 in Cannonsbury, Pennsylvania, and died 28 May 1904 in Bayard, Guthrie Co., Iowa.  Ed Genzler describes this family in Charting Our Gentzler (Genssler) Family Genealogy

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Notes:

1. Except as noted, all inforomation is from History of the Tope Family,  Melancthon Tope, 1896, revised 1980 by Austin Dale Maddux. [Return to text]
2. George's birth date is calculated from information on his tombstone. [Return to text]
3. Death date on his tombstone. [Return to text]
4. The Bower Family, by Larry D. Bower, PDF Book, familytreemaker.genealogy.com, January 2001, p. 2. [Return to text]
5. Marriage Records, Probate Court, Jefferson County, Ohio, p. 24, No. 35. [Return to text]
6. Death date on her tombstone. [Return to text]
7. The Bower Family, p. 4. [Return to text]
8. Ancestry.com gives the birth for Samuel Whiteman as 1764 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania, and that he previously married to Eleanore Maughaman, who was born 7 March 1766 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania.  Isaac's marriage date is given as 1823, which means he died after the birth of his son, Isaac. [Return to text]
9. Marriage Records, Carroll  County, Vol II, 1850-March 1866, p. 402
10. Marriage Records, ob cit Vol II, p. 17, certificate 19. John's middle name is listed as Miner. [Return to text]
11. International Genealogical Index,  (Church of the Latter Day Saints), 54,465, MS 14341. [Return to text]
12. Early Marriages, 1833- March 1849, Vol. I, Carroll County Chapter OGS, p. 35, #3253.

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