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       Jacob William Tope, son of Stephen Tope and Jemima Kail [note 1], was born 6 Aug 1837 [note2], and died 18 January 1863 in Carroll County, Ohio [note 3].  He married Anna Jane Parker, daughter of Robert and Sarah Parker, on 6 December 1855 in Carroll County, Ohio [note 4].  She was born 28 July 1831 in Carroll County, Ohio, and died 13 March 1922 in Scio, Harrison County, Ohio [note 5].  Anna's parents  immigrated from Ireland and settled in Carroll Co [note 6].  Jacob and Anna are buried in St. Luke Cemetery, Monroe Twp., Carrol county, Ohio.   
    After Jacob's death, Anna married James Marshall, and after his death she married Samuel Goff, who died a few years afterward [note 7].
    Jacob and Anna had three children:
  1. William Steven Tope was born 4 February 1857 in Union Township, Carroll County, Ohio.  He married  Mandane (Dane) Campbell, daughter of James Campbell and Catherine Hustin, on 6 February 1879 in Carroll County, Ohio [note 8].  She was born in 1856, and died in 1906.  He later married Melissa  Holmes, daughter of William Holmes and Rebecca Boggs on 11 Junuary 1919 [note 9]  Mandane is buried in the Baxter Ridge Cemetery, Harrison Twp., Carroll County, Ohio.
  2.     William and Mandane had three children:
    1.  Oliver James Tope was born 10 April 1880, Carroll County, Ohio, and died in Jul 1963 in Pennsylvania [note 10] Oliver married Elva Woods [note 11].
    2. Jackson Ralph  Tope was born 26 March 1882 [note 12].  He married Lettie Brooks about 1910 [note 13].
    3. Anna Catherine Tope  was born 9 May 1884 in Carroll County, Ohio, and died 5 January 1973 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio . She married Donald McGregor Elliott on 10 January 1910 in Carroll Co, Ohio.  He was born  18 August 1884, Carroll Co, Ohio, and died 11 January 1968 in Carroll County, Ohio[note 14].

  3. Joseph Vincent Tope was born about 1861 and married Lillie Sweasy. 
  4. Robert Jacob Tope 
     Notes: 
    1. Except for the following notes, all information is from History of the Tope Family, by Melancthon Tope,  revised 1980 by Austin Dale Maddux), p. 36. [Return to text]
    2. Ibid,  birth date calculated from age at death: 35 years, 5 months and 12 days. [Return to text]
    3. Ibid. [Return to text]
    4. Carroll County Probate Marriage Record Book Volume II, p. 192.
    5. Obituary, Free Press Standard, Carrollton, Ohio, Thursday, March 23, 1922. [Return to text]
    6. Ibid. [Return to text]
    7. Ibid. [Return to text]
    8. Biographical Record of Carroll County, Ohio, (Chicago: J.H. Beers, 1891), p. 839. [Return to text]
    9. Ibid, p. 882. [Return to text]
    10. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007, Online publication - Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. [Return to text]
    11. History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, p. 809. [Return to text]
    12. Ancestry.com, U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, Online publication - Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, M1509, 4,582 rolls. Roll 1819797, DraftBoard 0. [Return to text]
    13. History of Carroll and Harrison Counties, Ohio, p. 809. [Return to text]
    14. All data for the Anna Catherine Tope family is from Ancestry.com, One World Tree (sm), Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., n.d., Online publication - Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., and Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index, Provo, UT, USA. [Return to text]


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