Levi Tope, son of George Tope and Maria Elizabeth Bower,
was born 25 December 1813 in Yellow
Creek,
Jefferson Co.,
Ohio, and died 14 November 1889 in Willshire Twp., Van
Wert
Co.,
Ohio.
He married
Sarah Davis, daughter of David Davis and Elizabeth
Melville.
on 17 June
1838 in Carroll Co., Ohio [note 2],
Sarah was
born 13 June 1817 in
Carroll Co., Ohio, and died 18 March 1872 in Van Wert Co., Ohio [note3].
Levi worked at his father's
grist mill at
Petersburg, Carroll County, Ohio. He
continued to work for some time after marriage, but between 1841 and
1843 moved to and purchased property
in
Richmond Township, Putnam county, Ohio. That section of Putnam county
was later
taken into newly formed Allen County, Ohio.
Although Melancthon noted "it was
thought Levi died
there (i.e. Putnam Co.)," the family moved to Van Wert Co., Ohio, where
Levi purchased 155 acres on 12 May 1862 in Willshire Twp [note 4].
Levi and Sarah had eight children:
- Hiram J. Tope.
- Martha Alice Tope.
- George D. Tope.
- Mary Catherine Tope.
- Sarah Elizabeth Tope.
- William Vance Tope.
- Melville Freeman Tope.
- Celina Tope (no further information).
The Levi Tope family story,
Levi
Tope Rediscovered,
published in May 2004 by Donald L. Kear, may be
seen by selecting the links in the right-hand column.
Notes:
- Except for the following notes,
all information is from History of the Tope
Family, by
Melancthon Tope, 1896, revised 1980 by Austin Dale Maddux), pp
42 and43.
- Marriage
Records, Probate Court, Carroll Co., Ohio 1833-1849, p. 108, by Robert
Barnhill, JP, Union Twp.
- Record of
Deaths, Probate Court, Van Wert County, Ohio, Book 3, p. 44.
- Recorder's
Office, Probate Court, Van Wert County, Ohio.
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