Joseph Paul Thorp
b. 6 September 1847, d. 2 May 1934
- Father: Joseph B. Thorp b. 14 April 1814, d. 30 November 1850
- Mother: Mary Maxwell Griggs b. 10 July 1826, d. 28 August 1907
- Joseph Paul Thorp was born on 6 September 1847 in Grimes County, Texas.
- Henry Griggs and Ann G. Sturdivant appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Joseph Paul Thorp, John William Griggs, Francis Marion Griggs, Martha Ann Elizabeth Griggs, Joseph B. Thorp, Mary Maxwell Griggs, Henry R. Thorp and James Kelly Markey. Also in the household was Georgia-born farmer A. William Jackson, age 27.
- James Kelly Markey and Mary Maxwell Griggs appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Plantersville, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Joseph Paul Thorp, Judith A. Markey, James O. Markey, Mary Markey and Henry R. Thorp. Also in the household were two adolescent schoolboys and laborer George Dennis, apparently a widower, and his five children.
- He married Mary Meachum.
- Joseph Paul Thorp died on 2 May 1934 at age 86 in Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.
- His wife Mary Meachum became a widow at his death.
- He was interred at Old Chatfield Cemetery, Chatfield, Navarro County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 5 Sep 2012