FAMILY: Osro S. Northrup, the subject proper of this sketch, was eleven years old when he came to Racine county with his parents. He grew to manhood on his father's farm east of Union Grove, and he now owns the old homestead. He bought a little land adjoining it, so that now he has 139 acres. After living there until 1883 he rented the farm out, moved to the village of Union Grove, and built a fine home, with grounds covering five acres. He is one of the well-to-do men of the place. Always interested in questions of the public weal, Mr. Northrup has done his part as a citizen and served his town in various capacities. During his residence on the farm he was a member of the board of supervisors for the township for nine or ten years, and in 1903 and 1904 was chosen assessor of Union Grove. He always casts his vote for the Republican ticket. Both he and his wife are members of the Congregational Church.
Mr. Northrup has been twice married. His first union took place in 1857 when he married Miss Harriet Goldsworthy. who was born in 1832, the daughter of Richard and Jone (Bennett) Goldsworthy. There were two children born to that union: Anna Luella, Mrs. Elmer Barrows, who lives on the old home farm and has five children living, Herbert, Osro, Harvey, Harriet and Albert; and Emma, who died aged six months. Mrs. Harriet Northrup died in 1882, and on Sept. 10, 1884. Mr. Northrup married Mrs. Susannah A. Adams, daughter of Joel and Love Prudence (Mellor) Adams, and widow of Ransom Adams, of Delaware county, Ohio.HISTORY: OSRO S. NORTHRUP, a highly esteemed citizen of Union Grove, has been a resident of Racine county since 1846, and has worthily done his part in the development of the country from its wild state in the pioneer days to its present condition of prosperity, with its flourishing towns and well- cultivated fields. His native State was New York, where he was born Oct. 31, 1834, to Amzy and Ann Barbara (Tinkham) Northrup.
Osro S. Northrup has been a resident of Racine county since 1845, and is one of the representative men of the county. By reason of their long residence, both he and his estimable wife are well known throughout the county. They are among the highly esteemed citizens of the village of Union Grove, where for so many years they have been known and loved for their good works. They are cultured in their tastes and have a good home library. One of their most cherished books is a large family Bible, which formerly belonged to Mr. Northup's paternal grandfather, purchased by the latter for seventeen bushels of wheat. It was probably printed in the sixteenth century.SOURCE: COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES WISCONSIN CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN AND MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLED FAMILIES.
ILLUSTRATED J. H. BEERS & CO. CHICAGO 1906CENSUS: 1900 United States Federal Census
Name: Osro S Northrop
[Osco S Northrop]
Home in 1900: Union Grove, Racine, Wisconsin
Age: 65
Birth Date: Oct 1834
Birthplace: New York
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father's Birthplace: New York
Mother's Birthplace: New York
Spouse's Name: Susin H
Marriage year: 1883
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 17
Residence : Union Grove Village, Racine, Wisconsin
Occupation: View on Image
Household Members:
Name Age
Osro S Northrop 65
Susin H Northrop 59
Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Union Grove, Racine, Wisconsin; Roll T623_1814; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 50.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.CENSUS: 1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Osro Northrup
Age in 1910: 75
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: New York
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father's Birth Place: New York
Mother's Birth Place: New York
Spouse's Name: Susannah
Home in 1910: Union Grove, Racine, Wisconsin
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name Age
Osro Northrup 75
Susannah Northrup 69
Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Union Grove, Racine, Wisconsin; Roll T624_1734; Page: 17A; Enumeration District: 88; Image: 415.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1910. T624, 1,178 rolls.
HISTORY: Mrs. Susannah A. (Adams) Northrup is descended in the paternal line from Revolutionary stock and comes from the same family to which the two presidents of that name belonged. The great-grandfather, Joel Adams, was a soldier in the war of Independence. His son Joel, born in New York State, served during the war of 1812. Three times married, he had four children by the first wife, none by the second, and ten by the third, who was Miss Lovica Tupper, and came of an aristocratic family. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Northrup. During the last thirty-five years of her life Mrs. Lovica Adams was blind.
Mrs. Northrup, being a woman of great energy and determination, resolved after the death of her first husband, Ransom Adams, to fit herself for business life, that she might earn her own support. In 1868 she graduated from a commercial college and has since filled positions of trust in St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City. In the two former places she was assistant correspondent in a large business establishment. In 1868 she entered Oberlin College, where she remained for two years, and in 1870 went to Lexington, Ky., to accept a position as teacher in the American Missionary Association Normal School, for two years. Without children of her own she took to her home and heart her sister's little daughter, Susie Blanche Tucker, when she was only eighteen months old, and reared her to womanhood. Nobly and faithfully has she discharged the duty of a parent, and the niece rewarded her efforts by becoming all that could be desired. At the age of thirteen years she was graduated from the common schools, receiving her diploma, and at the age of sixteen secured a teacher's certificate. She has received instructions in both instrumental and vocal music and is quite proficient in both. She is now the wife of Howard C. Lawton. A sister of Mrs. Lawton for some years also found a home with her aunt.
Osro S. Northrup has been a resident of Racine county since 1845, and is one of the representative men of the county. By reason of their long residence, both he and his estimable wife are well known throughout the county. They are among the highly esteemed citizens of the village of Union Grove, where for so many years they have been known and loved for their good works. They are cultured in their tastes and have a good home library. One of their most cherished books is a large family Bible, which formerly belonged to Mr. Northup's paternal grandfather, purchased by the latter for seventeen bushels of wheat. It was probably printed in the sixteenth century.SOURCE: COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF PROMINENT AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES WISCONSIN CONTAINING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL MEN AND MANY OF THE EARLY SETTLED FAMILIES.
ILLUSTRATED J. H. BEERS & CO. CHICAGO 1906
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(1252.) RACHEL DYER (439.) (88.) (12.) (2.) (1.):
b. c1834; m. ADAM BODKIN