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Asahel Albert Lathrop | |
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| Born | December 25, 1810 Tolland County, Connecticut |
| Died | January 23, 1891 (aged 80) Mound City, San Bernardino County, California |
| Resting place | Pioneer Memorial Cemetery San Bernardino, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Mormon Pioneer |
| Spouse |
Jane Peacock (m. 1819–1891) |
| Parent(s) | Grant Sybel (Bliss) Lathrop |
Asahel Albert Lathrop (December 27, 1810 – January 23, 1891) was one of thousands of 19th-century American Mormon pioneers who is best known today for his involvement on August 6, 1838, in Gallatin Election Day Battle in Daviess County, Missouri; a voting incident involving Asahel's brother-in-law-, Samuel Brown, the husband of Lydia Marie Lathrop, which led to a full-scale war. A group of armed men forced Asahel A. Lathrop from his home, and held his wife and children prisoner; they later died.[1][2]
- ^ Greene, John P (1839), Facts Relative to the Expulsion of the Mormons or Latter Day Saints, from the State of Missouri, under the "Exterminating Order", Cincinnati, Ohio: R. P. Brooks, retrieved December 31, 2006.
- ^ LeSueur, Stephen C., The 1838 Mormon War in Missouri, University of Missouri Press, 1990.