INTRODUCTION.
Adam's Race - The Smith Family - A
Grand Institution - What Constitutes a
Good Family - An Appropriate
Keep-sake - Biography - Heredity - Let All
Improve.
CHAPTER I.
TWO BROTHERS IN OHIO.
John Tope's Burial Place - His Age
-
Cause of His Death - His Wife (see
Chapter II) - Children - George
Tope's Burial-Place - His Age - His Wives - Children - The "Height of Land" of
The Tope History.
CHAPTER II.
EARLIEST TOPE HISTORY.
The First Paternal Ancestor - His
Nationality - His Three Sons - In
Maryland - In Pennsylvania - Removal
to Ohio - How They Cam -
"Pennsylvania Dutch" - The Cores -
Frederick Tope.
CHAPTER III.
THE TRIBE OF JOHN.
John Tope's Farm - Hardships - The
Old Brick House - The Old Barn -
Death and Burial of His Wife - The
Oldest Son - John and Henry - "Squire Jake" - His Geniality - Death of
Lucinda Tope (See last Chapter) - Other Children - A Remarkable
Occurrence -
The Town of Salem.
CHAPTER IV.
ADVENTURES OF GEORGE TOPE.
Trouble With a "Dutchman" - Where
His Farm Was - How Long He was
on'It - Near Richmond - On Yellow
Creek - Tope's Mills - When Establish - Improvements - The Mill Now -
The
Store and Post Office - Name Changed - The Town as it is Now - Carroll
and
Harrison Counties Explained - His Education.
CHAPTER V.
TRIBE OF GEORGE-FIRST WIFE.
Numerosity of Offspring - George
the
Second and His Posterity - Susan and Her Past - Elizabeth Married to
Jacob Everhart - "Crissy" Tope - John Tope in Morgan County - Sally
Mackey -
"Polly" Tope - Jacob and Stephen the Twins and their Families.