Stephen Tope
was married to Jemima
Kail, daughter of Gabriel Kail, of then near New Rumley, and a
sister
of Jesse Kail, who was living a few years ago near Canton, 0.
She has also a
half brother, Hiram Kail, residing near Perrysville, 0. They
first set up
house-keeping at Tope's Mills, and Mr. Tope followed the
business of a miller
for several years. Afterward they moved to a farm now known as
the John McHugh
place, and, subsequently, he purchased"
the farm he owned when he died,
located nearly two miles south ofAlgonqum, and now owned by
James Tripp. To
them were born ten children: Mary, Jacob, Sarah, Louisa,
Jackson,
Jasper, Levi, Maria, Martha and George B.
Jemima, wife of Stephen Tope, died
of dropsy October 3, 1870,-aged 63 years 11 months and 2 days,
and was
buried in the Mt. Pleasant cemetery, Union township, Carroll
county, 0.
And her husband followed her on September 26, 1871-aged 70
vears, 7
months and 16 days. He died of cholera morbus, after a few
hours' sickness,
at the residence of James Marshall, (Marshall having married
his son
Jacob Tope's widow), near New Harnsburg, 0., whither he had
gone on a visit.
Interment by the side of his wife. He went to school only two
days in his life,
but learned to read and write after he was married. Of his
children—
(a) Mary, married to Jacob Alien,
(deceased Dec. 6, 1896), a farmer of Union township, Carroll
county, 0.
They reared a large family of children: Levi, Jemima, William,
Stephen T.,
Jackson W., Hiram James, one dead, Amanda, Jasper, Mary F. and
Jacob,
all seven sons noted fiddlers; and one daughter, Mary F., an
organist.
Levi married Mary A. Armstrong,
studied medicine with Dr. Black while living in Carroll
county, moved to
Amsterday, Jefferson county, where he now resides. Has
practiced medicine
twenty-seven years. Their children are: Laura, Brady (married
Francis
Wilson), Alva, Lafayette, Lillian, Lizzie and Roy.
Jemima married A. J. McCauley, and
lives at Connotton, 0. They had six children: Jacob Joseph
(married
Nellie Brown), Mary C. (dead), James A. (dead). Or vie L.,
Curtis W. and
Andrew C.
William married Maggie A. May, had
two children, Hinckley and Emory;
his wife is dead, and he was at
Bakersfield, Cal., at the last account.
Stephen T. married Elizabeth A.
Scott; they had three children: Orpha (married to James
Wilkinson, Empire,
0.), and Virgil and Vernie (twins), deceased. He is a minister
of the M.
P. Church, now at Mt. Vernon, 0.
Jackson married Chastina Scott, they
have three children, Roy, Donna and Coyla; he is janitor of a
large
school building at Great Falls, Montana.
Hiram J. born July 27, 1852, was
married to Rena Scott, (born June 16,
1865 ) of Dell Roy, 0., August 9,
1885; they have three children, Clyde E., born Dec. 20, 1886
and died March
17, 1888, Lottie D., born on Feb. 7, 1888, and Morris F., born
May 28, 1891; he
is a farmer of Union township, Carroll ounty, 0.
Amanda married Joseph Parker, had
two children, James and Ida; married to David dark and had six
more
children, Verda, Corma, Lulu, Tommy, Oma and Madie Pearl; she
is dead.
Jasper N. (deceased), a farmer, was
married to Susan Russell, and they had
one son.