Another Tope Beginning's
Story
Johnathon Tope was born in Hesse,
Germany. He came to America with the British in the
Revolutionary war. He deserted at the Battle of Long Island
to join the U.S. and was given a land grant near Uniontown,
Pennsylvania, after the war.
In 1812 he enlisted in the US. Inf. and
was killed in 1813 in the Battle of Lunda Lane. He and his
wife had two children, Anna Marie and Levi. His widow married
John Farver.
Levie (my great-grandfather) settled in
Holmes county, Ohio. His children were William, Rebecca,
John, Caroline, Sophia, Tilla, Amanda, and Blenda.
William Tope (my grandfather) had this
family: Clarence, Cameron, Corevin (my father), Lucy, Geroge, Joseph,
Verg, Della, Effie, and Harvey.
Corevin family: John R. (me),; one
sister, Ocy; and one brother, Loyd W.
John R. Tope
Lakeville, Ohio
Note: See another version of this family at
Abraham
Tope.