Asahel Lathrop
Asahel Albert Lathrop 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.Statement
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Asahel Albert Lathrop is a direct descendant of John Lothropp a clergyman, who was a Puritan who came to New England after imprisonment in The Clink.Notable kin
