Bayless Beauford Thorp

1850 - 1887  (37 years)

• Name	Bayless Beauford Thorp  [1]
  Birth	1850	Independence, Polk Co, Oregon   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Dec 1887	Nasches River, Yakima Co, Washington   [1]
  Burial	Nelson Ridge, Yakima Co, Washington
  Person ID	I9228	Roots
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2015

  
  

  Father	Fielden Mortimer Thorp,   b. 13 Apr 1822, Howard Co, Missouri d. 11 Feb 1893, Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Margaret Bounds,   b. 30 Jan 1822, Campbell Co, Tennessee d. 30 Apr 1888, Kittitas Valley, Kittitas Co, Washington (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	10 Aug 1842	Holt Co, Missouri   [1]
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza headstone Crystal Lake Cemetery, Corvallis, Oregon
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza "A Saved History" A saved history: Oregon's oldest house owned by black pioneers makes the National Register of Historic Places Historic home built by Hannah and Eliza Gorman, mother and daughter, who had crossed the Great Plains to Oregon via the Oregon Trail as slaves of Fielden and Eizabeth Bounds Thorp. Their home survived and was purchased in 2004 by Patricia Benner and her husband Tony Howell. They had the home registered with the National Register of Historic Places. Many many thanks to Patricia Benner for sharing this beautiful story with me to add to the website as part of our family history. (note: Elizabeth Bounds was the niece of this site's owner's gg-grandfather James Lovelady
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza prepared and furnished by Patricia Benner Hannah and Eliza Gorman: 1850 Federal Census when Living with John Thorp in Polk County
  		Gorman, Eliza obit Corvallis, Oregon furnished by Patricia Benner
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza home furnished by Patricia Brenner "Homeowner Patricia Brenner strolls along the outside of the Gorman Corvallis Gazette-Times "A Saved history: Oregon's oldest house owned by black pioneers makes the National Register of Historic Places" Caption: "House, which historians say is the oldest known existing residence in Oregon directly tied to early black pioneers" webiite: http://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/a-saved-history-oregon-s-oldest-house-owned-by-black/article_60180ca1-4927-5569-beae-6816ef85da0c.html Furnished by Patricia Brenner
  		Gorman, Hannah and Eliza timeline includes 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880 census
  Family ID	F3040	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Darinda Hatton,   b. 17 Oct 1858, Clark Co, Washington d. 14 Mar 1940, Toppenish, Washington (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1872
  Children	1. Edward Shannon Thorp,   b. 28 Apr 1874, Colfax, Whitman Co, Washington d. 9 Jul 1898, Klondike River, Yukon, Canada (Age 24 years)   2. Laura Ann Thorp,   b. 13 Feb 1876, Union Gap, Yakima Co, Washington d. 31 Aug 1952, Toppinish, Yakima Co, Washington (Age 76 years)   3. Willis Chester Thorp,   b. 14 Jul 1878, Union Gap, Yakima Co, Washington d. 11 Jan 1964, Gresham, Washington (Age 85 years)   4. Warren Eather Thorp,   b. 14 Aug 1880, Selah, Yakima Co, Washington d. 10 Jun 1959, Seattle, King Co, Washington (Age 78 years) + 5. Alvia Francis Thorp,   b. 12 Dec 1882, Moxee, Yakima Co, Washington d. 29 Dec 1974, Union Gap, Yakima Co, Washington (Age 92 years)   6. Vivian Viola "Olly" Thorp,   b. 12 Oct 1884, Thorp, Kittias Co, Washington d. 20 Oct 1970, Toppinish, Yakima Co, Washington (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F3657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - - Nelson Ridge, Yakima Co, Washington  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S301] Karl Kiser (KSquared77).