Dan Throop was born in 1764 (military records) or 1768 (gravestone). He enlisted in the 8th Conn Regiment, Continental Army as a fifer, on April 1, 1779. He served in the Revolutionary War as a resident of Connecticut. He was discharged sometime in Nov. 1782. On Nov. 12, 1788, he was living in Bozrah, Conn and married Mary Gager, also a resident of Bozrah. He made a pension application June 1, 1819, saying his age was 55, putting his birth year at about 1764. His application said he lived in Chenango County, NY. He died May 18, 1824 and buried in a cemetery in Oxford, in Chenango County, near his brother Ben. Both were later exhumed and now rest in Riverview Cemetery, Chenango County, NY.
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Major Dan Throop, a native of Connecticut, and for many years a resident of Hudson, N. Y., came to Oxford in 1800. He was for a time proprietor of the hotel, now known as the HOTCHKISS House, and for many years a merchant in this village. When in possession of his health and vigor he was a useful citizen and an active officer in his civil and military capacity. The disease which terminated his life was of several months standing, in which period he was a great sufferer. A soldier of the Revolution, he met sickness and death with characteristic firmness and resignation. He died at his residence on Fort Hill, May 19, 1824, and was buried in the old cemetery on State street. Mary, his widow, also a native of Connecticut, died at Nineveh, N. Y., October 13, 1843.
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Major Dan Throop, a native of Connecticut, and for many years a resident of Hudson, N. Y., came to Oxford in 1800. He was for a time proprietor of the hotel, now known as the HOTCHKISS House, and for many years a merchant in this village. When in possession of his health and vigor he was a useful citizen and an active officer in his civil and military capacity. The disease which terminated his life was of several months standing, in which period he was a great sufferer. A soldier of the Revolution, he met sickness and death with characteristic firmness and resignation. He died at his residence on Fort Hill, May 19, 1824, and was buried in the old cemetery on State street. Mary, his widow, also a native of Connecticut, died at Nineveh, N. Y., October 13, 1843.
Dan Throop was born in 1764 (military records) or 1768 (gravestone). He enlisted in the 8th Conn Regiment, Continental Army as a fifer, on April 1, 1779. He served in the Revolutionary War as a resident of Connecticut. He was discharged sometime in Nov. 1782. On Nov. 12, 1788, he was living in Bozrah, Conn and married Mary Gager, also a resident of Bozrah. He made a pension application June 1, 1819, saying his age was 55, putting his birth year at about 1764. His application said he lived in Chenango County, NY. He died May 18, 1824 and buried in a cemetery in Oxford, in Chenango County, near his brother Ben. Both were later exhumed and now rest in Riverview Cemetery, Chenango County, NY.
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Major Dan Throop, a native of Connecticut, and for many years a resident of Hudson, N. Y., came to Oxford in 1800. He was for a time proprietor of the hotel, now known as the HOTCHKISS House, and for many years a merchant in this village. When in possession of his health and vigor he was a useful citizen and an active officer in his civil and military capacity. The disease which terminated his life was of several months standing, in which period he was a great sufferer. A soldier of the Revolution, he met sickness and death with characteristic firmness and resignation. He died at his residence on Fort Hill, May 19, 1824, and was buried in the old cemetery on State street. Mary, his widow, also a native of Connecticut, died at Nineveh, N. Y., October 13, 1843.
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Major Dan Throop, a native of Connecticut, and for many years a resident of Hudson, N. Y., came to Oxford in 1800. He was for a time proprietor of the hotel, now known as the HOTCHKISS House, and for many years a merchant in this village. When in possession of his health and vigor he was a useful citizen and an active officer in his civil and military capacity. The disease which terminated his life was of several months standing, in which period he was a great sufferer. A soldier of the Revolution, he met sickness and death with characteristic firmness and resignation. He died at his residence on Fort Hill, May 19, 1824, and was buried in the old cemetery on State street. Mary, his widow, also a native of Connecticut, died at Nineveh, N. Y., October 13, 1843.
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