Henry Troup

TROUP, NALLEY, BENNER, BRUBAKER, MORSBERG, GARLOCK, RANDALL, HOLLENBECK

Posted By: Deborah Gilbert (email)
Date: 9/5/2016 at 15:26:19

Book: Maxwell 1883-1983

Henry Harrison Troup was born in Weland County, Canada in 1839 to Benjamin and Mary Benner Troup, both of Pennsylvania.

Age age 13, Henry moved with his family to Elkhart, Indiana, where he lived until the age of 17, at which time he came to Story County, Iowa, where he worked as a farmhand for Joseph Brubaker.

During the early 1860's, young Henry took a wagon train to California to prospect for gold. In 1867, Henry took a ship in San Francisco and returned to Iowa via Cape Horn and New York. On his return to Iowa, Henry married Anne Rebecca Nalley on September 27, 1868, near Mt. Morris, Illinois. Anne was born in Ogle County, Illinois, in 1849 to Solman and Mary Anne Morsberg Nalley, both of Pennsylvania.

Henry and his bride homesteaded just south of Story County until 1909 when they moved to Maxwell. During this time, seven children were born: Will, Martin, Walter, Rollo, Jake, Benjamin and Emma. (William (Will) married Anna Garlock and had one daughter, Inez and two sons Harry and Hubert. Martin married Rose Randall and had one daughter Olive. Jacob (Jake) married Mary Randall and had a daughter, Ione. Walter married Pearl Hollenbeck and had a daughter Vera.)

Henry was a member of the Brethren Church for 45 years and a minister of the gospel for 35 years. The Brethren Cemetery south of Maxwell is located on part of the Troup homestead. The Troup family plot is located in this cemetery.