W.L. THROP, of Section 4, Carson Township, was born in Decatur County, Indiana, January 21, 1846, the son of J.C. and Margaret (Hood) Throp, the former a native of New Jersey and descendant of the Old Puritan stock of this coast: the latter is a native of Kentucky and a daughter of Samuel Hood, of Irish extraction. The parents were married in Indiana, where they had come with their parents from New Jersey. They reared a family of nine children five sons and four daughters.

W.L. Throp, the sixth child, resided in Decatur County until 1873, when he came to Pottawattamie County and purchased 160 acres of wild land, mostly prairie, excepting fifteen acres of natural grove. He has since improved it, and he now owns one of the best farms in this township. He is engaged in general farming and stock raising.

He was married January 20, 1876, to Miss Carrie Potter, of this county. She was thirteen years of age when she came with her parents and was the daughter of Ira and Sybil (Winsor) Potter. The father died in Rhode Island, and the mother lives in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Throp have two children: Jennie and Fred.

Politically Mr. Throp is a Republican, and has served as Justice of the Peace with credit to himself and the best interests of the community. Mr. and Mrs. Throp are members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is an elder. He takes an active interest in both education and religion and anything for the best interests of the people in the community where he resides. He is a man yet in the prime of life, and is numbered among the enterprising citizens of the township.