Barbara Elizabeth Ballenger, daughter of, Jeremiah and Christina Margaret (Starlin) Ballenger.

Barbara Elizabeth Ballenger siblings are:

Aliva Ballenger
James Ballenger
Jeremiah Ballenger
William Ballenger
Susan Catherine Ballenger
Lucinda Ballenger
Magie Ballenger
Sedalia Ballenger

Barbara Elizabeth Ballenger married Harrison Benjamin Lathrop on July 3, 1878 in Oskaloosa, Mahaska Co., Iowa. Harrison Lathrop is the son of Ichabod and Catherine (Humphreys) Lathrop.

Barbara Elizabeth Ballenger and Harrison Benjamin Lathrop children are:

Marjorie Lathrop
Jesse Catherine Lathrop b. 1879
Peter I. Lathrop b. 1880
Helen L. Lathrop b. 1882
William Eugene Lathrop b. 1883
Mary M. Lathrop b. 1885
Samuel Forrest Lathrop b. 1886
Emma Lathrop b. 1888
Margaret V. Lathrop b. 1890
Jane Lathrop b. 1892
Otelia Louise Byram b. 1893
Lyman G. Lathrop b. 1895
Thomas Harrison Lathrop b. 1902

Mrs. Lathrop Services Set

Services for Mrs. Barbara Lathrop, 100, of Melbourne, who died at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Evangelical Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Pursel - Davis Memorial Chapel. Dr. James K. Delahooke will be in charge and burial, will be in Riverside Cemetery.

MRS. LATHROP was born Aug. 30, 1859 in Oskaloosa, daughter of Jermiah and Katherine Bellenger, and is the last of 13. She was also preceeded in death by four sons and one daughter.

She spent most of her early life in the Oskloosa and was married there July 3, 1878 to Harrison B. Lathrop who also proceeded her in death.

SHE HAS LIVED in Marshalltown since 1906, until she became ill and went to live with her daughter, Mary at Melbourne. Mrs. Lathrop was a member of the Methodist Church.

Surviving are seven children, Mrs. Jessie Mattox, Custer, S. D.; Mrs. Arthur Windecker, Ackley; Mary, Melbourne; Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. William Lama, Bakersfield, Calif., Mrs. Lawrence Bowen, Marshalltown, and Thomas, Cedar Rapids.

Family Information contributed by family member:

Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune