Background
Thorpe, Spence Roane was born on January 20, 1842 in at Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Sarah Anna (Roane) Thorpe.
Thorpe, Spence Roane was born on January 20, 1842 in at Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Thomas J. and Sarah Anna (Roane) Thorpe.
Educated Bardstown, Kentucky, at Saint Joseph’s College.
De Russy, near Marksville, Louisiana, January 20, 1868, Helena C. Barbin. Practiced law in Louisiana, 1866-1883. Served in C.S.A., 1861-1865, becoming captain Company A, 2d Kentucky cavalry.
Wounded at Drainsville, Virginia, December 20, 1861. at Cynthiana, Kentucky, July 16, 1862, at Corydon, Indiana, June 9, 1863.
Was prisoner in hospital in New Albany, Indiana, June to November, 1863. Prisoner confined on Johnson’s Island, November, 1863, till exchanged, October, 1864.
Since 1886 farming in California Residence: 333 South. Bunker Hill Avenue Office: 213 Grant Building, Los Angeles, California.
Married Fort.