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    Clarence Estel Tope, son of William Tope and Margret E. Starner, was born 1 September 1879 in Knox, Holmes Co., Ohio, and died 23 April 1952 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio [note 1]1.  He married Margaret Allen.  She was born in 1884 and died in 1940.

     Clarence and Margaret had three children:

1. Charles William Tope was born in 1902 and died in 1946.  He married Madelene Fookes.  Charles and Madeline had three children.
2. James Tope was born15 July 1904 and died in 1933.  He married Lucy Carpenter [note 2]
3. Ruth A. Tope  was born 9 September 1906 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio, and died 5 April 1979 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio [note 3].  She married Frederick Charles Daniel on 22 January 1922 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio [note 4].  He was born 21 September 1901 in Huntington, Ralls Co., Missouri, and died 20 Deceember 1968 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio [note 5].
   Ruth and Frederick had four children:
   
   1.  Living Daniel
   2. Joann Daniel was born 20 March 1925 and died 18 November 1999, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas Co., Florida [note 6].  She married Richard Daniel Epley [note 7] Richard ws born 16 May 1922 and died 11 Jun 2006, Largo, Pinellas Co., Florida [note 8].
   3. Viola Ruth Daniel as born 26 March 1926, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohioand died  27 September 1992, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio [note 9] .
   4. Charles Frederick Daniel was born 9 June 1930 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio and died in1951 [note 10].

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Notes:

1. Except as otherwise noted, all information on this page is from The History of the Tope Family, 1982, by Becky Darr. [Return to text]
2. Ancestry.com. OneWorldTree [database on-line]. Provo, UT: The Generations Network, Inc. [Return to text]
3. Ibid, ob sit. [Return to text]
4. Ibid, ob sit. [Return to text]
5. Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.Original data - Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. [Return to text]
6. Ibid. ob sit. [Return to text]
7. One World Tree, ob sit. [Return to text]
8. Social Security Death Index. [Return to text]
9. Ancestry.com and Ohio Department of Health, Ohio Deaths, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2002, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, Online publication
10. One World Tree, ob sit. [Return to text]

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